New laws in the EU have been created to strengthen the circular economy, an economic model aimed at minimising waste within the community and making the most of resources. This focuses on increasing the use of secondary raw materials, which include recycled metals, and slag. This law also aims to increase public supply.

Taiheiyo Cement Corp. has budgeted $40 million for the addition of 29,300-ton fly ash and 22,600-ton slag cement silos at the Stockton, Calif., terminal of its North American business, CalPortland.

The 17th Global Slag Conference, Exhibition and Awards will allow all attendees to maximise their profits from slag - both ferrous and non-ferrous, will keep them up-to-date with the industry state-of-the-art.

Attendees receive extensive networking and business opportunities for both producers and users of slag and slag-based products.

Holcim Australia have assisted Rail Projects Victoria, in partnership with Laing O’Rourke, to effectively lower carbon emissions through progressive solutions. These solutions relate to the use of fly ash and slag as applicable alternatives to traditional cement mixes.

SCE Group have unveiled their latest loader, a CAT973K purpose built steel mill tracked loader used to dig molten slag, a by-product of the EAF steelmaking process.

Australian Steel Mill Services (ASMS) are supplying high quality recovered resources to assist in the development of the Nowra Bridge project in NSW.

One of the key barriers to wider acceptance of Earth Friendly Concrete (EFC®) has been removed with a new Australian engineering standard released for zero-carbon cement. Wagners, a construction and materials group, has peddled this as a solution for hard-to-abate emissions embodied in concrete.