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Fair Transport is the transport industry’s sustainability certification of road freight transport and is our response to increased expectations from the outside world on our operations.

Summer is coming and SMA Mineral staff are looking forward to a couple of weeks in the sun. SMA Mineral will be making deliveries as usual - and the Logistics Department will be available for help with questions and orders. There will also be staff on hand to provide essential customer service. SMA Mineral wish you a nice summer!

Summer is coming and SMA Mineral staff are looking forward to a couple of weeks in the sun. SMA Mineral will be making deliveries as usual - and the Logistics Department will be available for help with questions and orders. There will also be staff on hand to provide essential customer service. SMA Mineral wish you a nice summer!

Industrial testing at Outokumpu.

Since spring 2022, the two companies have been working together to create an electrified concept for industrial-scale climate-neutral lime production. Last summer, SMA Mineral became a shareholder in SaltX Technology by acquiring 15% of the company. Now, the parties are launching a joint factory concept and brand, ZEQL (Zero Emission Quicklime), to raise awareness of the concept and highlight the importance of limestone in modern society. The first factory is expected to be completed by 2025.

SaltX Technology, SMA Mineral, and SSAB are entering a pre-study on how a new technology to produce climate-neutral quicklime can be applied in SSAB's steelmaking process. The technology, which SaltX is developing, aims to replace fossil fuels with renewable electricity in quick-lime production. In the production of ore-based steel, quicklime is needed as a slag former.

– plans for climate-neutral lime production in the northern Norwegian town of Mo i Rana.

SMA Mineral Oy has joined to this Finnish Packaging Recycling RINKI Ltd -community.

In a safe childhood, childishness can take place. That’s why, this year we’ve given a Christmas donation to SOS Children’s Villages.

This week marks the start of the testing of the world’s first carbon capture pilot for smelters.

SMA Mineral wants to be at the forefront of technological innovation that supports a green and circular transformation of the industry.

The re-construction of the site Röyttä that was planned during the pause in production will still take place and is planned during regular maintenance work in the coming years.

In order to be able to deliver the volumes that our customers need for their production, we must with immediate effect compensate for the increased costs through a special price surcharge.

SMA Mineral and SSAB have both set ambitious goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon dioxide emissions must be halved by 2030 at the latest. In our opinion, HYBRIT and SSAB’s major transition in Oxelösund are absolutely fantastic projects. SMA Mineral is 'super-tagged' to contribute and form part of this!

We are currently working flat out to carry through the transition according to schedule.

Plans and preparatory work, mainly for utilities for the new electric arc furnace steel mill (EAF), are currently in progress.

The steel industry is a major source of carbon dioxide emissions, and coke has been used in the process for more than 1,000 years. Today, fossil-free steel is on everyone's lips, and HYBRIT – a collaboration between SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall – is paving the way for a cleaner, entirely new steel industry.

We've begun producing lime using fossil-free fuel at our production facility in Sandarne, outside of Söderhamn. This is part of SMA Mineral’s new strategic goal of halving its total CO2 emissions by 2030 at the latest.

While Christmas unites many families, others struggle to keep it together. That is why we support SOS Children's Villages and their work to give more children a proper home.

Rickard Nuoriaho is new site manager at Svensk Oljeåtervinning in Västerås, part of SMA Mineral since 2016.

So says Svante Fielding, new CEO of SMA Mineral since 1 September. “SMA Mineral has the sincerest ambition to achieve development that is sustainable and profitable. It’s truly inspiring.”

As part of SMA Mineral's sustainability strategy and extensive work to reduce our CO2 emissions, we participate in a unique carbon capture and storage project.

“At times, someone says: I can't afford to lime. And then, I say: can you afford not to lime?”

Time flies. We informed you on July 10 Svante would start as President & CEO on September 1: Well, now we are already there. We would therefore like to warmly welcome Svante to SMA Mineral, whishing good development and best of luck!

Now spring has become summer, we have welcomed two new colleagues who will work closely with customers and suppliers. Kenny, who is strengthening the sales team, and Anna-Maria, who is our new Head of Development and Sustainability.

It feels really fun to present our new President and CEO to you!

Summer is finally here and we wish you a nice and relaxing vacation. And just as always, we at SMA Mineral are just a call or an e-mail away. Welcome to contact us!

Liming fields in winter is a big deal. Despite – or perhaps thanks to – the snow and frozen ground, liming has a huge positive impact on pH values and soil structure. According to our sources, it is Finnish farmers who lead the way in terms of winter liming in the Nordic region, while Swedish farmers are the most cautious. Maybe it’s time for a Nordic Championship?

As the drifts of winter snow melt, lakes and watercourses risk being affected by acidification, which can put fish, aquatic animals and plants at risk of dying out. The solution? Powdered lime! Here at SMA Mineral we have now supplied 3,000 tonnes of lime to help ensure the right pH balance in Västernorrland’s lakes.

When Sandvik switched to a new type of lime for steel production, CO2 emissions decreased by as much as 5,800 tonnes per year. The secret? SMA Mineral’s shaft kiln burnt lime – Ferrum S.

The asphalt season 2020 broke all records at SMA Mineral in Finland. “This is a huge increase in asphalt fillers, more than three times the quantity we had budgeted for,” says Sales Manager Veli-Matti Marttala.

Also this year, SMA Mineral chooses to donate to SOS Children’s Villages instead of giving Christmas gifts to all employees and customers.

Project reconstruction is underway. "We’re cleaning up and tearing down what has been destroyed but at the same time working to rebuild everything as soon as possible", says Jan Batte.

Health and safety are our top priority. SMA Mineral is closely monitoring the development of coronavirus (COVID-19). Our continued assessment is that the virus will not affect our delivery capacity.

On June 10, our business in Kolbäck celebrated its 10th birthday.

Summer is here and we wish you peaceful and relaxing weeks. We're relaxing, too, but we're not disconnected. Because, as usual at SMA Mineral, we are always only a phone call or email away.

“Close, competitive and reliable deliveries“

SMA Mineral launches product families.

SMA Mineral is closely monitoring the development of coronavirus (COVID-19). Our current assessment is that the virus will not affect our delivery capacity and that the impact on the business in general will be small.

Three large silos have given the Port of Otterbäcken in Värmland, Sweden, a new skyline. They have also created brand new opportunities for SMA Mineral to quickly and efficiently provide the pulp and paper industry with lime products for its production processes. “A mixing and screening station in southern and central Sweden brings great benefits to our customers in the region,” says David Johansson, Logistics Manager at SMA Mineral.

On 1 January 2019 the Centre for Sustainable Cement and Quicklime Production was established at the Department of Applied Physics and Electronics at Umeå University. SMA Mineral is one of the financiers.

Did you know that lime has been a part of human civilisation for thousands of years? How long exactly nobody knows, but floor structures dating back just over 9,000 years that used lime binders have been found in the Mediterranean countries. Mankind therefore needs lime in various forms and it enhances our quality of life – yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Many large, complex manufacturing processes are dependent on limestone products – just at the right moment. Which is why quick and secure transport operations are important. How does it work? Come and have a look, from order to delivery!

We wish you all a Merry Christmas. This year’s Christmas gift is a donation to SOS Children’s Villages and the work to keep vulnerable families together.

SMA Mineral produces agricultural lime at four units in Falköping, Stigtomta, Rättvik and Filipstad. Annual sales are 30,000–40,000 tonnes, from Hälsingland in the north to Kalmar in the south.

Michael Isoz, a landowner and farmer near Trosa in Sörmland, sees considerable advantages in using liming to improve soil structure, and he has a good working relationship with SMA Mineral. “Liming doesn’t solve every problem, but it does make life that bit easier and provides greater stability on a day-to-day basis,” he says.

SMA Mineral supports the Algoland research project. One of the aims of the project is to bind carbon dioxide from the lime and cement industry's flue gasses to algae that can then be used as fodder, raw materials for chemicals, biofuel etc.

How to convert lime sludge into top-quality lime.

Hello Magnus Öman, MD of Svensk Oljeåtervinning*. You recycle waste oil – tell us more! “Exactly! We collect different types of waste oil. Mainly oil from shipping, car workshops and industries.

Mälarbanan – a race against the clock. SMA Mineral was commissioned to deliver KC Binder, lime cement, for the construction of the new railway tracks on Mälarbanan – nothing odd about that. The real challenge turned out to be that the job, which would normally take ten weeks, had to be done in ten days. - 400 tons (of KC Binder) had to be delivered every day day, says Jarek Fastlind at SMA Mineral.

Where lime is mined close to the customer

What does limestone have to do with fish in Vemdalen? A lot! After years of acidified watercourses, liming was carried out and the trout, a species that was dying out, have now found their way back.

SMA Mineral Oy became better known to the people as a company – we continue to operate for another hundred years. Kalkkimaa celebration and open doors was held on May 19, 2017 in Tornio. SMA Mineral opened its doors to the Kalkkimaa quarry and in addition for the first tome also for the Ristimaa quarry.

Read about our core values, vision and customer promise. Daniel Juvél, President and CEO at SMA Mineral, describes the companys targets for the future.

Oil recovery company Svensk Oljeåtervinning has been part of the SMA Mineral Group since May 2016. The company was started by Cornelis Saers in 2002 is now one of the larger Swedish firms operating in the oil recovery sector.

Are you a contract customer with SMA Mineral? Our logistics department is always available so you can order quickly and easily.