Sibelco

BLUEGUARD from Sibelco is a patented mineral-based solution that efficiently removes heavy metals from industrial wastewater. Compact and easy to use, it has an extremely low carbon footprint, making it a sustainable alternative to existing waste removal techniques.

The company lists brochures containing information about its range of performance minerals for ceramics.

Pilot trials with Metallco AS demonstrated that Sibelco's BLUEGUARD efficiently removed Pb and other heavy metals from wastewater.

Siaap treats the wastewater of eight million people in Paris and its surrounding area. In 2017 the plant treated on average over 1,340,000 cubic meters per day in the dry season, rising to 2,800,000 cubic meters per day in the rainy months.

Industries in Europe use more than 50% of the water withdrawn for human activities. Industrial companies treat wastewater to improve effluent quality, and Sibelco sand removes remaining contaminant particles to help meet discharge limits.

The glass industry has reduced its environmental footprint through improved energy efficiency, waste reduction, increased recycling and new product development. Energy-intensive glassmaking and demand for high-quality raw materials remain challenges.

Sibelco offers filtration sands, gravels and other media. Its sands are selected, extracted, washed, dried and sieved under quality control procedures.

Sibelco has developed cristobalite, a polymorph of high-purity quartz formed at 1,500°C, since 1970. After more than a decade of research and product refinement, the company opened its first commercial cristobalite plant in 1984.

Held in Rome in June 2022, the 13th Beach Volleyball World Championships were the most-watched in the event’s history. And the 16 million fans who tuned in saw all of the games played out on Sibelco sand.

The company values innovation, sustainability, and people, and has current openings.

The company operates in mining and minerals and offers a Graduate Programme focused on innovation and real-world experience.

The company offers opportunities across multiple business disciplines and has a diverse culture where employees are challenged and supported equally.

Mr Vandekerckhove joined the Sibelco Board in 2024 and has over 30 years of executive and board-level experience. He chairs Down2Earth Capital and serves on the boards of In2Action, Reynaers Aluminium, Grandeco Wallfashion Group Belgium and social profit organizations.

In 2022, Sibelco marked the 150th anniversary of its start with events across the company, bringing together colleagues, customers and stakeholders.

Sibelco mines, processes and sells industrial minerals worldwide, focusing on silica, clays, feldspathics and olivine. The company also recycles glass.

The climate report outlines Sibelco’s approach to reducing energy use and GHG emissions.

The company defined its sustainability priorities through a 14-month materiality assessment comprising six key stages.

Separation Rapids is Sibelco's exploration site for Canada.

The company's Lodelinsart site recycles glass.

Jaguaruna site produces ball clay, mineral sands and silica for the Tiles, Engobes & Glazes, Construction an Metallurgy industries.

The company sources, transforms, and distributes specialty industrial minerals, particularly silica, clays, feldspathics, and olivine, and is involved in glass recycling.

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