The Dutch government is introducing a temporary ban on the use of steel slag in areas where it could pose a risk to public health, junior environment minister Thierry Aartsen told MPs in a briefing.

Developed countries like Japan, USA have taken lead in making fertilisers as slag silicate fertiliser, by-produced lime fertiliser, slag phosphate fertiliser or iron matter of special fertiliser using ...

Steel slag has been used in construction projects all over the Netherlands and pollution is widespread, according to an investigation by NU.nl. Investico and the Groene Amsterdammer. The investigation ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Steelmaking is the process of producing steel from iron ore or steel scrap. In 2022, ...

The steel slag drawn from furnaces of steel mills will be turned to eco-friendly use for land-filling in road construction and for construction of other projects, sources said. In what is seen as a ...

Research suggests iron and steel industry waste could be used to lock away carbon for millennia As recent extreme weather events in the northern hemisphere have demonstrated, global heating is so far ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Human Exposure to Unencapsulated Electric Arc Furnace Slag." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Health Risk Considerations for the Use of ...