LKAB Minerals

LKAB Minerals

LKAB Minerals the international industrial minerals division of LKAB, developing and delivering circular, critical and climate-efficient mineral products. LKAB Minerals has sales representation, offices, production units and deposits in 12 countries in Europe, Asia and the US and employs around 400 people. LKAB Minerals is part of the Swedish company LKAB, one of the world’s leading producers of highly upgraded iron ore products, and a major supplier of mineral products for other industrial sectors.

Gypsol

LKAB Minerals manufacture fluoroanhydrite, a by-product from the acid production industry, into a liquid, free-flowing floor screed binder.

Gypsol offers a great alternative to sand-cement screeds, with a lower carbon rating, saving approximately 80%* of embodied carbon. Additionally, Gypsol flowing screed reduces manual handling during installation and has quicker installation and drying times without the need for any special floor preparation.

Contractors and ready-mix companies use the binder to offer nine different floor screed formats. This allows the Gypsol range to offer huge design flexibility to accommodate diverse and novel applications within a wide variety of building types. Gypsol Complete can be used to manufacture all screed formats, including fast-drying Rapide. Standard Gypsol binder can be used to manufacture all screed formats except Rapide. It can be placed over underfloor heating or at a depth of just 15mm and can be sanded to create an architecturally rustic finished floor.

*See our EPD for our carbon figure. Our calculations for the comparison with sand-cement screeds can be found in our brochure.