Industrial Minerals


Imerys buys Vale kaolin asset

30 July 2010

by Mark Watts

Majority stake in Para Pigmentos acquired for $70m. as Imerys expands in Brazil

Keywords: Imerys, Vale, kaolin, Brazil, paper, Para Pigmentos

Imerys SA has acquired an 86.2% stake in Vale SA’s Brazil-based kaolin subsidiary, Para Pigmentos, for $70m, the French industrial minerals group said.

Disclosing the deal in its interim...