Quarries

HERACLES Group operates eleven active quarries that serve the extraction of raw materials for our plants. In addition, through our subsidiary company LAVA we handle three quarries of industrial minerals (pumice, gypsum and pozzolan).

Moreover, ensuring biodiversity in the regions where our quarries are located, is of utmost importance. We examine the active quarries in order to assess their importance in terms of species conservation and develop biodiversity plans for each facility for all the key regions. These actions are integrated into the existing rehabilitation plans for every quarry.

Our approach, to enhance biodiversity in quarries, is to work with nature in a transformative, rather than traditional way. We capitalize on natural processes, endemic species and local adaptation to take into account the wider landscape and conservation context. Our sites are rehabilitated in a progressive way. Areas where extractive work is finished are rehabilitated while extraction continues in other areas of the quarry.