The products manufactured and marketed by FMC Foret for the mining industry are mainly used to extract metals.

Within this process, Sodium Sulfhydtrate and Sodium Sulfide are used in the flotation stage, a physical-chemical process that separates minerals by their surface properties so that certain minerals stay in one phase while others go through to the next.

Other products used in mineral flotation include xanthates, which require Carbon Sulfide for their manufacture.

Hydrogen Peroxide is used in the extraction and purification of minerals.