Case Study
Arenas Silíceas S.A. & Sibelco Minerales S.A.
Parque Pinar De La Plata, Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
Objective
The active participation in protecting the environment, the conservation of mining resources and the efficiency of its use.
To implement an Environmental Management System certified under ISO-14001.
Context
The area of Pinar de la Plata has undergone extraction and been restored by the company Arenas Silíceas,S.A. since 1963 with the method of strip mining or transference. Nowadays, Group Sibelco Minerals is the owner of the site. In 2018, the project was still on-going.
Solution
Intensive reforestation of the affected area was carried out, planting stone pines, cork-oak, broom and white cedars.
Result
The company is undertaking a landscape recovery programme by restoring lands.
