Stone wool thermal insulating material was used when constructing Nur-Alem, a 100-meter-high and 80 meters in diameter spherical building, erected in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.

Thermal insulation of building envelope is very important in energy saving: a growing interest is focused on using insulating recycled and sustainable materials.

Saint-Gobain GC announced the closing of its Ploiesti-located thermal insulation plant in Romania, which produces glass fiber products under the brand Isover. However, the company will continue to produce basalt mineral wool on its second line of production in Ploiesti.

PAROC basalt insulation solutions for HVAC systems (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) meets the requirements of Eurofins Indoor Air Comfort GOLD. This means that PAROC products such as mats and cylinders show compliance with low VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions criteria set out in Europe.

The national standard “Heat-insulating materials and products”, which specifies the method for determining the characteristics and durability of mineral wool materials, will come into operation on July 1, 2017.

Ukrainian ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, a metallurgy plant, has commissioned a new overhead crane with a cabin made of six layers of basalt insulation boards. The overhead crane was installed in the blooming mill to move hot cast slabs from the steel melting shop. The temperature of such slabs exceeds 1000 °C.

The company has doubled stone wool exports compared to 2015 supplying basalt heat insulation to over 40 countries worldwide. TechnoNICOL focused on the new markets in China, India, and Southeast Asia.

The first batch of mineral wool manufactured by the Khabarovsk division of TechnoNICOL DV was shipped to Canadian customers. A multinational producer of sandwich panels received the batch.

It is planned to export 20% of basalt thermal insulation, which is the main product of a new plant “TechnoNICOL – Far East”, to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region by 2019. In total, the product range comprises about 100 articles of insulation materials, including technical insulation and fire protection.

The first batch of technical insulation produced by the Krasnosulinsky enterprise has already gone on sale. The next step is to start the manufacture of heat-insulating cylinders for pipelines and roofing materials made of basalt stone wool.