This story is part of The Montana Gap project, produced in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network. It’s hard to imagine Anaconda without slag heaps. Driving into town, they’re the first ...

Slagging is the formation of molten, partially fused or re-solidified deposits on furnace walls and other surfaces exposed to radiant heat. Over a period of time, a base deposit of slag may also form ...

The asphalt paving industry in the United States has matured and improved due to the foresight of agencies, road builders/contractors, academic researchers, material suppliers, and consultants in our ...

Australian scientists are trying to close the loop on steel waste and sewage wastewater. When they made new concrete using these waste materials, the results were 17 percent stronger than concrete ...

Heidelberg Materials North America has moved towards sustainability by turning one of its cement plants into a slag grinding facility. Slag is often disregarded as a waste product from metals during ...

The combination of iron and steel slag when constructing roads may cause the presence of fluorine compounds present within the slag to seep into the environment and cause potentially toxic effects.