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.
MAFFEI SARDA SILICATI: business, production and market.
This company was founded on 1 April 2009 from the merger through acquisition of the two Sardinian entities being part of Minerali Industriali.
MAFFEI SARDA SILICATI is characterised by a strong focus on technology, along with the priority of its targets relating to premium production.
It meets the needs of the most demanding companies: feldspathic sand for clear and crystal glass, feldspar for glass-making and ceramic industries, kaolinitic clay for ceramic.
The Company exploits soda feldspar deposits (albitite) in Central Sardinia, more specifically in the area of Orani – Ottana (Nuoro); it also exploits feldspathic sand in the area of Ossi-Florinas and treats it in the factory of Ossi, province of Sassari. Lastly, it exploits soda feldspar in Buddusò (Olbia-Tempio Pausania).
Produced minerals are used in the ceramic tile industry (single firing and porcelain stoneware) in the district of Sassuolo, and in the sanitary ware industry in the district of Civita Castellana (sanitary ware). Products are also exported, especially to Spain, to the ceramic industry district of Castellon de la Plana.
Maffei Sarda Headquarters, contacts:
07030 Florinas – SASSARI
Zona Ind. San Lorenzo – Str. Prov. Florinas – S. Antonio, Km 3
Tel. +39 079 438.163
Fax +39 079 438.537
Representative Office:
08026 Orani – NUORO
Loc. Ciarumannu
Tel. +39 0784 74737
Fax +39 0784 74875
Mail:
28100 Novara
Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 4
Tel. +39 0321 377.600
Fax +39 0321 391.874
e-mail: info@min-ind.it
Buddusò Mine and Factory, contacts:
07020 Budduso’ – SASSARI
Località S. Separata
Zona industriale
Subsidiaries:
Sea Gull
TCO
Production Unit of Florinas
The exploitation of the feldspathic sand mine of the Monte Mamas deposit began in 1990, and its development plan gets to 2030.
The factory is able to meet the needs of the most important companies of the ceramic industry, as well as of those of the glass-making one, and can rely upon the most cutting-edge technology for the treatment of minerals: magnetic separation, filtration, flotation, etc.
The treatment plant in Ossi can provide the market with more than 800,000 tons/year of products, whose quality is certified by the internal laboratory, equipped with the most advanced control instruments. For further information, please click here.
Florinas Mine and Factory, contacts:
07045 Ossi – SASSARI
Località Sas Renas – Str. Prov. Florinas – S. Antonio, km 3,5
Tel. +39 079 438.163
Fax +39 079 438.537
Production Unit of Orani
Orani production unit consists of one main opencast mine (Ispaduleddas), and other secondary opencast mines, along with a nearby treatment plant for extracted minerals, located in Ciarumannu. The unit also includes a logistic-administrative department with offices, warehouses and quality control laboratory.
Feldspar extraction from the Ispaduleddas mine began in 1990, from a previously existing mining site that had been abandoned.
These opencast mines are exploited through selective mining, by blasting or by using mechanical means, according to rock compactness. Ciarumannu treatment plant started operating in 1992. It consists of two crushing sections (primary and secondary) where the mineral is processed mechanically by crushing, cleaning and screening.
The obtained marketable mineral is a granule with grain-size of 0-6 mm. In 1999 an optical sorting machine (Sorter) was also used in Orani production unit: it was the first time in the world that laser technology was being applied to feldspar production. For further information, please click here.
Orani Mine and Factory, contacts:
08026 Orani – NUORO
Località Ciarumannu
Tel. +39 0784 74737
Fax +39 0784 74875
Production Unit of Ottana
The production unit of Ottana has been operating since 2000. It consists of various opencast mines and one treatment plant located in Badu e Carru.
Moreover, it hosts a logistic-administrative department, with offices and warehouses. The dry-process production consists of three crushing sections (first, second and third) where the mineral is mechanically processed by crushing and screening; finished product is a granule with grain-size of 0-6 mm.
Open cast mines are exploited through selective mining mainly by mechanical means and, only in few cases, by blasting. For further information, please
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Ottana Mine and Factory, contacts:
08020 Ottana – NUORO
Località Badu e Carru
Tel. +39 0784 75778
Sustainable Development and the Environment
Maffei Sarda Silicati has committed to a sustainable development of its business based on a clear and extremely ethical environmental and corporate policy for the safeguard of future generations, thus contributing to the improvement of the life quality in the areas where it operates through its professional, technological and financial resources.
This is evidenced by the Certificate of Excellence it achieved (quality, environment, safety).
SASIL: mineral extraction.
Please, visit the dedicated website for all the details on its business and production.