We have restored the Cardona landscape

The restoration project of Terrera Nueva de Cardona, which Ercros launched in 2015 and which is expected to be completed in 2027, has allowed 20 ha of land to be recovered, decontaminated from salt and its morphology to be assimilated to the original relief. The last stage of the process is the revegetation of the area with native species. The project budget is close to 3 million euros and includes specific actions for each of the five areas that occupied the land.

Terrera Nova was formed around the 1960s with rejected material from potash mining, composed mainly of sodium chloride (common salt). Between 1990 and 2012, Ercros processed 11 million tons of this salt to use as raw material in the production of chlorine. With this activity, while giving value to the waste material, it reduced the mine landfill until its elimination.