Mining Industry

Nordkalk operates in 30 locations in 8 countries. The headquarters of the corporation is in Finland. In Poland, Nordkalk began operating in 1997, the head office of Nordkalk Sp. z o.o. is located in Krakow. Currently, production takes place in 4 plants: Miedzianka, Wolica, Sławno, Szczecin.
Mr. Piotr Maciak, Chairman of Nordkalk sp.z o.o. / Sales Director Central Europe gave an exclusive interview especially for Manufacturing Journal magazine.

SLOVMAG, a.s. Lubeník is located in Slovakia. The company is a producer of shaped and unshaped basic refractory products with an own magnesite mine. The corporation is a member of Magnezit Group.

The story of the mining company HOFFMANN MINERAL based in Neuburg on the Danube, in Bavaria, Germany, is the story of people and of one family in particular. Back in 1903, the architect Franz Hoffmann starts to quarry Neuburg Siliceous Earth, a mineral filler which will be explained beneath. In 1919, his sons Franz and Felix join the business and open up the way into the rubber industry for “Franz Hoffmann & Söhne“. In 1950, Manfred Hoffmann – representing the third generation of the family – begins to share responsibility for the operation, which is now producing over 4000 tons of Neuburg Siliceous Earth a year. In 1955, deep mining is also started. In 1963, the company takes the ecologically pioneering step of recultivating the first pit – long before the provisions of the law require it.