Mining Magazine August 2015 | Page 153

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Founded in 2000 , Brita Caldas provides solutions for medium and large size construction , asphalt paving and concrete markets , selling from crusher run aggregate and grit to pebbles and gravel .
TARUMÃ - Founded with the goal to serve the group ’ s needs in providing firewood and charcoal , the company took advantage of its massif forest and is currently responsible for planting 400,000 eucalyptus seedlings annually that are used in the cellulose market , its main activity . Through a specialized structure , Tarumã still recovers degraded areas , taking responsibility for cleaning and maintenance of the group ’ s rural properties .
YOORIN FERTILIZERS - The acquisition of Yoorin in 2010 marked the history of the group , placing it into the agribusiness industry as a thermophosphate manufacturer . Featuring a high-tech and agronomic efficiency proven by various official research bodies in Brazil , the product is a fertilizer obtained from electrofusion process . With the assets acquisition , the Curimbaba Group also acquired the rights to the brands Yoorin , N -YOORIN , Yogen , YOOKARIN and H-MASTER — all nationally and internationally recognized for its products and agronomic efficiency as well as high productivity results .
North American companies - Curimbaba Group has four companies in the United States . Sintex Minerals & Services along with Dakota transload are responsible for the marketing of proppant throughout North America . The US Electrofused Minerals , located in Pittsburgh , is responsible for marketing and production electrofused oxides for blasting markets , abrasive and refractory . Electro Abrasives , located in Buffalo , is responsible for producing silicon carbide shaped such as macrograin ( 8-220 mesh ) and micrograin ( 230-2500 mesh ).
The Sublime Technologies Pty is a company located in South Africa and responsible for the production of crystalline and metallurgical silicon carbide . It has a capacity greater than 45,000 tons per year and is a major supplier of raw materials for Electro Abrasives . The Sublime meets not only the market in South Africa , but the entire global market for silicon carbide .
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