New Technology to Treat Steel Dust from DIGIMET
07/10/2015 - The technology-based company DIGIMET, created by TECNALIA and Kereon in 2013, is offering a solution which combines economic and environmental sustainability.
After two years of work at its Irun plant, DIGIMET has confirmed, on a semi-industrial scale with a 3.000 Tn/year furnace, the advantages of its technology to treat steel dust based on a new patented ladle furnace concept.
To better understand the concept, DIGIMET has prepared an explanatory video, which can be viewed at www.digimet.es.
The new treatment has been presented to steel mills, waste treatment plants, zinc manufacturers and the most relevant equipment manufacturers.
ADVANTAGES OF DIGIMET
Steel dust is the largest hazardous solid waste in volume generated by the steel industry. Managing this waste has a very high cost for steel mills. as it is classified as hazardous waste and therefore cannot be disposed of in landfills without being previously treated by authorized waste managers.
DIGIMET enables the treatment of steel dust inside the plant itself, independently of the production process, maximizing the recovery of recyclable materials and without generating waste. It aims to recover the recyclable metals it contains with a high level of purity and to generate an inert slag suitable for use in cement plants; that is, DIGIMET will convert what used to be a waste requiring management into a valuable by-product. The following advantages are particularly significant: operational flexibility, reduced size, energy efficiency and modularity. Furthermore, high-purity zinc oxide is recovered as well as iron with high metallurgical grade.
KEREON Partners began its activity in 2011 within the framework of a private business group with more than 30 years of experience, aiming to promote the development of companies in different fields, mainly in the Basque Country, through management support and by taking stakes in capital. It presently boasts a portfolio of six subsidiary companies, focusing its activity on the management of this portfolio as well as on carrying out new investments.
TECNALIA Research & Innovation is the first Private Applied Research and Technological Development Centre in Spain and one of the most important centers in Europe; with 1,400 experts, of over 30 different nationalities, focusing on transforming knowledge into GDP to improve people's quality of life, by creating business opportunities for companies.
To better understand the concept, DIGIMET has prepared an explanatory video, which can be viewed at www.digimet.es.
The new treatment has been presented to steel mills, waste treatment plants, zinc manufacturers and the most relevant equipment manufacturers.
ADVANTAGES OF DIGIMET
Steel dust is the largest hazardous solid waste in volume generated by the steel industry. Managing this waste has a very high cost for steel mills. as it is classified as hazardous waste and therefore cannot be disposed of in landfills without being previously treated by authorized waste managers.
DIGIMET enables the treatment of steel dust inside the plant itself, independently of the production process, maximizing the recovery of recyclable materials and without generating waste. It aims to recover the recyclable metals it contains with a high level of purity and to generate an inert slag suitable for use in cement plants; that is, DIGIMET will convert what used to be a waste requiring management into a valuable by-product. The following advantages are particularly significant: operational flexibility, reduced size, energy efficiency and modularity. Furthermore, high-purity zinc oxide is recovered as well as iron with high metallurgical grade.
KEREON Partners began its activity in 2011 within the framework of a private business group with more than 30 years of experience, aiming to promote the development of companies in different fields, mainly in the Basque Country, through management support and by taking stakes in capital. It presently boasts a portfolio of six subsidiary companies, focusing its activity on the management of this portfolio as well as on carrying out new investments.
TECNALIA Research & Innovation is the first Private Applied Research and Technological Development Centre in Spain and one of the most important centers in Europe; with 1,400 experts, of over 30 different nationalities, focusing on transforming knowledge into GDP to improve people's quality of life, by creating business opportunities for companies.
