IM23: Recycling refractories to cut costs
By Davide Ghilotti
Published: Friday, 17 June 2016
The practice of recycling refractories and using them as secondary raw materials in other refractory applications is increasingly drawing interest from industry operators as a way to reduce costs.
Refractory scraps were mostly treated as mere waste by
companies until not too long ago but, with profit margins
thinning and mining commodity prices down, operators are now
turning to recycling and the reuse of refractory
materials....