Global Slag News

Greece: 130 delegates have met in Thessaloniki to attend the Euroslag conference. Delegates travelled from around the world, including from China, South Korea, Japan and the US, to discuss regulation, technical developments and new applications.

Canada/US: TMS International’s sites in the US and Canada have received a total of 48 safety awards from the National Slag Association (NSA) for 2018. The NSA Safety Awards recognise superior performance as measured against occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) recordable injury rates. The awards were presented to the company during the NSA’s annual meeting in mid-September 2019.

Russia: Eurocement has signed a contract with Russia’s fourth largest steel company, Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK), for the supply of an estimated 25,000t of cement over the three months to 31 December 2019. Metal Daily News has reported that the cement will be used in conjunction with NLMK’s blast furnace slag to produce briquettes at a rate of 0.7Mt/yr.

US: Cemex USA has unveiled a new cement which uses blast furnace slag as a binder. The company has stated that the product, called CemSlag, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and extends the workability of concrete compared with normal cement.

Finland/Germany: Finnsementti’s second grinding unit at its Raahe Slag Plant will be a Pfeiffer MVR 1800 C-4. The unit consists of four rollers with a total slag grinding capacity of 0.2Mt/yr. During maintenance, it is able to keep working at 60% capacity. Gebr. Pfeiffer has stated that the plant will be commissioned in the third quarter of 2020.