Turnover: 2.2 billion EUR (2022)
Country: Belgium
- One of the world's leading producers of lime, dolomite and other minerals.
- Founded in 1889 by Hippolyte Dumont in Belgium.
- Set up in France in 1926, under the impetus of the founder's son-in-law, Léon Lhoist.
- Lime plants and limestone and dolomite quarries in Belgium and France.
- In the 80s, entry into the American market.
- In the 90s, expansion into Western and Eastern Europe, Germany and Scandinavia
- In the 2000s, acquisition of Balthazard & Cotte, lime producers in France, Spain and Portugal.
- Expansion into Brazil and Asia in the 2000s
- Lhoist operates 100 sites in over 25 countries, with 6,400 employees of over 40 different nationalities
- 20 industrial sites in France
News
Lhoist pioneers lime decarbonation. 22/05/2023
- Lhoist is a Belgian family-owned lime group founded in 1889.
- A major player in the lime market, with sales of 3.5 billion euros and around one hundred sites, including 18 in France.
- The steel industry accounts for 30% of Lhoist's business.
- Four Lhoist sites in France are among the country's 50 highest CO2 emitters.
- Lhoist plans to reduce CO2 emissions at its Rety site by 87% by 2028 through a carbon capture process.
- Total investment in decarbonization at Lhoist amounts to €160 million, of which €125 million comes from a European grant.
- Lhoist is also working on the transition from gas to biomass and the installation of photovoltaic power plants to cover 70% of its electricity needs.
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