Imerys snaps up S&B for €558m
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Published: Thursday, 27 November 2014
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Laura Syrett
World leading French industrial minerals group
Imerys SA has bought Greece-based bentonite producer, S&B,
for a maximum purchase price of €558m ($697.5m*).
Imerys said the deal represented a "strategic combination
for the integration of the main activities of S&B," which
will allow it to "accelerate...