Carmeuse Group

What Carmeuse Group does

Carmeuse Group is a privately held, Belgium-headquartered industrial company that produces lime, high calcium limestone, and dolomitic stone for B2B customers across multiple sectors. Its lead vertical is iron and steel, where its products support iron ore preparation, sintering, hot metal desulphurization, BOF and EAF steelmaking, and secondary metallurgy; other verticals include civil engineering and construction, agriculture/feed/food, environmental applications (water treatment, flue gas cleaning, sludge and soil treatment), chemicals, PCC/pulp and paper, and building materials. The group operates across 35+ countries with approximately 6,300 employees, anchored by regional operating subsidiaries (Carmeuse Americas, Carmeuse Europe, Carmeuse Czech Republic) and an extensive quarry and processing footprint that includes Drummond Island and Cedarville in Michigan, Mokrá in Czechia, Salalah in Oman, and Liége in Belgium.

The company runs an enterprise field-sales go-to-market with dedicated customer support and field support teams, supplying not only core mineral products but also customized equipment and engineering solutions for plant, storage, and product transfer needs. Revenue is generated primarily through hardware/product sales of quicklime, hydrated lime, calcium carbonate, and specialty mineral-based solutions, sold in formats ranging from 0.5kg and 25kg packs for agricultural brands like Optilit, up to 600–1,200kg big bags and bulk shipments for industrial customers; pricing is quote-based for B2B and not publicly disclosed. The product portfolio is organized around registered brands including AquaCalco and AquaCalco W for environmental water treatment, TerraCalco (95, 55, Garden) for agriculture, Optilit for livestock hygiene, NutriCalco for animal nutrition, and ViaCalco, Calcitec, SuperCalco, Enduria, PremiaCal, StabiCalco, CleanCalco, SanaCalco, LeafCalco, and FruitCal for civil engineering, building materials, and specialty applications.

In 2025–2026 Carmeuse executed an active inorganic growth and modernization program: acquisitions of Al Namariq (Oman, 2026-01), PB Lime / Carmeuse South Africa (2026-02), Unicalce in full from the Gnecci Family (Italy, 2026-02), Crandell Brothers Trucking and Omni Materials (US, 2026-02), and Cementos Bío Bío (Chile, 2025-09); creation of the CarVal Biomass joint venture with Terval in Belgium (2026-05) for biomass pellet grinding; deployment of Caterpillar MineStar autonomous haulage at Drummond Island (2026-05) and Intramotev TugVolt autonomous railcars at Cedarville (2026-01); partnerships including the Bellona Center for Marine Restoration (2025-06) and the Holcim-led Carbon Hub CPT01 EU Innovation Fund project (2025-11); and venture investments in carbon-capture startups pHathom Technologies and Planeteers via Carmeuse Ventures. The group is led by CEO Rodolphe Marie Collinet with COO Yves Willems, CFO Yves Schoonejans, CHRO Danielle Knott, and Deputy CEO Sebastien Dossogne.

Name

Carmeuse Group

Legal name

Carmeuse Coordination Center SA

Website

https://carmeuse.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1923

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Carmeuse Group is a Belgium-based, privately held global producer of lime, high calcium limestone, and dolomitic stone serving B2B industrial customers in steelmaking, construction, agriculture, environmental, and chemical sectors across 35+ countries with approximately 6,300 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Minerals Manufacturing

NAICS

Lime Manufacturing (32741), Lime Manufacturing (327410)

SIC

Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400)

akta.pro primary industry

Calcium Carbonate (GCC/PCC) (IMAEAFAA)

Keywords

• Lime production
• Limestone manufacturing
• Industrial minerals
• Calcium carbonate products
• Mineral processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Louvain-la-neuve

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Lime and Limestone Product Sales: Carmeuse generates revenue primarily through the manufacture and sale of lime and limestone products including quicklime, hydrated lime, calcium carbonate products, and specialty mineral-based solutions for industrial applications

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Carmeuse is a global manufacturer and supplier of lime, high calcium limestone, and dolomitic stone products, offering quicklime, hydrated lime, milk of lime, calcium carbonates, and specialty mineral-based formulations. The company also provides customized equipment and engineering solutions for plant, storage, and product transfer needs to industrial customers across steelmaking, construction, agriculture, environment, chemicals, pulp and paper, and building materials sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Carmeuse Ventures: Corporate venture arm established to accelerate promising ideas through capital, collaboration, and Carmeuse's decarbonization expertise
• Carmeuse Foundation
• TerraCalco
• Optilit
• AquaCalco
• ViaCalco
• Calcitec
• NutriCalco
• SuperCalco
• LeafCalco

Products and services

• Iron & Steel Lime and Limestone Products High Calcium Quicklime, Dolomitic Quicklime, Milled Quicklime, Synthetic Slags, Chemical grade limestone and dolostone, Hydrated Lime, and Milk of Lime used in ironmaking, steelmaking (BOF, EAF), and secondary metallurgy processes including iron ore preparation, sintering, basicity control, hot metal desulphurization, LRF, and AOD. Customers are steel producers and metallurgical operations.
• Environmental Treatment Products AquaCalco®, AquaCalco® W (hydrated lime), StabiCalco®, CleanCalco®, and SanaCalco® used for water treatment (wastewater, process water, drinking water), flue gas cleaning, sludge treatment, and soil remediation. Customers are water utilities, industrial boilers, waste-to-energy plants, biomass plants, and power plants.
• Agricultural Soil and Plant Nutrition Products TerraCalco® 95 (fast-acting soil pH management with highest neutralization value up to 98), TerraCalco® 55 (fine powder calcium carbonate for organic farming), TerraCalco® Garden, LeafCalco® (plant nutrition), NutriCalco® (animal nutrition and premixes), and FruitCal® (fruit calcium nutrition). Customers are farmers and agricultural distributors.
• Optilit® Livestock Hygiene Product Unique absorbent and disinfectant powder blend for livestock farms (poultry, pigs, cattle, goats, sheep, horses); prevents and controls infections, reduces odors, absorbs moisture, and neutralizes acidity of feces; available in 0.5kg and 25kg packages. Customers are livestock farmers and agricultural distributors.
• Civil Engineering Products ViaCalco®, Calcitec® for Civil Engineering, PremiaCal®, and Hydrate used for soil treatment, soil stabilization, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates in civil engineering projects. Customers are construction companies and civil engineering contractors.
• Building Materials Products Quicklime, Calcitec® for Building Materials, SuperCalco®, Enduria®, and Barkisan® used in autoclaved aerated concrete, calcium silicate masonry units, bituminous roofing and shingles, carpet backing and luxury vinyl flooring, precast concrete, mortars, plasters and renders, facade clay bricks, and hempcrete. Customers are building materials manufacturers.
• Customized Equipment and Engineering Solutions Proprietary customized equipment and engineering solutions for plant, storage, and product transfer needs of industrial customers, complemented by dedicated customer support and field support teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000 happy animals/year using Optilit®
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• TervalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2026Joint venture creation for biomass pellet grinding named CarVal Biomass. Located at Terval's site in Liège with trimodal access, up to 120,000 t/year grinding capacity. First volume available Q4 2027 with partial offtake volumes booked for 10 years. Both Belgian industrial players rooted in Wallonia.
• CaterpillarcoreTechnology or Integration · 5 May 2026Carmeuse deployed Caterpillar's Cat MineStar Command for Hauling autonomous haulage system at Drummond Island quarry in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. First application of autonomous haulage technology to industrial mineral quarrying operations. Represents shift from large-scale open-pit mines to mid-scale quarry environments.
• IntramotevmajorTechnology or Integration · 20 January 2026Carmeuse Americas uses Intramotev's TugVolt self-powered railcars to move limestone from Cedarville, Michigan mine to port. World's first commercial application of autonomous railcar technology. Six-car trains (three powered, three unpowered) operate 16 hours daily, on pace to move 1 million tons per year.
• Holcim RomaniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 November 2025Carmeuse is a key partner in Holcim-led Carbon Hub CPT01 project in Romania, which secured substantial grant funding from EU Innovation Fund. Project advancing carbon capture and storage solutions for industrial applications.
• Bellona FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 June 2025Carmeuse joined as Founding Partner at The Center for Marine Restoration established by Bellona in Lofoten, Norway. Partnership focuses on research, technology and knowledge for restoration of Norway's blue rainforest - kelp forests. Carmeuse contributes expertise in limestone products and technologies for marine restoration, exploring lime application to reduce sea urchin densities.
• CINEA (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency)coreOthersCarmeuse Group signed grant agreement with CINEA for Leopard project, focusing on making lime production more sustainable through innovation funding.
• Cahaba River CoalitionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through Carmeuse Longview Operation hosting Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) for conservation education. Growing partnership focused on environmental stewardship, sustainability education, and community engagement. Fourth consecutive year hosting the program.
• Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (IRSNB)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner30 years of collaboration for biodiversity observation and protection in Carmeuse quarries. Ornithologists monitor bird species including Great Horned Owls, Peregrine Falcons, and Bank Swallows that nest in quarry walls.
• PB Lime (now Carmeuse South Africa)coreOthersAcquired by Carmeuse in February 2026. Nearly 100-year-old lime producer serving more than 200 customers across South Africa. Owns one of few white limestone deposits in market dominated by brown lime.
• Unicalce (Italy)coreOthersCarmeuse acquired remaining stake from Gnecci Family in February 2026. Italian leader in lime and derivative products founded in 1923. Approximately 500 employees, 11 sites across Italy serving lime and premix customers.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Direct peers

• Lhoist Group: Belgian-headquartered global lime and dolomite producer and the most direct competitor to Carmeuse, serving the same steel, construction, environmental, and agricultural end markets across Europe, North America, and South America with comparable product portfolios.
• Graymont: Canadian privately held lime and limestone producer operating across North America and the Asia-Pacific, with a similar product mix in high-calcium and dolomitic lime for steel, construction, environmental, and chemical applications — directly competitive with Carmeuse Americas.
• Mississippi Lime Company: US-based producer of high-calcium quicklime, hydrated lime, and calcium carbonate serving steel, water treatment, construction, and chemical customers with overlapping applications and product specifications to Carmeuse's North American operations.
• Nordkalk: Finnish-owned (Rettig Group) European producer of limestone-based products including quicklime, ground limestone, and PCC, serving paper, steel, environmental, and construction markets — a close regional competitor to Carmeuse Europe.

Broad incumbents

• Imerys: French-listed global specialty minerals producer (calcium carbonates, kaolin, perlite, talc) with material overlap in ground calcium carbonate (GCC/PCC) and a paper/industrial customer base that intersects with Carmeuse's PCC, Pulp & Paper segment.
• Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI): US-listed specialty minerals company with a leading position in precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) for paper and a portfolio of lime-based environmental and construction products, directly comparable to Carmeuse's PCC and environmental offerings.
• Omya: Swiss private global producer of calcium carbonates (ground and precipitated) and specialty fillers serving paper, plastics, construction, agriculture, and environmental markets — directly overlapping with Carmeuse's calcium carbonate and agricultural product lines.
• CRH plc: Irish-listed global building materials group (cement, aggregates, ready-mix) with vertically integrated lime-consuming operations and a customer base that overlaps Carmeuse's civil engineering and building materials segments.

Others

• Holcim: Swiss-listed global cement and aggregates major with which Carmeuse has a strategic partnership on the Carbon Hub CPT01 CCUS project; adjacent industry with shared lime-consuming applications in concrete and construction, and a potential customer for Carmeuse's mineral products.

Emerging players

• SCR-Sibelco: Belgian private global industrial minerals producer (silica, nepheline, feldspar, ball clays) with adjacent positioning in quarrying/mineral processing and similar B2B industrial customer base in glass, ceramics, and construction — a thematic mineral-industry comparable.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A4 records

Investments

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