January 3, 2024
2023: The year in review
2023 was marked by some major milestones for Imerys. We take a look back over the year’s highlights.
![Lithium production](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/top_content_image_mobile/public/2023-06/DSC_0572.jpg.webp?itok=tRLxpYNj)
![Alessandro Dazza](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/fade_card/public/2023-01/Key-Moments-ADazza.jpg?h=9e16a70f&itok=vBSm6frD)
Our CEO Alessandro Dazza announced solid financial performance for 2022, marked by continued growth.
January
January
2023
![HTS ladles Thionville](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-01/HTS-ladles-thionville-filtrevert.png.webp?itok=bwLh6Lsx)
We completed the divestiture of our High Temperature Solutions business.
![Ceremony French Geological Foundation](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Geol%20Nancy%20Foundation.jpg.webp?itok=XCPzpi1S)
We signed a five-year agreement with the French National School of Geology to support the next generation of geologists.
![Trimouns](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/fade_card/public/2023-12/Trimouns.jpg?h=9e16a70f&itok=LPf_SSGW)
We rolled out our new Sustainability roadmap for 2025, with our new objectives for DE&I, Climate Change and the Environment.
February
April
2023
![Lyondell-Basell Award ceremony](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/LyondellBasell-Award.jpg.webp?itok=L0GI3mfz)
Major polymer producer and key customer, LyondellBasell, presented us with a Sustainability Award for our contribution to lowering their CO2 footprint.
![Leap drawing](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/LEAP%20green%20filter.jpg.webp?itok=rqsP9T-b)
We launched LEAP, our new range of ultra-reactive specialty binders for sustainable construction.
May
2023
![Lompoc solar panel group](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Lompoc%20Solar%20Panels.jpg.webp?itok=86s5olJb)
We entered into a long-term renewable energy partnership with TotalEnergies at our Lompoc facility in California.
![Team at Imerys ITC Brazil](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Imerys-ST-Lab-Brazil.jpg.webp?itok=dFrSeIYp)
Our 3 Brazilian labs joined forces to form a new Imerys Tech Center in Brazil.
![Electric car charging](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/fade_card/public/2023-12/British%20Lithium%20EV%20green%20filter.jpg?h=9e16a70f&itok=jLmYcQ1A)
We formed a joint-venture with British Lithium to become the UK’s first integrated producer of battery-grade lithium carbonate.
June
June
2023
![Lithium sample](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Lithium%20sample%20-%20white%20filter.jpg.webp?itok=6nAO9wuH)
We produced the first lab samples of battery-grade lithium hydroxide from granite from our Beauvoir site in France.
![Willebroek energy recovery signature](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Willebroek%20Energy%20Recovery%20Green%20filter.jpg.webp?itok=x2Deo-24)
We installed a new energy recovery plant at our Willebroek plant in Belgium to turn syngas into electricity.
![Solar panels UK](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/fade_card/public/2023-12/Climate%20change%20-%20green%20filter.jpg?h=9e16a70f&itok=30Szbr3z)
Our decarbonization targets to align with the 1.5°C trajectory were approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
July
September
2023
![Nantes university hospital](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Vinci%20green%20filter.jpg.webp?itok=c3JatMgn)
We joined forces with Vinci on one of Europe's most ambitious low-carbon concrete projects.
![ITC Tianjin](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/ITC%20Tianjin.jpg.webp?itok=hEbQO0CR)
We inaugurated a new application hall at our Imerys Tech Center in China.
October
2023
![GCC powder](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/GCC%20powder.jpg.webp?itok=mWKVEuzN)
We reached an agreement for the acquisition of O-N Minerals’ Carmeuse calcium carbonate business in North Georgia.
The deal will allow us to expand our GCC capacity to serve construction and agriculture markets.
![Employees at Imerys Connect Day](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Imerys%20Connect%20Day%20green%20filter.jpg.webp?itok=QeYOXqF7)
Employees around the world came together for Imerys Connect Day on the theme ‘you can make the difference’ in the realm of safety and water conservation.
October
2023
![Talc plant China](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Jade%20plant%20China%20green%20filter.jpg.webp?itok=d_zyCgSq)
We inaugurated a new talc processing plant in Wuhu, China, to produce high-value specialty talcs to serve the automotive polymers market.
![Alessandrao Dazza at the European Lithium Challenge](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/AD%20European%20Lithium%20Challenge.jpg.webp?itok=elu8rqB2)
CEO Alessandro Dazza joined EU officials and industry representatives at Raw Materials Week to present our EMILI lithium project.
![Restored lake at Savins](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/fade_card/public/2023-12/Savins%20rehab.jpg?h=9e16a70f&itok=TF9uBsQ2)
We continued our efforts to restore the land and promote biodiversity at our sites around the world.
November
December
2023
![Willbroek pilot plant](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Willebroek%20lithium%20-%20white%20filter.jpg.webp?itok=Is7BY6i7)
We commissioned a new cutting edge pilot plant at our carbon black production plant in Belgium.
![Sustainability: hand holding trees](https://www.imerys.com/public/styles/flip_card/public/2023-12/Sustainability%20bond%20-%20green%20filter.jpg.webp?itok=hwciveMu)
We successfully issued our second Sustainability-Linked Bond for €500 million.
Want to read about the key moments that marked 2022?