Inert Materials and Cement
Barbetti Inert Materials and Cement
Barbetti I.C. S.r.l. is a company belonging to the Cementerie Aldo Barbetti S.p.A. group with over 50 years’ activity in extraction and processing of calcareous materials, specifically aggregates for concrete, bituminous mixtures, and materials for civil engineering.
The company’s commitment to producing high-quality materials, coupled with its rigorous selection and grinding processes, has enabled it to establish itself as a leading supplier of premixed products and lime in the market.
Registered office and place of business:
BARBETTI I.C. S.R.L.
Loc. San Giovanni, SNC
04015 – Priverno (LT)
P.IVA 00081360596
barbettiic@barbetti.it
Phone (+39) 0773 939062
Production processes
QUARRY OPERATIONS
Extraction, loading and transportation of limestone to the crushing plant.
This phase involves in-quarry loading and transportation teams. Using an excavator, the raw material is loaded directly onto a dumper and transported to the feed hopper of the crushing plant; the crushed materials are moved along conveyor belts to the screens for granulometric separation.
SAND PRODUCTION
Screening, yard storage and vehicle loading.
The inert material screening and washing plant, along with the storage conveyors for the selected inert material (built in compliance with current regulations and bearing the CE mark), allow for the accumulation of the selected materials in stockpiles in the sales yard.
Certifications and Sustainability
The company has been certified to the UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 quality management system standard since 2004. By complementing European CE marking standards, this certification offers customers the assurance of receiving consistently monitored and standardized products, along with the added value of tailored support.
Products are system 2+ certified and meet all requirements: EN 12620:20020+A12008, EN 13043:2002/AC:2004, EN13242:2002+A1:2007
Health and Safety
To guarantee Health and Safety in Barbetti I.C., Management has defined the following principles for reference:
- Responsible management of the safety representative, through performance of their activities to ensure the full protection of workers’ health and safety.
- Planning the investment required to ensure correct functioning of plants, machinery, equipment and all facilities in general.
- Providing employees with infrastructures suitable for performance of their activities and protective all necessary personal and collective protective equipment, ensuring they meet ergonomic standards.
- Any design and implementation of system modifications will focus primarily on safety.
- The provision of legally required training, supplemented annually to address the company’s unique needs.
- The systematic evaluation of site safety, including the implementation of a monitoring system conducted by supervisors and the Head of the Prevention and Protection Service, to identify areas for continuous improvement.
- Provide clients, suppliers, and contractors with clear instructions on the behaviours to be adopted in the quarry, to actively improve site safety.
- Communicate with the relevant public authorities to establish and update emergency, rescue and safety protocols.
Management of quarries and Environmental restoration
The expansion project of the existing limestone quarry is planned for an area located in S. Giovanni, a limestone outcrop 8 km south of Priverno. The entire area adjacent to the project site has been mined since the late 1960s.
It’s now fully encompassed in the Municipality of Priverno’s partial plan for quarrying presented and proposed by the Municipality of Priverno for sites to be used for limestone quarrying.
The area is currently accessed via two unpaved roads. One leads directly to S. Martino road, while the other connects internally to the Luppoli quarries and its plant. These roads will be used throughout the project, including the environmental recovery phase.
The land affected by the project is all owned by Barbetti I.C. S.r.l..
SITE CHARACTERISTICS
- Area subject to extraction: 19,18,40 ha approx.
- Overall volume of material to be quarried in Phases 1 and 2: 7,010,000 m3 approx. including the overburden.
- Overburden unsuitable for sale: 960,000 m3 (5 m average depth).
- Annual average production net of overburden: over 605,000 m3.
- Typical bench geometry during mining operations: tread 8.0 m, rise 8.0 m, average bench slope 70°.
- Typical bench geometry during Environmental restoration in the west and south-facing section of Cave Luppoli: 2.60 m tread, 2.0 m rise, 90° average bench slope: Average incliine of single tread: 5° average tread slope uphill, and a final overall slope of 38° after reclamation.
- Typical bench geometry during Environmental restoration in the west and south-facing section of Cave Luppoli: 5.0 m tread, 4.0 m rise, 90° average bench slope: 5° average tread slope uphill.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
At present, the works are being carried out in descending horizontal slices, impacting up to four benches concurrently. This method has resulted in the formation of a progressively widening working platform, commencing from the tread of the lowest mined bench. As the environmental restoration work on the highest bench is finalized, we will progress to the next lower horizontal level, repeating this process until the minimum planned elevation is attained.
The ongoing operations, visible from a considerable distance, are effectively meeting the planned target of rehabilitating the area to a condition that closely approximates the surrounding areas, ensuring that the slope is sufficiently stable to facilitate the colonization of shrubs and herbaceous species typical of low Mediterranean scrub and pastures.
Concurrently with the described work phases and environmental restoration efforts, the project has fulfilled its obligation to compensate for the removal of the forested area within the authorized quarry site by implementing the necessary measures as outlined in the project. These measures involved the establishment of a forest comprising a variety of tree and shrub species, as well as the construction of ancillary works such as a perimeter fence, a wooden signpost, and a drip irrigation system designed to meet the specific requirements of each planted species.
PRODUCTION AND LOADING
OF RAW MATERIALS
COMPENSATORY REFORESTATION
