Léon Lhoist was a
Belgian businessman. In 1889 Hippolyte Dumont, his father-in-law, established the ''Carrières et Fours à Chaux Dumont-Wautier'', at
Hermalle in
Belgium
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. In 1924, Léon Lhoist founded the ''Etablissements Léon Lhoist'', a
lime
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* Lime (fruit), a green citrus fruit
* Lime (material), inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
* Lime (color), a color between yellow and green
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and
dolime (dolomitic lime, or burnt
dolomite Dolomite may refer to:
*Dolomite (mineral), a carbonate mineral
*Dolomite (rock), also known as dolostone, a sedimentary carbonate rock
*Dolomite, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community
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) producer, at
Jemelle, Belgium. In 1926,
Lhoist established the ''Carrières et Fours à Chaux de Dugny'', in
France
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.
Sources
De vijfentwintig rijkste Vlamingen: brouwers boven
Belgian businesspeople
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