Nordkalk

Nordkalk is the leading producer of lime products in Northern Europe and represented at over 30 locations in eight countries. The headquarters of Nordkalk Corporation is located in Parga (Finland). In Germany Nordkalk has a branch in Lübeck.

History

Limestone was mined in the 17th century, possibly even in the 14th century in Parga. The industrial mining began on 26 November 1898, when the corporation Parga lime Aktiebolaget was founded by Otto Moberg. The Parga lime Aktiebolaget later called himself Partek. Nordkalk Corporation continued the mining and processing of limestone in 1991 as an independent company. By 2003 Nordkalk was a part of the company Partek. Since 2010 the Rettig Group Ltd include 100 % of the shares of Nordkalk.

Products

The major product segments Nordkalk are:

• Limestone products (calcium carbonate or calcite )
• Quicklime ( calcium oxide) and slaked lime ( calcium hydroxide)
• Raw materials for paper pigment products ( calcite for GCC and quicklime for PCC).

In addition Nordkalk sold dolomite and wollastonite.

On limestone -based products in the industry (including paper, construction materials and steel), used in agriculture and in environmental protection.

Nature and environmental protection

In the Swedish forest Ojnareskogen on Northern Gotland Nordkalk is planning a plant for limestone quarrying to build and to drill about 200m deep tunnels. The area should be declared a national park before the sale. Due to a small change in the law by the government Reinfeldt it was the company Nordkalk allowed in the field to reduce lime. Local residents and environmentalists were concerned that the limestone quarrying by the water supply of people is at risk on Gotland and Fårö.

Following protests by the Swedish Nature Conservation Youth fältbiologerna and other Orgamsiationen 70 police officers were laid in the forest.