• ERAMET has close relations with higher education facilities in all subjects that are relevant to its activities. Since September 2012 the Groupe has sponsored a class at Chimie ParisTech, a renowned French chemical engineering school. For students it’s a great opportunity to discover the world of mining and metallurgy. ERAMET has been working with Chimie [...]

    29 July 2013

  • The 50th International Paris Air Show took place at Paris-Le Bourget from June 17th to 23rd, 2013. ERAMET's subsidiary Aubert & Duval was there in force to spotlight its know-how. The Paris Air Show is held every two years at Le Bourget airfield, north of the French capital. Since the first exhibition over a century [...]

    10 July 2013

  • The Aubert & Duval foundation was created in 2010 to support projects and organisations that contribute to the development and life of its host regions. Twelve projects received aid from the foundation in 2012: eight in Auvergne, one in Burgundy and three in the Midi-Pyrénées (France). The Aubert & Duval foundation has two goals: the [...]

    13 June 2013

  • Since 2010 scientists from France’s marine research institute Ifremer have been exploring the seabed around Wallis and Futuna. Partly funded by ERAMET, the work is intended to map out the zone around the two islands with a special focus on its biodiversity and geological profile. Drawing on long experience and using cutting-edge techniques, Ifremer’s scientists [...]

    30 May 2013

  • In January 2013 ERAMET joined Pacte PME that supports small and medium-sized suppliers. As a key account, the Groupe aims to provide innovative French small businesses with support and expertise to help them develop. "We place great importance on the quality of our relations with our suppliers. It’s also essential for French small businesses to [...]

    13 May 2013

  • ERAMET Sandouville and three French Aubert & Duval units told a wide audience about their activity and know-how during the last edition of La Semaine de l’Industrie that took place in France from March 18th to 24th, 2013. This national event involves firms across France in a drive to raise awareness of the industrial world and its [...]

    24 April 2013

  • On Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013, ERAMET Research’s Trappes centre welcomed the members of the Groupe’s Board of Directors. They were there to discover the latest breakthroughs in the hydrometallurgical process being developed to beneficiate ores with low nickel content for the Weda Bay Nickel project in Indonesia. The aim of the visit was to let [...]

    15 April 2013

  • Seven ERAMET sites received ISO 14001 certification in 2012, bringing to 32 the total number to be awarded this environmental label. The newly-certificated sites are: Aubert & Duval Firminy, in France; three COMILOG sites, in Gabon (the ore port of Owendo, the Moanda industrial complex and the Moanda mine, which becomes the first mining operation in [...]

    11 April 2013

  • An ERAMET subsidiary and the world leader in metal powders for diamond tools, Eurotungstene put its dedicated new website online a few months ago. The overhaul comes under the modernisation of the company’s visual identity as well as the ERAMET Groupe’s online communication strategy. Clarity, efficiency and consistency were the keywords in the website’s redesign. [...]

    8 March 2013

  • The Academy of Technologies decided to visit Aubert & Duval's new facilities as part of a tour in Auvergne (France) aimed at meeting innovating companies. On February 15th, 2013, 25 members of the Academy of Technologies thus visited two sites of this ERAMET's subsidiary : Les Ancizes and Saint Georges de Mons. This was a [...]

    5 March 2013

  • For 3 years now, ERAMET has been supporting the project against illiteracy created by the Apféé (Association to favor equal opportunities at school): Coup de Pouce Clé. Today the Groupe supports 12 clubs Coup de Pouce Clé in all. 6 are in Dunkerque and 6 others in Grenoble, close to 2 of its French sites. [...]

    1 March 2013

  • On December 16th, 2012, tropical cyclone Evan destroyed many houses and buildings on Wallis Island. On January 3rd, 2013, it was the turn of cyclone Freda to cause significant material damage to the cities of Thio and Kouaoua, New Caledonia. Standing beside the victims of these disastrous events, the SLN, an ERAMET's subsidiary, has immediately committed itself [...]

    26 February 2013

  • ERAMET's Board of Directors, meeting on February 21st 2013 under the chairmanship of Patrick BUFFET, approved the financial statements for 2012, which will be submitted to the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 15th 2013. See the press release about the Groupe 2012 annual results.

    22 February 2013

  • A COMILOG subsidiary and the world leader in manganese chemical derivatives, ERACHEM recently upgraded its website. The overhaul is in line with the general online communication strategy implemented by the ERAMET Groupe in recent months. In revamping its website, ERACHEM was aiming for a simple, effective and impactful communication for informing its customers, prospects and [...]

    22 January 2013

  • On December 7th and 8th, ERAMET celebrated the 40th anniversary of its R&D centre, set up in Trappes, Yvelines, near Paris in September 1972. It was an opportunity for the entire Groupe to remember how crucial innovation and research are to its activities’ success in combining industrial performance, economic growth and sustainable development. Today ERAMET [...]

    14 January 2013

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    7 January 2013

  • There are approximately 10 000 Gabonese currently living in France, most of who are pursuing higher educational studies. They represent a potentially rich talent pool which ERAMET COMILOG Manganese (ECM) Human Resources Department wishes to explore through a partnership with the Gabonese Embassy in Paris, France. As a first step, more than 100 Gabonese students [...]

    27 December 2012

  • On October 18th, 19th and 20th, 150 customers, 200 institutional and political visitors and almost 2,500 employees and their families came to see Aubert & Duval’s new facilities on the Les Ancizes and St Georges de Mons sites in France. It was a chance to discover the IV30 vacuum furnace and the UKAD plant, the [...]

    22 October 2012

  • For the past two years, ERAMET has implemented an annual campaign on safety standards and risk prevention. Following the first campaign, dedicated to the prevention of risks linked to handling, which received a very wide positive response within the Groupe, the operation was repeated this year. April 10th, the 2012 campaign was rolled out across [...]

    16 April 2012

  • ERAMET’s Board of Directors, which met February 15, 2012 under the chairmanship of Patrick Buffet, approved the accounts for 2011, which will be submitted to the AGM of May 15, 2012. Read the press release regarding the Groupe's 2011 annual results

    16 February 2012

  • The ERAMET Groupe decided at the end of 2011 to join the Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme (BBOP).  Established by Forest Trends and the Wild-life Conservation Society (non-profit-making and non-governmental organizations), BBOP is an internationally recognized multi-stakeholder Groupe gathering 80 companies, environmental protection Groupes, financial institutions, governments and intergovernmental organisations.   BBOP aims to test [...]

    1 December 2011

  • By taking part in studies on nickel ore density, SLN contributed to the design of a ship with an anti-free surface design. This is the first nickel ore carrier of its kind. The free surface phenomenon: a major risk for nickel shipping. Nickel ore tends to liquefy above a certain humidity point during shipping. In [...]

    1 November 2011

  • October 6, 2011 ERASTEEL opened a new atomizing tower, the Durin tower, at its Söderfors plant in Sweden. The ceremony took place in the presence of Patrick Buffet, Chairman and CEO of ERAMET Groupe, Georges Duval, Chairman of ERAMET Alloys Division, Philippe Gundermann, CEO of Erasteel and Aubert & Duval, Victor Polard, Chief Strategy Officer [...]

    6 October 2011

  • On October 3rd, 2011, Aubert & Duval Heyrieux was given the Diversity label. The ceremony took place in the presence of Interior Minister Claude Guéant and Diversity & Equality Commissioner Yazid Sabeg. The label, coordinated by AFNOR (French standards association), is given to businesses that set up a management process to prevent discrimination and promote [...]

    3 October 2011

  • UKAD unit was inaugurated in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and the Prefect of the Auvergne Region. On September the 19th 2011, Aubert & Duval (ERAMET Groupe) and UKTMP inaugurated their UKAD titanium ingot processing unit in Saint Georges de Mons, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan [...]

    19 September 2011

  • With bases in Japan, the ERAMET Groupe has been closely monitoring the terrible events that have struck the country since the beginning. Its employees in Japan and their families are luckily safe and sound and activities are gradually returning to normal in the Tokyo office. Beyond the messages of solidarity and sympathy it has sent [...]

    24 March 2011

  • ERAMET communicates on strategic metals. On Tuesday, March 8th 2011, ERAMET was summoned to the National Assembly in Paris for a public hearing on strategic metals, particularly rare earths. Organised by Claude Birraux (Member of parliament for Haute-Savoie, Chairman of OPECST*) and Christian Kert (MP for Bouches-du-Rhône), the hearing was comprised of two round table [...]

    8 March 2011

  • The Weda Bay Nickel Project aims to develop the nickel deposit of the Halmahera Island, in Indonesia. This a partnership between Eramet and the Chinese steel group Tsingshan, the world’s leading producer of stainless steel. The partnership agreements between Eramet and Tsingshan were signed in 2018 ; the Group is a minority shareholder. It consists [...]

    24 July 2010

  • Manganese for Chinese batteries On April 17, Eramet inaugurated its new Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide plant at Chongzuo (Guangxi Province). This $29m investment will allow Eramet to respond to the strong growth in demand seen in the Chinese market for alkaline batteries. The site is similar to the Groupe’s existing unit at New Johnsonville (United States). [...]

    17 April 2010

  • Aubert & Duval in titanium UKAD’s role will be to manufacture and sell titanium products for the aerospace market (landing gear, wings, fuselage, etc.). The unit will be built in 2009 and 2010 and should start production in September 2011. This 47M€ project has won the support of Airbus and EADS with a contract signed [...]

    15 March 2010