Steel slag is currently utilized both to treat wastewater, and as a concrete aggregate. New research now indicates that using it for the former makes it perform even better as the latter – so the same ...

Researchers have shown how a by-product of steel making can be used to both treat wastewater and make stronger concrete, in a zero-waste approach to help advance the circular economy. Produced during ...

Global environmental services firm says the rebrand captures the sustainability focus of using steel slag as a paving product ingredient. Enviri says SteelPhalt’s steel slag aggregate reduces the need ...

Australian researchers say slag can strengthen concrete after it is used to filter wastewater. Magnified images showing concrete made with treated slag (center), conventional aggregates (left) and raw ...

Local authorities must scrap their own rules for the use of steel slag, the infrastructure ministry has told councils, provinces and environmental agencies. The instruction was set out in a letter ...

Suggested Citation: "5 Toxicity of Selected Slag Constituents." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Health Risk Considerations for the Use of Unencapsulated Steel Slag.

The energy-intensive steel industry produces over 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The process also generates 500 megatons per year of mineral-rich ore leftovers known as slag. In lab ...

MUSCATINE, Ia. — Dust from waste material used to cover Muscatine County's gravel roads could be hurting the health of rural area children, a new report says. Dust from the slag, a byproduct from ...

Researchers examined whether steel slag that had been used to treat wastewater could then be recycled as an aggregate material for concrete. Their findings? Concrete made with post-treatment steel ...