Raw materials extraction, Raw materials haulage

Goerg & Schneider buys “Stoss” deposit and mining operations

Goerg & Schneider GmbH u. Co. KG, the clay mining company based in Siershahn/Westerwald, has acquired the “Stoss” deposit and mining operations in Haiger-Langenaubach (in the north-east of the Westerwald region) from Theodor Stephan KG GmbH & Co.KG, with effect from 1 March 2008.
The well-known plastic, white-fi ring Stoss clay with its high dry modulus of rupture has been mined for 140 years. Originally used for the manufacture of refractory bricks and facing bricks, over the last few decades its application has shifted mainly to ceramic sanitaryware,
wall and fl oor tiles as well as building...

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