Reuse of Blast Furnace Slag in Cement Mill

Summary

The cement mill at BGC cement uses a blast furnace slag from a mineral processing plant as an alternative raw material in their cement making process.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
mining and minerals sector	mineral processing plant
building and construction sector	cement mill

Region

Kwinana Industrial Area, Kwinana, Western Australia

Applied Technologies

Not known.

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	generated company income through reuse of blast furnace slag
Environmental	less blast furnace slag being stockpiled avoided impacts associated with extraction of alternative raw materials
Social	increased employee satisfaction due to improved environmental performance of the involved companies

Additional Comments

None.

References

• van Beers, D, Bossilkov, A and van Berkel, R (2005) “Capturing Regional Synergies in the Kwinana Industrial Area – 2005 Status Report”, CSRP Report (for Project 3B1), August 2005

Last Update

23 November 2005