Global Slag News

Belgium: The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) published its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2019 and 2020 on 14 October 2019. It estimates global steel demand growth of 3.9% to 1.78Bnt/yr in 2019, slowing to 1.7% in 2020, with a demand of 1.80Bnt/yr. China leads the field with an estimated 7.8% growth to 900Mt/yr in 2019. Worldsteel named high rates of investment in property as a cause, and forecasted a slowdown to 1.0% in 2020, yielding a demand of 909Mt/yr, as a result of China’s continued economic deceleration.

Australia: BIS, the production services provider, will be the sole materials handler for the Australian steel and mining giant GFG Alliance. The contract includes slag processing and handling, with conveyance to cement industry buyers across South Australia.

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.