Our needs

Ensuring Biodiversity

Eramet’s purpose is to become a reference for the responsible transformation of the Earth’s mineral resources for ‘living well’ together. In support of this purpose, preserving biodiversity is one of Eramet’s major objectives and is reflected in the Group’s “Act for Positive Mining” roadmap, which specifically calls for the integration of biodiversity preservation within all of Eramet’s activities.

Eramet’s joint initiative with the Lékédi Biodiversity Foundation is an example of such an initiative. The foundation manages the 14,000-hectare Lékédi Park in Gabon and is dedicated to Conserving biodiversity, rehabilitating orphaned primates, conducting scientific research and experimentation, sharing knowledge, and raising awareness. The team initiates and executes many such initiatives at our sites across the world, and is constantly looking for innovative projects to preserve biodiversity and strengthen the quality of rehabilitation.

• Phytomining

• Invasive Alien Species (IAS)

Digital Transformation & Smart Operations

At Eramet, we see Digital Transformation as a lever to create safer, more efficient, and more sustainable mining and metallurgical operations. By combining advanced analytics, AI, automation, and domain expertise, we look forward to building the next generation of industrial performance.

Our focus spans breakthrough capabilities such as Holistic Predictive Maintenance, AI‑based furnace process optimization, and autonomous or robotic systems that remove people from hazardous environments. These smart solutions help us reduce downtime, improve asset reliability, enhance energy efficiency, and create more resilient production systems.

Digital innovation is not only about technology — it’s about empowering our teams with actionable insights and transforming the way we work, operate, and collaborate across the value chain.

• AI for furnace process optimization

Process innovation & resource efficiency

Process Innovation is about pushing the boundaries of what our industrial processes can achieve — producing smarter, cleaner, and more efficient operations. By making better use of resources and optimizing every step of production, we strengthen both our performance and our sustainability.

We are exploring many avenues, from improving raw material use to introducing intelligent automation, deploying real‑time measurement, and capturing and reusing energy. These are just examples of the continuous innovation that helps Eramet operate with greater efficiency and lower environmental impact.

• Raw materials improvement

• Automation in charging and stocking the furnace

• Inline measurement and sampling

• Energy Recovery and Reuse