TITLE:
Bauxite Residue Valorisation through Reductive Smelting: Coproduction of Pig Iron and Precursor for Inorganic Polymer Fire Resistant Building Materials
AUTHORS:
Efthymios Balomenos, Panagiotis Davris, Konstantinos M. Sakkas, Christos Georgopoulos, Ioannis Makrigiannis
KEYWORDS:
Inorganic Polymers, Bauxite Residue Thermal Treatment, Fire Resistant Material
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.11 No.1,
January
31,
2024
ABSTRACT: In this study thermal treatment of bauxite residue is studied to produce two economic viable products: pig iron and inorganic polymer building material with fire resistant properties. The first campaign was successfully completed in the EAF 1 MW in Mytilineos plant, Ag. Nikolaos. The pyrometallurgical BR slag produced, was then used for the production of geopolymer fire resistant products.