Raw materials

The Minerals Treatment Centre, the innovative pilot plant set up at Minerali Industriali Engineering’s R&D centre, was officially opened on 15 September.

Certech Group expands its already wide technological offer by creating Novatech, a new company that will supply plants and machines for raw material treatment and processing.

The first shipment of 17,000 tonnes of Ukrainian clay arrived at the port of Castellón on 15 August.

Experience, reliability, R&D and technological investments are the key factors underpinning the growth of the German group, which today produces 1.5 million tonnes/year of raw materials mined in 20 company-owned quarries.

On 23 June, Confindustria Ceramica and BKRI signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost German clay supplies to the Italian ceramic industry.

With the new launch, the German company offers a range of clay mineral products based on high-purity, extremely fine-grained illite.

From the uncertainties surrounding gas availability and prices to the race to replace Ukrainian raw materials. The Italian ceramic tile industry is facing the challenge of rising costs against the backdrop of a very buoyant market.

Increases of up to 320% are threatening companies’ profitability and R&D investments.

On lease since July 2021, the Sassuolo-based company has now been fully incorporated into Green Tech Engineering, part of the Minerali Industriali group, thereby consolidating its offering in the field of raw material processing equipment.

The aim is to speed up the launch of new mineral solutions to enable customers to continue their product innovation efforts

UMS, leader in extraction, transport and mining logistics in West Africa, announced the takeover of Alteo, the French producer of specialty aluminas.

Drawn from Sibelco’s unique deposits in Norway, Spectrum® nepheline syenite enhances the aesthetic and functional characteristics of matt glazes and helps to reduce production costs.

Material solutions leader Sibelco has announced the acquisition of two clay producers in the Donbass region of Ukraine.

Witgert, a long-running German producer of clays and ceramic bodies with a history dating back no fewer than eight generations, completed the construction of its new storage warehouse at its site in Herschbach in August this year.

To support its market growth in India, Alteo has announced the opening of its new branch Alteo India Aluminas Private Ltd. in Mumbai.

Alteo and Ginet have set up a joint venture in China to facilitate the introduction of lithium batteries into the local market.

The innovative ready-to-use system for 3D printers allows for rapid prototyping of ceramic items such as tableware, pottery and sanitaryware.

The German group has for the third time been honoured with the Innovation Award for the Raw Materials Industry of Rhineland Palatinate.

It has also purchased the building at the site in Veggia (Casalgrande).

Geomix has built a new laboratory equipped with cutting-edge instrumentation for technological analysis of raw materials and ceramic bodies and chemical analysis of products.