Magnesite stories

We recently completed our 50th blood donation, and we are proud to have concentrated a significant amount of blood units, available for people in need.

Grecian Magnesite has been organizing blood donation events in its Yerakini mine site for over 30 years already.

Athens, Greece – June 13, 2022 -- Grecian Magnesite S.A. (“GM”), has announced today that its Turkish subsidiary, Akdeniz Mineral Kaynaklari A.Ş. (AMK), has, signed an agreement for the installation of a roof type solar energy system at its Kumbet plant

Athens, Greece -- April 4, 2022 -- We are happy to announce that Grecian Magnesite is the first Greek company to be eligible for a €4,85 million funding by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0.

Grecian Magnesite is pleased to announce that it has obtained the renewal of its ISO 9001: 2015 quality management system certification.

Grecian Magnesite S.A., the Department of Chemistry in collaboration with the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the companies...

Athens, Greece -- November 2, 2021 -- Grecian Magnesite S.A. ("GM"), a leading manufacturer of magnesite and its compounds, announced today that it has successfully renewed its GMP⁺ Certification...

Athens, Greece -- September 10, 2021 -- Grecian Magnesite S.A. (“GM”), a leading manufacturer of magnesite and its compounds, has recently announced the receipt of Green Certificate of Energy for the electricity consumed by the company during 2020-2021 (June 2020 – May 2021).

Athens, Greece -- May 26, 2021 -- Grecian Magnesite S.A. (“GM”), has announced today that its Turkish subsidiary, Akdeniz Mineral Kaynaklari A.Ş. (AMK), has completed the erection of a brand-new 4.000 sqm warehouse at its Kumbet facilities in Eskişehir, Turkey.

Grecian Magnesite participates in an international consortium led by New Energy Coalition and University of Groningen that will answer the following questions in the European innovation project ConsenCUS:

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On the island of Evia, Greece, we are more than favored by probably one of the purest magnesite deposits on the entire planet. Above ground, this is also a place of exceptional natural beauty and of relatively untouched flora and fauna habitats. Mining in our region has always been a balancing act: respect, preserve, produce. Those are the guiding values for our newest mine.

Athens, Greece -- March 22, 2021 -- Grecian Magnesite S.A. (“GM”), has announced today that its Turkish subsidiary, Akdeniz Mineral Kaynaklari A.Ş. (AMK), has successfully completed the construction of a new mineral processing line.

Athens, Greece -- January 26, 2021 -- Grecian Magnesite S.A. (“GM”), has announced today the successful operation of a novel versatile/LN burner system, which is expected to significantly cut CO₂ & NO_x emissions from the company’s rotary kilns in Yerakini mines & works.

"Better Life with MgO" is about designing and implementing a novel air pollution abatement process. The project is co-financed by EU's LIFE Programme.

Whether it is for nickel, cobalt or uranium, hydrometallurgy thrives on optimum product purity and the bare minimum of safety & environmental concerns -our best scores, exactly! 

For over three decades minerals traveled westwards. No matter how inconsistent or environmentally sustainable those raw materials from the far East, as long as prices were low, manufacturers sourced from Europe only when high quality was of essence. This is about to change and for good reason. Two, actually: 

Coming from the EcoVadis 2023 Gold medalist, this is not another compliment -it is recognition.

A park, a lake and great tasting olives: How to rehabilitate an open cast mine

Nothing should go to waste. The contemporary push for sustainability has been our mantra from day one: what is left after we get caustic calcined and dead burned magnesite or monolithic refractories, is still our soil and our land to pass on...

In Brazil, Italy, the USA and other leather producing countries around the globe, the use of dead burned magnesite as a collagen stabilizing agent has been well known for almost two centuries. There are very few suitable MgO-based products worldwide that avoid stains and secure longevity of the valuable leather. Enter TANMA!

Athens, Greece -- March 13, 2020 -- Grecian Magnesite S.A. (“GM”), has announced today the corporate policies and measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic.

Christmas spirit came to life at the special event hall in our mine, where our Christmas celebration took place with almost 200 people, including guests, our employees and their children.

The project’s third and final workshop was held in Thessaloniki, on December 17^th 2019, at the conference center of CERTH (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas) in order to present the final results of the project.

Underpinned by our core value of contributing back to the community, we have been an active supporter of Yerakini art exhibition for many years through sponsorship.

The project’s second workshop was held in Athens, on March 28th 2019, at the premises of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) with the objective to present the progress/results of the project so far.

Grecian Magnesite announces ISO 9001 standard certification renewal from ISO 9001:2008 to the newly revised standard, ISO 9001:2015.