Basalt, which has a high specific weight of 2.9t/m³, can be used as ballast material for the railways, as aggregate for quality concrete and asphalt, brick and water as well as mineral wool insulation. Basalt meal is used as additive for example, agricultural land, as a replacement for fertilizer.
Basalt is used in many coastal areas as revetment in quay walls, breakwaters and groynes. The high specific weight and the hardness of the material make it eminently suitable. Also, basalt is after industrial treatment applied in different ways, here you have to think of insulation, panels, fiber, decorative gravels, patio tiles, slabs and countertops.