Turnover: 4.3 billion EUR (2022)

Country: France

Imerys is the world leader in specialty minerals. The Group mines deposits and transforms minerals into complex solutions for industrial applications. It is active in two main segments: high-performance minerals (including binders) and high-temperature materials and solutions.

Its French subsidiary, Imerys Aluminates (formerly Kernéos), is active in the production of specialty binders and cements. It is the Group's only French entity, with sales of 263 million euros

News

Imerys: Europe's lithium giant. 30/06/2023

  • Collaboration between Imerys 80% and British Lithium 20% to mine the UK's largest lithium deposit at St Austell
  • . Imerys will become Europe's leading lithium producer, with over 20% of European production capacity expected by 2030.
  • A 50 kWh battery for a medium-sized car requires around 40 kg of lithium.
  • Demand for lithium in Europe is set to rise from 80,000 tonnes in 2022 to 300,000 tonnes in 2030.
  • The UK project plans to produce 20,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent per year, enough to power 500,000 vehicles a year.
  • Cornwall's lithium deposit is estimated at 161 million tonnes of lithium oxide, giving the mine an estimated life of over thirty years.
  • Annual production from the new mine could generate sales of 800 million euros
  • In addition, the Imerys project in Auvergne is scheduled to be operational in 2028, with plans to extract 34,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide per year, enough to equip 700,000 electric vehicles per year.

Imerys to mine UK's largest lithium deposit with British Lithium 29/06/2023

  • Shareholding in the joint venture: Imerys holds 80% and British Lithium 20%.
  • Location of lithium deposit: Cornwall, in the south-west of the UK.
  • Objective: to become the UK's leading integrated producer of lithium carbonate for batteries.

Rising interest rates weigh on the construction market in the US and Europe 03/05/2023

  • Construction market share of Imerys sales: around 40%
  • Automotive market share of Imerys sales: 7%
  • The Group is in negotiations for the sale of Calderys (HTS) Redeployment towards lithium and green mobility

Imerys fine-tunes its "responsible "r lithium mine plan 28/04/2023

  • 4.3 billion euros: Imerys sales in 2022.
  • 40 drillings: number of core samples planned for 2023 in Imerys' third exploration campaign.
  • 30,000 tonnes: quantity of kaolin extracted per year on the "kaolins de Beauvoir" site.
  • 34,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide: Imerys' ambition for annual production over a quarter century.
  • 1 million tonnes of lithium oxide: estimated current reserves.

Studies mentioning this company

The cement market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Heidelberg Cement
  • Vicat Groupe
  • Imerys
  • CRH
  • BigMat
  • Leroy Merlin France (Adeo)
  • Lafarge (Holcim Groupe)
  • Hoffmann Green Ciment
  • Ciments Calcia (Heidelberg group)
  • Colacem SPA
  • EQIOM Bétons (CRH Group)
  • Ciments du Maroc (Heidelberg Group)
  • Holcim
  • Carrières du Boulonnais - CB Groupe
  • Chryso (Saint-Gobain Groupe)
  • GCP Applied technologies (Saint-Gobain Groupe)
  • Ecocem
The lithium market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Vulcan Energy
  • Lithium de France (Arverne Groupe)
  • Viridian Lithium
  • Imerys
  • Adionics
The market for cement - Germany

Other companies mentioned:

  • Holcim
  • HeidelbergCement
  • Vicat Groupe
  • Imerys
  • EQIOM Bétons (CRH Group)
  • Dyckerhoff
  • Hornbach
  • Obi
  • Bauhaus