Company Background
Having started its mining activities in 1940s, Dereli Family has been operating in the mining industry for three generations. The first enterprise by the Dereli Family on the Marmara Island was set up in 1940a by Dereli Siblings and Özgür Family from Marmara, supplying dolomite from Saraylar to Şişecam Factories. Dereli Family carries on its Marmara Island operations with the company name of DereliMermer Granit Maden A.Ş. and produces calcite and dolomite on Marmara Island. Dereli Family, which has been the partner and supplier of IMERYS since 1996, is the main raw material (calcium carbonate) supplier of the European factories of IMERYS.