Imerys
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Imerys is a French multinational company listed on Euronext Paris (ticker: NK). It is a constituent of the CAC Next 20 index.
It specialises in the mining and distribution of industrial minerals. It is one of the world's leading producers of:
- kaolinite 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.
Headquartered in Paris, it employs 16,000 people, of whom 4,000 are in France.
The North American Operations is headquarted in Roswell, GA.
In 1999 Imerys took over English China Clays plc, the Cornwall-based producer of kaolinite.
In 2005, Imerys acquired from Allegheny Technologies the U.S. company World Minerals, a leading producer of diatomaceous earth and perlite.
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