Imerys

Imerys

Imerys is a French multinational company listed on the Euronext Paris exchange (ticker: NK). It is a constituent of the CAC Next 20 index.

Activities

The company specialises in the mining and distribution of industrial minerals and is one of the world's leading producers of:
*Kaolin for paper making and ceramics;
*Diatomaceous earth for abrasives and beer filtration;
*Graphite for batteries;
*Calcium carbonate for applications in construction, polymers, composites and cultured marble.

Eco-town

Amongst its other activities, Imerys is bidding to develop one of the ten eco-towns proposed for construction in England. Planned for the site of former china clay mines in Cornwall, the project has the provisional title Imerys China Clay Community.

Locations

Headquartered in Paris, it employs 16,000 people of whom 4,000 are based in France.

The company's North American Operations are headquarted in Roswell, GA USA.

In 1999 Imerys took over English China Clays plc, the Cornwall-based producer of kaolin.

In 2005, Imerys acquired from Alleghany Corp. the U.S. company World Minerals, a leading producer of diatomaceous earth and perlite. [ [http://www.secinfo.com/dsvr4.z8Gx.htm SEC Info - Alleghany Corp/DE - 8-K - For 7/14/05] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.imerys.com/ Imerys website]
* [http://www.worldminerals.com/ World Minerals website]
* [http://www.euronext.com/trader/summarizedmarket/0,5372,1732_6834,00.html?quotes=stock&selectedMep=1&shareprice=IMERYS&idInstrument=16518&isinCode=FR0000120859 Euronext: NK Imerys]
* [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=imerys Google Finance: Imerys]


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