Sibelco

Sibelco

Belgium-headquartered industrial minerals supplier producing and distributing materials such as silica sand and specialty minerals for industrial and construction-related applications.

Antwerpen, Belgium
5000-6000 employees
Plantin en Moretuslei 1A, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
Categories:
Industrial Minerals & Raw Materials

Business Profile

Capabilities, markets, and positioning.

ISIC Codes
0899
Business Model
producerdistributor
Value Chain Role
tier 1supplier
Geographies Served
Global
Key Capabilities
industrial minerals productionmulti-mineral portfoliomaterials logisticstechnical support
Tags
silicaindustrial-mineralsraw-materialsglass-and-ceramics

About

Sibelco is a Belgium-headquartered industrial minerals and material solutions company that mines, processes and supplies minerals worldwide, with a portfolio centered on silica, clays, feldspathics and olivine. The group also operates a large glass-recycling business, producing high-purity cullet for container-glass manufacturing.

Materials and applications

Sibelco supplies silica (quartz) sands and flours, feldspar and nepheline syenite fluxes for glass/ceramics, kaolin and ball clays for ceramic bodies and glazes, and olivine for metallurgy and foundry uses. It also produces cristobalite via calcination of high-purity quartz under the SIBELITE® brand, used as a functional filler in engineered stone, coatings and polymers.

Services and operations

Offerings include global sourcing and logistics, technical application support, and glass-cullet processing across a network of recycling facilities.

Activities & Offerings

Overview of activities and offerings.

Activities
Industrial minerals mining and processing
Industrial minerals distribution and logistics
Glass recycling and cullet production
Technical customer support / application development
Products
Silica (quartz) sands
Silica (quartz) flours
Quartz flour Silverbond M
Silica Sand M
Cristobalite sands and powders (SIBELITE®)
Feldspar (sands/powders)
Nepheline syenite
Kaolin (china clay)
Ball clay
Olivine (sand/gravel/powder)
Recycled glass cullet
High purity quartz
Dolomite
Limestone
Services
Industrial minerals supply (multi-mineral sourcing)
Processing (crushing, milling, calcination, grading)
Glass collection, sorting and cullet production
Global logistics and delivery planning
Technical support for glass, ceramics, polymers, coatings, metallurgy

Sources

Referenced sources for the listing.

IDLabelURLRetrievedNotes
src1Sibelco (company overview)https://www.sibelco.com/en/2026-01-27-
src2Silica (quartz)https://www.sibelco.com/en/materials/silica2026-01-27-
src3Cristobalite (SIBELITE®)https://www.sibelco.com/en/materials/cristobalite2026-01-27-
src4Feldsparhttps://www.sibelco.com/en/materials/feldspar2026-01-27-
src5Nepheline syenitehttps://www.sibelco.com/en/materials/nepheline-syenite2026-01-27-
src6Kaolinhttps://www.sibelco.com/en/materials/kaolin2026-01-27-
src7Olivinehttps://www.sibelco.com/en/materials/olivine2026-01-27-
src8Recycled glasshttps://www.sibelco.com/en/materials/recycled-glass2026-01-27-
src9Glass recycling (application)https://www.sibelco.com/en/applications/glass-recycling2026-01-27-
src10Sibelco logistics networkhttps://www.sibelco.com/en/transportation2026-01-27-
src11Turkey site (materials incl. feldspar, dolomite, silica, high purity quartz)https://www.sibelco.com/en/country/turkey2026-01-27-
src12Sibelco polymers mineral guide (Silverbond M, SIBELITE naming)https://polymers.sibelcotools.com/quartz/2026-01-27-

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Last edited January 27, 2026Edited by @ayzhan1