Mu myaka ya vuba aha, fibre ya basalt yagaragaye nk'ikintu cy'ingenzi, gikurura inganda ku isi yose. Iyi fibre ikomoka ku rutare rwa basalt rushongeshejwe, ifite imiterere idasanzwe, harimo imbaraga nyinshi zo gukurura, ubushyuhe budahungabana, no kurwanya ingese. Kubera iyo mpamvu, ikoreshwa ryayo rigera mu nzego zitandukanye, kuva ku bwubatsi n'imodoka kugeza ku buhanga mu by'indege no mu bidukikije. Uyu munsi, turasuzuma ubushobozi bwo guhindura fibre ya basalt n'ejo hazaza hayo heza mu kurema inganda zigezweho.