Recovering Value From Furnace Slag
Slag leaving the melt shop typically still carries entrained metal, and the residue itself can be turned into a saleable product.
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The problem
Slag is usually treated purely as a disposal cost, but discarding it outright leaves recoverable metal on the table and creates ongoing disposal expense.
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Engineering insight
Two separate recoveries are possible from the same material stream: the metal still entrained in the slag, and the slag itself once processed.
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VMPL's approach
VMPL’s slag processing line pairs magnetic separation — to recover entrained metal — with an automatic brick-making plant that converts the residue into a saleable product rather than a disposal cost.
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