Cast basalt

Cast basalt is a hard, wear and corrosion resistant material made by melting natural basalt and casting it into shapes. Sunny Steel supplies cast basalt tiles, pipes, and linings for industrial wear p

Cast basalt is a kind of silicate crystalline material after producing and processing, it made of natural rock (basalt, diabase and other basite) or some industrial waste as the main raw materials, by melting, casting, crystallization, annealing and other processes.

“It’s stone, but not as we know it!”

Centrifugal casting molding

Cast basalt pipe adopt magma centrifugal casting molding, then go through the tunnel kiln to annealing, and over a period of open storage to eliminating naturally the residual internal stress of cast basalt pipe

Basalt casting was used as a replacement to iron and steel which was in short supply after WWII – the crushed natural basalt is heated back to molten lava and then poured into moulds to make components such as pipes and floor tiles, which are incredibly hard wearing and abrasion resistant.

Cast basalt can be formed into a diverse range of shapes and surface patterns – including bespoke designs (min 325m2). During the cooling process the surface of the material achieves a glass-like patina, with an iridescence and texture that is unique to each piece.