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 exclusively 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 (MI patent machine).

Masserano Factory, contacts:
13866 Masserano – BIELLA
Frazione Cacciano
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:
13045 Lozzolo – VERCELLI
Via Virauda 1
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:
00050 Santa Severa Nord – 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 dangerous and aesthetically unpleasant situations due to mining landfills made up of materials accumulated in bulk.

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

Mine and Factory of Boca (NO)

In the rhyolite mine of Boca, in the province of Novara, today about 150,000 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:
28010 Boca – NOVARA
Via San Grato, Loc. Serveno
Tel. +39 0322 872.20
Fax +39 0322 874.88

Quarry and Factory of Sondalo (SO)

Minerali Industriali is particularly proud of the Sondalo quartz mine, in the province of Sondrio, opened in the mid-1960s with “open pit” 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 60,000 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.

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

Factory of Bernate Ticino (MI)

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

Finally, in the municipality of Malesco, in Finero (VB), there is an olivine mine with a high MgO content with characteristics of high interest for the foundry sector.

Factory of Ravenna 

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 will allow the use of raw materials arriving by land and by ship, moreover delivery to end customers will benefit from logistical optimizations related to the flows of goods in transit. The Ravenna production unit is able to produce over 80,000 tons / year with the 2 lines recently started while the construction of a third line is being studied that would bring the production capacity to exceed 120,000 tons / year.

Ravenna Factory, contacts:

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