Business Line                 27.04.2013

RINL seminar on solid wastes today

The R&D department of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd-VSP in association with the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata, the Indian Institute of Metals, Visakhapatnam Chapter, and The Indian Ceramic Society, Visakhapatnam Chapter, is organising a workshop on ‘Utilisation of solid industrial wastes for ceramic products: Scope and opportunities’ on Saturday at the auditorium of Training and Development Centre, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

Accodring to a press release, A.P Choudhary, Chairman and Managing Director of RINL-VSP, will inaugurate the workshop.

Visakhapatnam steel plant generates different solid wastes in the process of producing steel.

Some of them are fly ash, BF slag and LD slag. Around five lakh tonness of fly ash, 14 lakh tonness of BF slag and four lakh tonnes of LD slag were produced in 2012-13.

The plant is poised to grow from the existing 3.0 mt of hot metal to 6.3 mt of hot metal in this year.

This will result in increase in generation of these waste products also.

Disposal of the solid wastes is essential as they occupy a lot of space and pose an environment problem also.

Utilisation of the wastes to manufacture useful products will not only solve the problem in an environmentally-friendly manner but also generate employment and help generate wealth.

Research and Development Department of RINL has developed the technology for production of ceramic tiles in laboratory scale making use of these products through a joint research programme with the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata.

A large number of entrepreneurs from in and around Visakhapatnam will participate in the workshop, adds the release.