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LB MINERALS SK, s.r.o. is a member of Lasselsberger Group www.lasselsberger.com
Thanks to the wide spectrum of activities in the multinational company considered to be one of the leading suppliers of mineral raw materials in the Central Europe.
The company LB MINERALS SK, s.r.o. works on the field of mining, processing and selling mineral raw materials - kaolin, ceramic clays, feldspar, bentonite, sands and aggregates.
LB MINERALS SK, s.r.o. actually owns 6 mining areas all over the Slovak Republic - Michaľany (bentonite), Ťahanovce (ceramic clay), Rudník (kaolin), Rudník II (feldspar), Tomášovce (ceramic clay, refractory clay), Šaštín (quartz sands). Except of this the company rents the deposit of aggregates in the area of the village Drienovec (near to Košice).
Raw materials for ceramic industry - clays, kaolin and feldsar are the most various products. They are delivered homogenised or milled (feldspar) in bulk to the producers of building ceramics and fireproof materials.
Bentonites are mined in the eastern Slovakia and delivered predominantly for the production of cat litter adsorbents and special bentonite-mixtures (ceramic industry, building industry and waste management).
Quaztz sand is an important product in the portfolio of the company. Its use is in production of light-weigt building blocks, but most famous is its use as a special mortar sand. Sand from Šaštín can find its use in glass industry and in metallurgy too.
Aggregates - river gravel is the newest product, but it occupies very important place in portfolio of the company. LB MINERALS SK, s.r.o. is one of the most important suppliers of the aggregates for concrete-production in the region of Košice.
History of mining and processing of non-ore raw materials KERKO
At the end of the 1950s a decision about the support of development of all kinds of industry in Slovakia was made. Based on this decision an intensive investigation of non-ore raw materials was supported. The first eposit exploited for ceramic purposes was this of halloysite near Michalovce, that's why the centre pf investigation and the first plant forproduction of building ceramics was built in this region. The intensive investigation resulted into new discovered deposits of clay for ceramic production and bentonite.
At the beginning of 1960s deposits of perlit ore were discovered. The implementation of this new materiaô just in that period became wide all over the world.
