Steel Producer Supplies Ferrous Sulphate to an Environmental Services Company

Summary

The steel producer Ispat Sibdec provides crystals of ferrous sulphate, generated from the scouring of tubes before galvanisations to Stablex, a supplier of environmental services. Ferrous sulphate is commonly used in animal feed, fertilizers, wastewater treatment, iron oxide, hazardous waste treatment, and catalysts. It is largely produced as a by-product of steel pickling.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
environmental services	characterisation, treatment and stabilisation of inorganic industrial wastes and contaminated soil
mining and minerals sector	steel manufacturing

Region

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Applied Technologies

None.

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	not known
Environment	not known
Social	not known

Additional Comments

None.

References

• Dias, S & Yates, R (2001) "Advancing Cooperative By-Product Synergy Programs Between Canada, Mexico and USA", Hatch, Canada, Retrieved from: http://www.hatch.ca/Sustainable_Development/Projects/advancing_coop_bps_programs.htm
• Hatch (2001) "Montreal By-Product Synergy Project", Hatch, Canada, Retrieved from: http://www.hatch.ca/Sustainable_Development/Articles/Montreal_bps.pdf

Last Update

20 July 2010