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Explore materials companies across metals and mining, chemicals, construction materials, packaging and forest products. Browse their public profiles and read the project-specific evaluations available on Orbitrum.

Projects in Basic Materials

550 projects

RHI MagnesitaRHI Magnesita N.V., together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, sells, installs, and maintains refractory products and systems used in industrial high-temperature processes worldwide. The company offers magnesite and dolomite, and refractory bricks, as well as mixes, mortars and castables, and functional specialized refractory products. It also provides refractory engineering solutions, such as drawings or design of a linings concept, installation, supervision, maintenance, and recycling. In addition, the company offers systems, sensors, machinery, and digital products; and sells internally produced raw materials, such as magnesite ore, dead-burned magnesia, and fused magnesia. Additionally, it offers raw magnesite, caustic magnesia, sintered magnesia, dolomite and sintered dolomite, magnesia products, slag conditioners, magnesium oxide, spinels, agalmatolite, chromite, grogs, and commodities. The company serves customers in steel, cement, metals, lime, non-ferrous metals, glass, energy, environmental, and chemicals industries. RHI Magnesita N.V. was founded in 1834 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.Web2
Rockwool BRockwool A/S produces and sells stone wool insulation products in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, North America, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Insulation and Systems segments. The company offers products, including solutions for ceiling systems, ventilated façades, friction and water management and stone wool substrate. It also offers roof, floor, façade, ceiling, partition wall, internal and exterior wall, HVAC, acoustic, and technical insulation, as well as passive fire protection, industrial insulation, marine and offshore insulation, OEM, basement, chimney, shed, and garage insulation products. In addition, the company provides acoustic ceilings and walls, cladding boards, rainwater management, and prefab building systems, engineered fibers, noise and vibration control, and horticultural substrates. It sells its products under the ROCKWOOL, Rockfon, Rockpanel, Grodan, and Lapinus brand names. Rockwool A/S was founded in 1909 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.Web2
Rockwool Int. ARockwool A/S produces and sells stone wool insulation products in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia, North America, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Insulation and Systems segments. The company offers products, including solutions for ceiling systems, ventilated façades, friction and water management and stone wool substrate. It also offers roof, floor, façade, ceiling, partition wall, internal and exterior wall, HVAC, acoustic, and technical insulation, as well as passive fire protection, industrial insulation, marine and offshore insulation, OEM, basement, chimney, shed, and garage insulation products. In addition, the company provides acoustic ceilings and walls, cladding boards, rainwater management, and prefab building systems, engineered fibers, noise and vibration control, and horticultural substrates. It sells its products under the ROCKWOOL, Rockfon, Rockpanel, Grodan, and Lapinus brand names. Rockwool A/S was founded in 1909 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.Web2

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Construction Materials (550)

Companies supplying materials used in construction.

Metals & Mining (3,704)

Companies and projects associated with metals and mining.

Chemicals (1,993)

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Containers & Packaging (510)

Companies producing containers or packaging.

Paper & Forest Products (322)

Companies producing paper or forest-related products.

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