Refractories
Thermolith S.A., an Aeiforos S.A. subsidiary is a refractory producing company. Its core business consists of exploiting deposits of olivine in Northern Greece and producing basic unshaped mixes.
Olivine
Olivine, a “green” industrial mineral, thanks to its physical and chemical properties, is used for its refractory properties in many industrial applications such as:
- In steelmaking, as a slag conditioner in blast furnaces and EAFs,
- In steelmaking, as tap hole filler sand in EAFs
- In the production of shaped and unshaped refractories as a raw material
- In casting, as foundry sand
- In sandblasting
Unshaped refractories
In its plant, located near the port of Thessaloniki, Greece, Thermolith produces a wide range of magnesia or magnesia-olivine based refractory mixes
- Wet coating tundish mixes
- Dry tundish mixes
- Tundish mixes for cold setting
- Gunning and reaming for EAF and laddle lining repair