About us

• History

• Imerys' strengths

• Large, high quality reserves
• Expertise in geology and mining
• An optimized industrial tool
• Proximity to our customers
• test nD

  • Innovation

  • Innovations to support the Group’s competitiveness
  • Some examples of innovations

    • Business groups

    • Minerals for Ceramics, Refractories, Abrasives & Foundry
    • Performance & Filtration Minerals
    • Pigments for Paper & Packaging
    • Materials & Monolithics
    • Ceramitec 2012
    • Tecnargilla 2012
    • 30 Imerys sites participate to the European Minerals Day 2013

      • Corporate governance

      • General Management
      • Executive Committee
      • Board of Directors
      • Specialized Committees
      • Internal Control

        • Sponsorship

        • 2013 Agenda

        Finance

        • Imerys’ results and key data

        • Financial results and events
        • Webcasts

          • Financial agenda 2013

          • Capital structure

          • Press Releases

          • Individual Shareholders

          • Shareholders’ guide
            • Forms of ownership for Imerys shares
            • Buying and selling Imerys shares
          • General meeting
            • Preliminary documents to the Ordinary & Extraordinary Shareholders' General Meeting of April, 25, 2013
          • Dividend
          • Taxation
          • Shareholders' Letters
          • Financial glossary
          • General meeting
          • General meeting

            • Analyst coverage

            • Credit rating

            • Questions & Answers

            • Contacts

            • Regulated Information

            • Periodic regulated information
            • Ongoing regulated information

              • Imerys' financial department receives Finance Leaders Award

Why choose Imerys?

• Geology & Mining

• Sales & Marketing

• Testimonial Geoffroy C.

• Operations & Production

• Testimonial Jérémy F.

• Research & Development

• Finance & Control

• Required attitudes

• Imerys Management Style

• Adult Basic Education in South Africa

• Development of basic skills in Clay Products

• Job offers

• The recruitment process
  • Practical advice
• Onboarding process
• Application

  • Building your future

  • Career Development
    • Rafael N. Interview
    • Three questions for John M.
    • Three questions for Jean-André A.
  • Learning & Training
    • Three questions for Christian P.
    • Imerys Learning Center Offering
    • Frédéric Beucher Interview
    • Three questions for Soh Tuck Weng
  • Forming networks
    • 3 questions for Lin X.

    • Imerys Campus

    • Schools and universities' forum
    • Scholarships and internships in North America
    • Testimonial Laurence L.
    • Testimonial Shile D.

      News & Media Center

      • News

      • Press Releases

      • Publications

      • Regulated Information

      • Periodic regulated information
      • Ongoing regulated information

        • Media Gallery

        • Corporate style guide

Strategy

• Governance

• Environmental Focus

• Management Systems
• Consumption & discharges
  • Managing our water withdrawals efficiently
  • Limited Waste Generation
• Energy & emissions
  • Reducing our greenhouse gas emission
  • Improving the measurement of our SOx and NOx emissions and reducing our dust emissions
• Restoration & Biodiversity
• Innovation

  • Social Focus

  • Health & Safety
    • Health
    • Safety
  • Human Resources
    • Employment
    • Training
    • Compensation
    • Social Relations
    • Diversity
  • Communities
  • Ethics

    • Indicators

    • Methodology

    • Data collection and reporting procedures
    • Reporting of Environmental Indicators
    • Reporting des indicateurs Energie & CO2
    • Reporting of Safety Indicators
    • Asia Pacific – Building relationships of trust with the communities around sites: coordinating a Regional Minerals Day
    • Brazil - Imerys RCC’s energy action plan
    • Limiting Dust Emissions by the Implementation of Good Practices
    • A range of minerals for bio-based polymers
    • Germany — A former clay pit in Weitefeld in Rhineland-Palatinate, successfully returned to nature
    • Vietnam – Watching and learning
    • Ensure compliance to international standards related to Child labor
    • Australia – Developing a Biorich Demonstration site at Lal Lal (Australia), an Imerys mining site
    • Chili – Help employees affected by an earthquake
    • United Kingdom - Imerys Minerals Ltd opened its doors to the public on European Minerals Day
    • Engage suppliers on Group's Ethical Principals
    • South Africa:Training in basic knowledge for adults
    • USA – Engaging community through the restoration of former mining area
    • United States – Phasing out a major cost item through the smart reuse of water
    • Ceramics: lighter and stronger finished products
    • Safety Challenge to Celebrate the Introduction of our “Six Critical Protocols” in Asia-Pacific and Latin America
    • Consolidating a Culture of Safety on our Sites
    • France – Raising Awareness of the Disabled Workforce in the Clay Bricks & Roof Tiles Division
    • Europe - Two new benefit plans
    • France – Ensuring our Coworkers’ Employability in their Community
    • France – Imerys Learning Center, a Place for Learning and Sharing
    • Thailand – Supporting Education
    • USA – Combining Energy Efficiency and Improved Product Quality
    • France - Wood Fuel Project in Clay Roof Tiles & Bricks Division
    • France - Recycling Heat to Reduce Energy Consumption
    • France – Biomass Furnace to Dry Bricks
    • France – Substantial Reduction in Pollutant Discharges, Significant Energy Savings
    • France: Emissions-processing system
    • Turkey – Use of Biofuel
    • Thailand – Additional Revenue for Local Populations
    • South Africa – HIV strategy pays off
    • USA – Disaster Relief for Flood Victims
    • Asia-Pacific – Coordinating Sustainable Development Initiatives in the Region
    • Vietnam – Greening a Local School
    • South Africa – HIV strategy pays off
    • France – Compensatory Afforestation
    • Brazil – Environmental Training for Primary School Teachers
    • United Kingdom – A Vision for our Former Mining Sites
    • Europe - Discovery and learning for a young audience
    • France – Create a consultative committee to enhance stakeholders' dialogue
    • Malaysia – Integrating Restoration in Quarry Operating Plans
    • United Kingdom – Restoration of Kaolin Quarries
    • Ménez Du quarry (Finistère), France — Study and maintenance of a plot in order to contribute to better knowledge of a mesophilic environment
    • Touvérac quarry (Charente), France — Creation of an environment rich in protected flora and fauna: Sweet gale, European pond terrapin, etc
    • Montpothier quarry (Aube), France — Enhancing biodiversity as part of the rehabilitation of the Montpothier site
    • Jard quarry (Charente-Maritime), France — Study of colonizing species and compensatory measures
    • La Verrerie quarry (Indre), France — Creation of a replacement pond to protect an environment of high ecological value
    • Devant-le-Bard quarry (Charente-Maritime) and Vallée de Guizengeard quarry (Charente), France — Creation of an environment to foster biodiversity: the European bee-eater
    • Reducing Carbon Footprint thanks to Fiberlink™ 101S (Performance Minerals)
    • C-NERGY™ - A Range of Additives for Lithium Ion Batteries (Graphite & Carbon)
    • Linerfil™: Saving Energy in Paper-Making (Pigments for Paper)
    • Improving the Efficiency of Thermal Power Stations or Incinerators (Minerals for Ceramics)
    • IMercure™ X10: An Environment-Friendly Wood Coating Additive (Performance Minerals)
    • ImerFill®: Reducing Cement’s Carbon Footprint (Performance Minerals)
    • Optibric PV S25: For Low-Consumption Housing (Building Material)
    • Resistant Concrete – New Quick-Drying, No-Cement Variety
    • Recycling Calcium Carbonate Tailings (Performance Minerals)
    • China – Reducing the Environmental Impact of Transportation