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Imerys Minerals Limited

Business Mineral Exploration and Surveying Minerals Processing

We lead the way in mineral-based specialty solutions for industry​ globally. Imerys supports a diverse range of sectors, from construction and automotive to consumer goods. We provide renowned expert solutions based on processing and refining our mineral resources, synthetic minerals and formulations.

As the world’s leading supplier of specialty minerals for industry, Imerys is organized around the 3 following activities : Performance Minerals (PM), Solutions for Refractory, Abrasives and Construction (RAC) and Solutions for Energy Transition (SET).

Performance Minerals
Performance Minerals are used as functional additives, providing unique properties to our customers’ products of the following main markets:

Plastics
Paints & coatings
Filtration & life-sciences
Ceramics & building products
This business area is split into 2 geographic areas Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific (PM EMEA & APAC), and the Americas (PMA).

Solutions for Refractory, Abrasives and Construction
Our minerals in this business area are speciality minerals used as processing aids for use in extreme work conditions:

Refractory
Foundry
Abrasives
Building chemistry

Solutions for Energy Transition
This business area comprises Imerys Graphite & Carbon (IGC), mainly serving the mobile energy market, and Imerys’ participation in The Quartz Corporation (TQC), a 50%-owned joint-venture, serving the solar and semiconductor markets with high-purity quartz solutions.