Industrial Minerals and Sustainable Development in Greece

Besides the world-famous Greek marbles, Greece produces and processes a wide variety of industrial minerals and rocks. It is a leading producer of bentonite, second only to the USA, the world’s third largest producer and exporter of perlite, the chief global exporter of pumice, a major magnesite trader and the sole global producer of huntite. This paper will give a comprehensive review of the evolution of the Greek non-metallic minerals industry and prospect of the future in terms of new fields of application.