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Slag
For more information on aggregates, please contact John Bradshaw-Bullock
Slag is the by-product from the production of iron and steel and is an increasingly important source of aggregates and cementitious material.

(john.bullock@mineralproducts.org) or phone us on 020 7963 8000

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Blastfurnace Slag

Production of high quality iron in an efficient furnace is the basis for good blastfurnace slag. After being tapped from the furnace, the slag is cooled. The cooling rate of the molten material determines its physical and chemical characteristics.

There are two main methods of cooling. One is to leave the slag to air-cool on a stockpile over many days, producing a material that is ideal for processing as an aggregate.

Alternatively, instantaneous cooling by quenching with large volumes of cold water produces a material that has, subject to processing, good cementitious properties.

Steel Slag

Steel slag is produced from the further refining of iron in a Basic Oxygen Furnace or from melting recycled scrap in an Electric Arc Furnace.

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Both processes produce a slag which is hard and durable, suitable for use in bound or unbound form and is particularly recommended for use in asphalt. Steel slag can also be used for clinker manufacture and as a fertiliser and soil improvement agent.

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Air-cooled blast furnace slag

Cementitious Material in Concrete (ggbs)

Granulated blast furnace slag

Ground granulated blast furnace slag ggbs is widely used as a cementitious material and most ready-mixed concrete plants in the UK routinely produce ggbs concrete. It is used in tandem with Portland cement, whose alkalinity provides the catalyst to activate the cementitious properties of ggbs. Air-cooled basic oxygen steel slag

EAF carbon steel slag

Partial replacement of cement with ggbs provides an economic alternative with enhanced durability. By reducing the demand for cement. It also reduces carbon emissions and extends the life of mineral reserves.

Air-cooled stainless steel slag

Aggregates

Slag in Soil Stabilisation (ggbs)

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ggbs can be used in place of cement in stabilising soils where increased strength, stability or

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durability is needed prior to development. The practice is widely used for cohesive soils where the importation of granular fill is not practical or cost effective means of stabilisation.

Slag as an Aggregate

Air-cooled blastfurnace slag and steel slag, after crushing and screening, are widely used for civil engineering applications and the built environment. Specialist applications include water filtration, building insulations, cement manufacture and as a concreting aggregate.

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