Press Release
For Immediate Release


IMERYS to Raise Prices for Kaolin Products to the Paper Industry


October 06th, 2006

IMERYS announces that the prices of selected kaolin products for the global paper industry will increase effective from 1st December 2006, or as contracts allow.

Prices will increase by an average of US$15.00 per dry metric tonne for Georgia hydrous kaolins, US$40.00 per dry metric tonne for calcined kaolins and US$15.00 per dry metric tonne for Brazilian kaolins.  An energy surcharge programme based on the price of natural gas will remain in effect, as contracts allow.

Imerys has continued to improve productivity and manage it’s overall cost base to provide cost-effective products and services to the paper industry.  Despite these efforts, the escalation of energy, chemical, mining, transportation and other related costs have continued.

These levels of price increase are necessary to enable Imerys to achieve a sustainable kaolin business that meets the needs of the paper industry, both today and in the future.

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For further information please contact:
Spencer Farmer, Global Marketing Director, IMERYS Pigments for Paper.
Phone +44 (0)776 664 1967
Email: spencer.farmer@imerys.com

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