Management and environmental technology

Mining and metallurgical wastes, as well as industrial wastes, are generated during our manufacturing process.

Tailings and wasterock from mining, as well as slag created in nickel and manganese metallurgical operations, are examples of mining and metallurgical waste. The industrial waste management, on the other hand, encompasses the segregation, collection, valorization, and destination of rubber, plastic, used oil, contaminated waste, wood, metallic scraps, and food waste, among others.

This is an important classification because of the scale of waste generation, the specific regulations, and the various methodologies for mining and metallurgical waste management and disposal, which are directly related to mineral reserves and the mining, ore processing, and metallurgical technologies used in the processes, and whose sustainable management is one of the mining sector's major challenges.