Giving back to 
the environment

In more than one way! Most industries try hard (or not that hard!) to mitigate their impact on the natural environment, or put simply, to do less harm. We have been walking down that path for more than a century already: vegetation, pure air and clean water are the earth’s most valuable resources. No toxic or hazardous materials are used during our mining and production processes, thereby safeguarding our environment. The use of thickeners allows us to recycle and recover more than 90% of the water used in production. We use the most advanced and effective filtration systems to control emissions, we increasingly replace fossil fuels with sustainably-produced biomass and we operate a state-of-the-art flue gas desulfurization (FGD) plant. We invest in renewable energy projects - PV plants - throughout our facilities.

In our efforts to restore nature we use special software for surface planning and automated watering; we replace topsoil and revegetate using trees from our own plant nursery. We take every pain to preserve nature in an area long appreciated for its beauty.

We also make products for the environment: Dunite, a natural magnesium silicate, is utilized for CO₂ sequestration to combat climate change, while soil decontamination applications and wastewater or flue gas treatments, demonstrate our magnesium oxide's active, multifunctional role in neutralizing pollutants.