Valencia-based Mario Pilato Blat (MPB) SA has a processing capacity of 120,000 tpa quartz; 60,000 tpa potassium feldspar; 120,000 tpa sodium feldspar; 100,000 tpa borates minerals (colemanite, uxelite); 100,000 tpa zircon flour and opacifer; 15,000 tpa chromite and 15,000 tpa manganese. The company also trades 30,000 tpa refined borates.
Mario Pilato Blat senior initiated his commercial activities in 1950 with Suministros Industriales Pilato Blat, an individual enterprise located in Mislata, Valencia, specialised in raw materials to the ceramic and glass industries among others.
Mario Pilato Blat, president and general
manager. Courtesy MPB
In 1970, MPB built new facilities in the industrial area of Virgen de la Salud in Chirivella, Valencia. A new phase started with the running of the first plant to mill boron minerals and the first one to grind zircon sand.
In 1976, the company moved to the industrial area of...