Industrial dust processing plants to be built in Russia

Industrial dust processing enterprises are being set up in the Kursk and Saratov regions. They will reach a capacity of 230 thousand tons per year. The Russian Environmental Operator (REO) told Izvestia about this on April 2.

Previously, Russia practically did not recycle the dust that settles in gas purification plants of electric steelmaking furnaces. A project for the production of zinc oxide is being implemented in the Zheleznogorsk district of the Kursk region. This is a raw material for the production of metallic zinc, the only non—ferrous metal that is in short supply in Russia, the REO said.

Recycling of industrial waste, including metallurgical waste, is an important element of a closed—loop economy - such projects can reduce the burden on the environment and at the same time return valuable components to economic circulation, the REO concluded.

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On December 8 last year, the REO told Izvestia that an industrial dust processing plant in the Saratov region would annually process more than 100 thousand tons of steelmaking dust. It will produce up to 30 thousand tons of zinc oxide. It is used in medicine and cosmetology as an antiseptic and protective component in creams, ointments and powders, in light and heavy industry as a filler and dye for rubber, polymers, paper and paint products.

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