In 1920 , the mines were bought by the Anonymous Greek Chemical Products and Fertilizer Company ( Ανώνυμη Ελληνική Εταιρεία Χημικών Προϊόντων & Λιπασμάτων , ΑΕΕΧΠ & Λιπασμάτων ) , partly in order to secure their supply of sulfides for their fertilizer factories . At that time , the main loading site was located at the site of the modern village of Stratoni , where the minerals were brought via a six-kilometer-long Decauville-type railway line . In 1932 , this system was replaced by an aerial transport line . Following the Asia Minor Catastrophe , Asia Minor refugees from the mining village of Balya Karaydın were settled in temporary shelters at Stratoni . Following the 1932 Ierissos earthquake , the settlement was rebuilt , and the modern village emerged
1932 Ierissos earthquake
1932 Ierissos earthquake
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