Press release: Registrations for the 11th EUROSLAG Conference in Cologne still possible
Press release
Future use of industrial by-products
Press release
Future use of industrial by-products
Duisburg, September 16, 2022. At the 11th European Slag Conference, entitled "The Transformation of the steel industry and its effects on the slag value chain," the focus will be on "Transformation," "Building materials," "Road Construction," "Environment and Fertilizer," and "Metallurgy and analytics" from October 4 to 7, 2022 in Cologne. Registrations are still possible at www.eurolag2022.com. EUROSLAG, the European association of producers and processors of ferrous slag based in Duisburg, is organizing the meeting together with FEhS - Institute for Building Materials Research.
A video message at the opening of the conference by NRW Economics Minister Mona Neubaur will be followed by 26 presentations by international experts from Europe, India, Australia, South Korea, USA, Brazil and Japan on Wednesday, September 5 and Thursday, September 6, as well as technical exchanges. To kick off the event, Matthias Weinberg from thyssenkrupp Steel Europe will present the company's decarbonization strategy. On Friday, September 7, the participants will visit Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann in Duisburg.
Thomas Reiche, Chairman of EUROSLAG and Managing Director of the FEhS Institute: "We are pleased to be able to offer top-class speakers and an intensive program at the 11th EUROSLAG conference. Especially in times of crisis, the exchange and joint development of solution strategies is the basis for a development that is fit for the future. This is especially true for the use of our proven resource-saving building materials and fertilizers even in a transformed industrial society."
EUROSLAG brings together 26 organizations and companies from 17 countries, including from Germany the FEhS Institute and the Fachverband Eisenhüttenschlacken. As a European network for the production, use and development of ferrous slags and slag-based products, EUROSLAG's activities focus on research and technology, European standardization, and internal and external communication. Every two years EUROSLAG organizes the Slag Conference together with national partners.
The use of slag-based building materials and fertilizers has avoided the mining of more than one billion tons of natural rock in Germany alone over the last seven decades. This is equivalent to the volume of the Zugspitze mountain. Substituting Portland cement clinker with granulated blastfurnace slag f in cement also avoids the emission of around 4.5 million metric tons of CO2 per year. In total, the emission of more than 220 million metric tons of CO2 has been avoided in Germany since 1950.
About EURSOSLAG:
EUROSLAG brings together 26 organisations and companies from 17 countries. As the European network for the production, use and development of iron and steel slag and slag-based products, EUROSLAG focuses on research and technology, standardisation at European level and internal and external communication.
About the FEhS Institute:
For seven decades, the FEhS Building Materials Institute has been one of Europe’s leading addresses for research, testing and consulting on iron and steel slag, building materials and fertilisers. As a modern service provider, the experts with seven laboratories, the Construction Competence Forum and a network of industrial associations, public authorities, standardisation committees, as well as institutions from science and research, are a sought-after partner for members and customers from all over the world.
About EURSOSLAG:
EUROSLAG brings together 26 organisations and companies from 17 countries. As the European network for the production, use and development of iron and steel slag and slag-based products, EUROSLAG focuses on research and technology, standardisation at European level and internal and external communication.
About the FEhS Institute:
For seven decades, the FEhS Building Materials Institute has been one of Europe’s leading addresses for research, testing and consulting on iron and steel slag, building materials and fertilisers. As a modern service provider, the experts with seven laboratories, the Construction Competence Forum and a network of industrial associations, public authorities, standardisation committees, as well as institutions from science and research, are a sought-after partner for members and customers from all over the world.