LKAB Minerals looks to sustainability

• Autores: Emma Hughes, Siobhan Lismore-Scott
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 558, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Marzo)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 2013, LKAB Minerals, then Minelco, presented their refractory and foundry portfolio to members of the Institute of Cast Metal Engineers (ICME). At this meeting the company highlighted how recycling refractory minerals could offset the rising cost of raw materials.

    LKAB Minerals offer a range of reclaimed refractory products. The materials are taken from the user's site, hand sorted to remove any contamination, crushed and dried and finally processed into grogs or powders depending on customer specifications. Chemical analysis of each material is carried out on a regular basis to ensure consistency. One important customer is an internal one, as the company also works with reclaiming and recycling spent refractories from the LKAB groups iron ore palletising plants in Sweden.

    "We have gone from being a one mineral company, supplying only iron ore products from the LKAB group mines in the north of Sweden, to being an international multi-mineral company with several unique deposits and with strong supply and customer partnerships around the globe," said Bob Boulton, CEO.