elmin bauxites s.a.

Bauxite Parnassos S.A. began mining bauxite in Greece in 1934; by 1938, production had reached 5 per cent of the global total. Long-term contracts with the Soviet Union covering the period 1956-1958 and with the French company Pechiney in 1963 were vital to the companys growth to supply a new plant of Pechiney subsidiary Aluminium of Greece S. A. at Aspra Spitia in the Viotia prefecture. Today, as Bauxite Parnassoss successor, Elmin Bauxites S. A. holds mining concessions in the prefectures of Fthiotida, Fokida, and Viotia. It also has bauxite processing (crushing, screening, beneficiation) and private loading facilities at Itea, in Fokida. Elmin Bauxites S. A. is the biggest bauxite producer in Europe, with clients on four continents. The companys main operations facility is located at the 51st kilometer of the Amfissa-Lamia highway. Ninety per cent of bauxite mining operations are conducted by underground mining methods. The main applied mining method is the rooms and pillars while in some cases mining is also performed by sub level caving and under cut and fill methods. Drilling in each mine is performed by latest technology Jumbo drillers, while loading and transportation is performed by underground loaders and dumpers.