Resource and material efficiency are becoming increasingly important in high-temperature industries. Raw material prices, environmental requirements and the need to reduce CO₂ emissions are increasing the pressure to keep valuable materials in circulation for longer. Refractory materials offer significant potential in this regard. According to estimates by TU Bergakademie Freiberg, up to 28 million tonnes … Weiterlesen …
Iberdrola Germany has completed a new solar plant with a capacity of 65 MWp in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The solar park plant covers 45 hectares and comprises more than 92 000 solar modules. The energy is supplied via a PPA to Salzgitter AG to support its regional energy transition providing 100 % of the renewable electricity … Weiterlesen …
Höganäs Borgestad/Norway has entered into an agreement to acquire Norsk Ildfast Gjenvinning Drift AS, a company with over 30 years of experience in recycling refractory materials, based in Mo i Rana, Norway. This acquisition is an important step for Höganäs Borgestad in improving the life cycle impact of its products. Thanks to Norsk Ildfast Gjenvinning’s … Weiterlesen …
The pioneering MultiPLHY project demonstrating renewable hydrogen production has reached a key milestone: The consortium partners have successfully started up the world’s largest multi-megawatt high-temperature electrolyzer (HTE) in an industrial environment at Neste’s renewable products refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The pilot project demonstrates the viability of renewable hydrogen in reducing the use of fossil … Weiterlesen …
The new STARS research project started with a kick-off in March with the aim of making steel mill slag usable as a raw material for the production of high-quality end products for solar thermal processes over the next three years. The project partners German Aerospace Center (DLR) (lead), thyssenkrupp MillServices & Systems GmbH and LWK-PlasmaCeramic … Weiterlesen …
The World Refractory Association (WRA) has developed a common framework for calculating cradle-to-gate Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) for refractory products. This technical guidance sets shared rules and minimum requirements, ensuring consistency, transparency, and comparability across the industry. Refractory products are critical to steel, automotive, wind turbines, glass, and cement production – industries at the heart … Weiterlesen …
Rio Tinto/GB and Hydro/NO will join forces to identify and evaluate available carbon capture technologies for future implementation in the aluminium electrolysis process. The companies have signed a partnership agreement that provides for the sharing of certain information, results and costs covering specific R&D activities from lab tests with external suppliers to larger, on-site pilots, … Weiterlesen …
As the minerals industry strives towards sustainable development in the 2020ies, the recycling of waste products – whether from mine tailings or industrial waste – to generate Secondary Raw Materials (SRM) is emerging fast as an important additional source of industrial minerals for a range of consuming markets. Tomorrow’s mining will in large part be … Weiterlesen …
The energy transition from the incineration of fossil fuels to biomass confront refractory linings to severe corrosion issues, due to the high content of alkalis as well as the wide variety of biomass sources.
The Mineral Recycling Forum 2019 took place in the lovely city of Kraków/PL, where international delegates from across the supply chain of industrial mineral recycling gathered to network and listen to an expert panel of speakers.