Production Units in Italy

MINERALI INDUSTRIALI: mines and factories in Italy.

Eight production units, for guaranteeing absolute regularity, which is maybe the most appreciated quality in the ceramic industry. Raw materials are extracted from its own large-size mines.

In Masserano, in the province of Biella, production is destined for the sectors of ceramic sanitary ware, ceramic and refractory paint factories, paints and varnishes with the supply of ventilated products; Engineered-stone and construction with supply of quartz and feldspar grains; ceramic tiles with local feldspar supply. The grinding treatments are carried out with high compression cylinders (Minerali Industriali Engineering patent machine).

Masserano Factory, contacts:
Frazione Cacciano
13866 Masserano – BIELLA
Tel. +39 015 951.7057
Fax +39 015 951.7058

In the former ACDAL mine in Lozzolo, in the province of Vercelli, production is mainly dedicated to the white and red body tiles sector and to the E-stone sector (mainly for kitchen tops). The mine has been active since the early 1900s, when the approximately 300 employees worked on hand-digging the most famous clays.

Lozzolo Mine and Factory, contacts:
Via Virauda 1
13045 Lozzolo – VERCELLI
Tel. +39 0163 891.21
Fax +39 0163 892.22

The production unit of Santa Severa, in Rome, is a small mine, unique in Italy, of a very precious material: kaolin. Here, kaolins with the celebrated whiteness for sanitary ware and ceramic glazes are obtained.

Santa Severa Factory, contacts:
Santa Severa Nord
00050 – ROMA
Tel. +39 0766 570.261
Fax +39 0766 571.624

The Verbania site was born in 1992 with the name of ECOMIN (Mining Ecology); in this plant Minerali Industriali produces sodium potassium feldspar starting from white and pink granite, intended for the ceramic tile, sanitaryware and glass industry. It does so by developing a happy environmental intuition, that is, by recovering and treating granite processing waste as ornamental stone: thanks to a cutting-edge mining treatment it obtains, starting from an otherwise unusable material, an excellent product for porcelain stoneware tiles, sanitary ware. and glass. ECOMIN thus reclaims the historic and centuries-old landfills in the Lake Maggiore area, close to Monte Orfano and Monte Camoscio. In this way, the Company on the one hand avoids the opening of new mining sites and, on the other hand, heals potentially dangerous and aesthetically unpleasant situations due to mining landfills made up of materials accumulated in bulk.

ECOMIN Factory, contacts:
Via 42 Martiri, 193 S.S. 34 Km 3
28048 – VERBANIA
Tel. +39 0323 586.798
Fax +39 0323 496.900

In the rhyolite mine of Boca, in the province of Novara, today about 85,000 tons per year are produced for the ceramic tile industry; the extracted material is treated in the annexed crushing and screening plant. The preventive geological mapping of the reservoir and the constant mixing activity in the plant allow to keep the characteristics of the finished product constant over time.

Boca Mine and Factory, contacts:
Via San Grato, Loc. Serveno
28010 Boca – NOVARA
Tel. +39 0322 872.20
Fax +39 0322 874.88

Minerali Industriali is particularly proud of the Sondalo quartz mine, in the province of Sondrio, opened in the mid-1960s with “open-air” excavation methods; since the mid-90s the business has moved underground with undoubted landscape and environmental advantages. The extracted mineral has a silica content of over 99%: about 33,000 tons per year are extracted for the grinding plants of Bernate Ticino (MI) and Cacciano di Masserano (BI) for use in the E- industry. stone, sanitary ceramics, ceramic paint factories and as a raw material for the ferroalloy sector. Furthermore, from January 2026, part of the material excavated from the underground mine has been cut using diamond wire technology to supply exceptionally transparent quartz blocks, unique in Europe, intended for the Natural Stone market.

Sondalo Quarry and Factory, contacts:
Loc. Bosco del Sasso
23035 Sondalo – SONDRIO
Tel. e Fax +39 0342 801.417

Minerali Industriali produces ventilated quartz at the Bernate Ticino plant, in the province of Milan. Here the incoming material is crushed, dried, deferred and then finely ground for a total production capacity of about 70,000 tons per year. Subsequently the product is ensiled ready to be loaded on tank trucks or packed in big bags or sacks and sent to the customer. Reference sectors: E-stone, ceramic sanitary ware, ceramic paint factories, paints and varnishes.

Bernate Ticino Factory, contacts:
Via V. Veneto, 17
20010 Bernate Ticino – MILANO
Tel. +39 02 97.54.084
Fax +39 02 97.255.870

In the Ravenna production unit, acquired in 2021 and launched in 2022, Minerali Industriali produces quartz, feldspar, feldspar and ventilated sands for the ceramic sanitaryware, ceramic paint factories, paints and varnishes and E-stone sectors; dried silica sands for the glassworks and foundries sector; in addition to managing a series of grinding for third parties on related products. The location of the plant is central to the national territory and located on the routes of northern Europe as well as strategic on the port of Ravenna; This position allows the use of raw materials arriving by land and by ship, moreover delivery to end customers benefit from logistical optimizations related to the flows of goods in transit. The Ravenna production unit is able to produce around 80 thousand tonnes per year.

Ravenna Factory, contacts:
Via del Bragozzo, 11
48122 Ravenna
Tel. +39 0544 430.177