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  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,876 Views
13 Pages

11 May 2023

In order to determine a way to be able to shorten the smelting time of low-carbon ferrochrome alloys and to strengthen the temperature control capability of the AOD converter during the smelting process, this article establishes a mechanism model of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,714 Views
18 Pages

Carbon-Free Smelting of Ferrochrome Using FeAlSiCa Alloy

  • Amankeldy Akhmetov,
  • Zulfiadi Zulhan,
  • Zhadiger Sadyk,
  • Azamat Burumbayev,
  • Armat Zhakan,
  • Sultan Kabylkanov,
  • Ruslan Toleukadyr,
  • Zhalgas Saulebek,
  • Zhuldyz Ayaganova and
  • Yerbolat Makhambetov

2 June 2025

This study explored the feasibility of the carbon-free smelting of ferrochrome (FeCr) using a complex reducing agent—ferroaluminosilicalcium alloy (FeAlSiCa)—produced from industrial waste and ferrosilicochrome (FeSiCr) dust. Laboratory-s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,043 Views
13 Pages

Properties of Glass-Ceramics Prepared from Industrial Multi-Wastes

  • Zuoliang Zhang,
  • Heli Ma,
  • Chunlei Wu,
  • Ye Sun,
  • Ren Chen and
  • Xiaoying Guo

12 September 2023

Because of their excellent properties, glass-ceramics have been widely developed and applied in many fields, and there are many potential application values to be disseminated. The preparation of glass-ceramics from industrial slag and metallurgical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,016 Views
17 Pages

19 January 2018

A solid reduction process is described whereby chromite is reduced with the help of calcium chloride to produce ferrochrome alloy powders with high metal recovery. The process involves segregation reduction of chromite using graphite as the reductant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,412 Views
18 Pages

Value Extraction from Ferrochrome Slag: A Thermochemical Equilibrium Calculation and Experimental Approach

  • Nilamadhaba Sahu,
  • Gajanan U. Kapure,
  • Pankaj Kumar,
  • Sunil Kumar Tripathy,
  • Arijit Biswas,
  • Navneet Singh Randhawa and
  • Manas Paliwal

29 October 2024

The valorization of slag from the production of high-carbon ferrochrome is a challenge for ferrochrome producers. The recycling of high-carbon ferrochrome slag was explored through the smelting route to recover Fe–Si–Al–Cr alloys an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,309 Views
19 Pages

Characterisation of a Real-World Søderberg Electrode

  • Ralph Ivor Glastonbury,
  • Johan Paul Beukes,
  • Pieter Gideon van Zyl,
  • Merete Tangstad,
  • Eli Ringdalen,
  • Douglas Dall,
  • Joalet Dalene Steenkamp and
  • Masana Mushwana

22 December 2020

Very little research on Søderberg electrodes has been published in the journal peer reviewed public domain. The main aim of this work is to characterise a Søderberg electrode that was cut off approximately 0.5 m below the contacts shoes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,342 Views
18 Pages

Physical and Chemical Studies of Smelting Products of Calcinated Composite Pellets Produced from Chromium Production Waste

  • Almagul Ultarakova,
  • Yerbulat Tastanov,
  • Nurzhan Sadykov,
  • Aisha Tastanova and
  • Zhadyra Yerzhanova

14 September 2023

This study presents the results of the enlarged laboratory research on the melting of calcined composite pellets for ferrochrome obtained from fine-dispersed conditioned chrome concentrate containing 50.3% Cr2O3. This is a product of the gravitationa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,308 Views
16 Pages

16 March 2023

Low carbon ferrochrome slag (LCFS) is the metallurgical waste slag from the carbon ferrochrome alloy smelting process. Compared with high carbon ferrochrome slag, LCFS has great potential as cementitious material; the chemical compositions of the two...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,067 Views
18 Pages

29 January 2018

This paper describes an innovative process for the production of ferrochromium alloy via segregation reduction of chromite at 1300 °C in the presence of calcium chloride. Both charcoal and petroleum coke were used as the reductant. Individual polycry...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,285 Views
17 Pages

Analysis and Chromium Recovery from Ferrochrome Waste (Stockpiled Refined Ferrochrome Slags)

  • Otegen Sariyev,
  • Lyazat Tolymbekova,
  • Murat Dossekenov,
  • Bauyrzhan Kelamanov,
  • Dauren Yessengaliyev,
  • Assel Davletova and
  • Assylbek Abdirashit

30 June 2025

This study investigates the effectiveness of various beneficiation methods for recovering chromium from refined ferrochrome slag. Dry magnetic separation at different field intensities (0.45 T and 0.8 T) showed that selective extraction of metallic c...

  • Review
  • Open Access
30 Citations
15,463 Views
35 Pages

An Overview of Currently Applied Ferrochrome Production Processes and Their Waste Management Practices

  • Stephanus P. du Preez,
  • Tristan P. M. van Kaam,
  • Eli Ringdalen,
  • Merete Tangstad,
  • Kazuki Morita,
  • Dmitri G. Bessarabov,
  • Pieter G. van Zyl and
  • Johan P. Beukes

13 June 2023

Ferrochrome (FeCr) is the main source of virgin chromium (Cr) units used in modern-day chromium (Cr) containing alloys. The vast majority of produced Cr is used during the production of stainless steel, which owes its corrosion resistance mainly to t...