IMI Fabi

IMI Fabi is a talc mining and manufacturing company. The company operates 8 mining sites and 11 production and administrative sites with annual production capacity of 350,000 tonnes. IMI Fabi has 3,000+ customers and operates through regional offices serving EMEA, North America, South America and Asia Pacific.

IMI Fabi offers a broad range of talc grades from dark/coarse to ultrafine, high brightness products. Product portfolio includes grades suitable for plastics (including recycled and biopolymers), industrial coatings (primers, top coats, protective and marine coatings), paper, polyester putties, and cosmetics. The company supplies both global product ranges available worldwide and regional products according to local availability.

An expert R&D team of geologists and engineers develops new products and processes. IMI Fabi operates dedicated laboratories to test talc properties in different applications and support customers in grade selection and evaluation of new applications. The company adopts a lean thinking model applied across the entire value chain, with constant employee training and fine-tuned, monitored processes aimed at excellence. R&D is identified as a point of strength, with investments targeted at developing high quality and innovative products with limited environmental impact and achieving first-to-market positioning.

IMI Fabi manages biodiversity preservation at its mines. The Brusada-Ponticelli mine project involved identifying and safeguarding rare botanic species including Armeria Alpina, Carex bicolor, Saxifraga Rotundifolia and Sanguisorba dodecandra through cultivation and reintroduction. The Sa’Matta mine biodiversity project created an educational nature trail with 8 information panels describing habitat characteristics, fauna, flora and mining activities in the Mediterranean region.