{"id":52417,"date":"2026-02-22T22:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grande-cote.eramet.com\/?p=52417"},"modified":"2026-02-22T22:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:22:17","slug":"statement-from-eramet-grande-cote-regarding-the-controlled-fire-on-february-22-at-its-mineral-sands-extraction-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grande-cote.eramet.com\/en\/statement-from-eramet-grande-cote-regarding-the-controlled-fire-on-february-22-at-its-mineral-sands-extraction-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Eramet Grande C\u00f4te regarding the controlled fire on February 22 at its mineral sands extraction unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1468.8px;margin-left: calc(-2% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.47%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:30px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.47%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.47%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.47%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0.98%;--awb-spacing-left-small:0.98%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>This Sunday, February 22, around 2:00 PM, a fire broke out at the WCP (Wet Concentration Plant), the extraction plant at our Diogo mining site.<\/p>\n<p><b>This plant, located on a floating barge, was immediately evacuated, and a safety perimeter was established. No casualties have been reported.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The territorial and administrative authorities were promptly informed of the fire. Thanks to the swift and coordinated intervention of our internal response teams (ERT \u2013 Emergency Response Team), supported by firefighters from the K\u00e9b\u00e9mer, Gu\u00e9oul, Louga, and Saint-Louis fire stations, the fire has now been extinguished.<\/p>\n<p>The intervention teams remain fully mobilized to cool down the site\u2019s installations.<\/p>\n<p>A dedicated information system has been set up to inform all neighboring communities about the situation and ensure regular communication.<\/p>\n<p>The safety of employees, subcontractors, and surrounding communities remains the top priority.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations will be conducted in the coming hours to understand the causes of this fire and assess its impact on the site\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n<p>Eramet Grande C\u00f4te remains fully committed to managing this situation responsibly and transparently and will provide further updates as soon as additional information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":52411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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