Preserving biodiversity is one of Eramet's major objectives and is enshrined in the Group's "Act for Positive Mining" roadmap: “Integrate biodiversity preservation within all our activities and develop plans towards an overall net positive contribution to biodiversity.” In 2021, the Group joined the act4nature international initiative. In 2024, new voluntary commitments will be developed and presented [...]
26 September 2024
From September 4 to 6, Eramet took part in the Water Congress, the international congress on water management in mining and industrial processes. Ingrid Oyarzún, President of Eramet Ideas, chaired this 12th edition over 3 days in Santiago, Chile, accompanied by her team. Representatives of Eramine, Eramet's subsidiary in Argentina, and Christine Dénériaz, Group [...]
13 September 2024
Good operational performance of the Group’s main mining activities in H1 2024 (vs. H1 2023): +33% in manganese ore volumes produced (vs. H1 2023), with a return to normal operating conditions +40% in nickel ore volumes produced in Indonesia; albeit with -20% in volumes sold, reflecting the absence of low-grade saprolite sales’ permit +33% [...]
25 July 2024
Building on the success of its Femmes d’Avenir programme in supporting women entrepreneurs, rolled out in Gabon in 2022 and Senegal in 2023, Eramet is extending the scheme to Argentina. The programme remains a big success in Africa. In Argentina, the Femmes d’Avenir programme is being set up through a partnership between Eramet and [...]
17 July 2024
Eramet's goal is to become a benchmark in the responsible processing of the Earth's mineral resources with a view to sustaining the well-being of all. By adding a brand signature to its logo, Eramet makes its corporate project and the nature of its activities more visible to its various audiences, and proudly asserts its [...]
15 July 2024
July 3, 2024. Centenario, Salta province. At an altitude of 4,000 metres, Eramet and its Chinese and Argentinian partners celebrated the gradual commissioning of its direct lithium extraction plant, with production scheduled to start in November 2024. A delegation made up of members of Eramet's executive committee, representatives of its partner Tsingshan, Argentinian authorities [...]
9 July 2024
Start of the commissioning of the Centenario direct lithium extraction plant, located in Salta Province, Argentina; first production planned in November 2024 A key milestone in Eramet’s strategic development into producing metals for energy transition A technological achievement at 4,000 m of altitude, implementing at industrial scale one of the most advanced Direct Lithium [...]
3 July 2024
On June 5, 2024, Eramet reached a new milestone in terms of social dialogue and employee protection. Eramet Global Care, an agreement signed at the 2nd Eramet Global Forum plenary session by Eramet management and employee representatives, establishes a common base of social protection worldwide for all Eramet employees in the 13 countries where [...]
27 June 2024
Adjusted turnover[i] of €761m (-19%) reflecting, as expected, a strong negative price effect (-24%), while the positive volume effect is limited (+2%), penalised by the decline in SLN volumes sold Good operational performance of the Group’s main mining activities compared to the unfavourable comparison base of Q1 2023: +27% in manganese ore volumes sold [...]
25 April 2024
Eramet has just published its Integrated Report 2023, a 40-page summary document that provides an overview of the Group's activities, presents its strategic priorities and commitments, as well as its financial and non-financial results. The integrated approach of this report, the fruit of collaboration between several Group departments (Finance, Strategy, CSR, HR, Risk Management [...]
19 April 2024
The Eramet Open Innovation challenges organized by Eramet Ideas and EIT RawMaterials invite start-ups and SMEs from all over the world to propose innovative solutions to help face the challenges of the mining industry. In 2023, the candidates were asked to propose solutions to better manage and optimize water resources used by Eramet’s activities. [...]
29 March 2024
In October 2023, the Group announced its decision to halt its project to study the production of rutile in Akonolinga in Cameroon. As a responsible mining company, Eramet has embarked on a gradual process of social demobilisation, by supporting the teams, and environmental demobilisation, with the rehabilitation of exploration sites. The titles and knowledge [...]
11 March 2024
Gender equality is a long-term commitment for the Eramet group. Women now account for 18.6% of the total workforce', and 26.1% of managerial staff. Actions are taken at Group level, but also locally, to promote our businesses to women and the provisions of the collective agreements on gender equality signed on many sites in mainland [...]
1 March 2024
On February 28, Eramet announced the launch of "Lire pour l'avenir" (Read for the future), an educational project in Gabon carried out in partnership with the French association Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries Without Borders) and the Gabonese Ministry of Education. Thanks to this initiative, 6,500 students from six high schools located around the Transgabonese [...]
29 February 2024
Excellent intrinsic performance in second half (+€230m, for a total of +€153m over the year) leading to adjusted EBITDA at €772m in 2023, in a depressed price environment on a full-year basis (-€1,373m): New record for nickel ore volumes in Indonesia (+72% at 36.3 Mwmt) Rebound in manganese ore production in Gabon in H2 [...]
21 February 2024
Comilog and Gabon have a 60-year history, which Eramet has been consolidating for almost 30 years thanks to a continuing strong partnership with the Gabonese government. On February 8 and 9, Eramet welcomed General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, President of the Gabonese Transition, to inaugurate several industrial and social infrastructures built by Comilog in [...]
14 February 2024
The star of the moment is lithium, the key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. But did you know that manganese, which is mainly used to make steel, is also needed to manufacture this type of battery? Within the large family of lithium batteries, there are several sub-categories, such as LFP batteries (Lithium, [...]
19 January 2024
Eramet has published its very first Human Rights report, designed as a guide to the Group's commitment to respecting the fundamental rights of all its stakeholders: employees, partners and communities. The report includes : Message from Christel Bories, CEO of the Eramet group Eramet Executive Committee members' views on respect for human rights Key [...]
22 December 2023
The "AGeLi" (Alsace Géothermie Lithium) project brings together Eramet and Electricité de Strasbourg with the aim of developing the lithium resources contained in the geothermal water naturally present in the Alsace subsoil. Ageli would enable the development of one of the world's most responsible lithium production projects, contribute to the sovereignty and reindustrialization of [...]
7 December 2023
Eramet, a French mining and metallurgical group, and Électricité de Strasbourg (ÉS), an Alsatian energy company and producer of local renewable energy, have been involved in a partnership since January 2023 within the “Alsace Géothermie Lithium” (Ageli) project for the sustainable recovery of Alsatian geothermal lithium. The new pilot is now installed at the [...]
5 December 2023
Black mass is a metal concentrate in the form of a black powder, obtained by crushing and separating battery components and gigafactory scrap. High-value elements such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese are extracted after a hydro-metallurgical refining stage. This is the aim of the ReLieVe project (Recycling of Li-ion batteries for Electric Vehicle), led [...]
4 December 2023
The members of the Eramet Global Forum met in Paris on Wednesday, November 15, in the presence of members of the Eramet Executive Committee, for the first plenary meeting of this worldwide forum. Created in June 2023, the Eramet Global Forum brings together for the first time Eramet management and employee representatives from the [...]
21 November 2023
This facility is a 1:1,000 scale replica of the plant due to be built in Dunkirk (59), with start-up scheduled for 2027, subject to a final investment decision expected by the end of 2024.The creation of this pilot plant is a key stage for this project carried out in partnership with SUEZ and aiming to [...]
14 November 2023
Chair and CEO Christel Bories will be joined by other Executive Committee members: Nicolas Carré, Chief Financial Officer, Geoff Streeton, Chief Development Officer, Kleber Silva, Chief Operating Officer and Virginie De Chassey, Chief Sustainability and External Affairs Officer. They will present the Group’s repositioning and “A New ERA”’s strategy, as well as the new [...]
13 November 2023
Adjusted turnover of €980m in Q3 2023, down 26% versus Q3 2022, including the strong decrease in selling prices (-27% vs. Q3 2022), partly offset by the growth in volumes for mining operations (+7%) Positive intrinsic performance over the quarter: Continued exceptional growth at the Weda Bay mine in Indonesia, with 8.3 Mwmt in volumes [...]
26 October 2023
After its successful launch in Gabon in 2022, the "Femmes d'Avenir" mentoring program with Women In Africa is continuing in Senegal. The Group’s contribution to socio-economic development in the countries where it operates goes beyond the sphere of mining activity. On October 19 in Dakar, the "Femmes d'Avenir" program was inaugurated in [...]
19 October 2023
ESRI, the world leader in geolocation, presented Eramet with the Special Achievement in GIS Award on July 12, 2023, at the annual ESRI User Conference (ESRI UC) in San Diego. This prestigious award recognizes Eramet's pioneering use of mapping and analysis technologies, as well as its leadership in GIS (Geographic Information Systems) for [...]
9 October 2023
As a guest at the FT Mining Summit in London, Christel Bories took part in a round table on critical metals. The FT Mining Summit, organized by the Financial Times, took place in London on October 5 and 6. This event brings together the main players in the mining industry, their investors and political [...]
9 October 2023
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