How Holmen works with quarries

Society needs gravel to develop. There are currently 36 facilities on Holmen's land around the country where we offer rock products needed for the local and regional market. This is how we work at Holmen with quarries.

Society needs rock products

Rock products are needed for all social development, both new construction and the maintenance of buildings, roads or railways. The need and demand for rock materials is great and it is important that the production of the material is conducted in a sustainable and circular way.

As a major landowner, Holmen believes that we have a responsibility to contribute to this work in order to meet local and regional needs. We are able to identify sites that both meet the high requirements for land use and have the right geological conditions.

Holmen's quarries

Holmen develops and operates quarries, as well as what are known as mass handling nodes, which include the reception and handling of materials from construction and road works carried out on Holmen's own land holdings. The quarries are intended to be used by actors in central towns, in major projects and out on our own land where we conduct forestry.

Holmen currently has 36 facilities around the country, where we offer rock products needed for the local and regional market. We also have a number of development projects underway, in different phases.

Focus on sustainable material supply

Holmen's business concept is circular. Circularity is also a clear part of the strategy for rock products. In this area, we are active in the work with sustainable material supply, from a societal perspective.

 

The starting point for us is that our facilities should be able to meet the requirements for proper land use and environmental compliance. In addition, we take into account transport distances for the lowest possible emissions and the possibility of setting aside areas for recycling materials.

We want to contribute to the development of the area

When it comes to sustainable material supply, Holmen is active in both practical work and strategic issues. We want to be involved and contribute to the development of the area. We do this, among other things, through our participation in the Swedish aggregates industry (SBMI), especially in the issue of the industry's roadmap for fossil-free competitiveness by 2045. There, the questions revolve around processes in raw material extraction, transport to the factory or manufacturing site, the manufacture of materials and products, and transport to where the gravel is to be used.

In parallel with this, we are working on what the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) has developed on behalf of the government regarding method development for regional material supply planning. There, the focus is on sub-areas such as the rock's properties, soil depth, values in the landscape, transport distances and that the right volumes and permit times can be applied.