Duisburg, November 28, 2025 • 40 million tons of natural rock and 11,4 million tons of CO2 replaced
EUROSLAG figures for 2024 on the production and use of ferrous slag • In 2024, approximately 19.6 million tons of blast furnace slag (BFS) and 16.5 million tons of steel slag (SMS) were produced in the European Union. Additional extraction of temporarily stored blast furnace slag made a total of around 38 million tons of […]
Duisburg, March 6, 2025 • The importance of by-products from steel production
Two-day workshop organized by ESTEP and FEhS Institute in Duisburg • By-products from steel production make an important contribution to resource efficiency and the circular economy in Europe. The workshop “The role of slags and other by-products within circular economy in the steel industry” on March 5 and 6, 2025 at the Wyndam Duisburger Hof […]
Duisburg, 4 March 2025 • Clean Industrial Deal strengthens by-products
FEhS Institute calls for rapid implementation • With the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), the European Commission is strengthening its decarbonization strategy and emphasizing the importance of European raw materials as well as climate protection and the circular economy. The Commission also wants to specifically promote research and innovation. The FEhS Building Materials Institute believes that […]
Duisburg, 16 July 2024 • Ferrous slag-based products replace 44 million tons of natural rock
EUROSLAG figures for 2023 are available • Duisburg, 16 July 2024: In 2023, 35.8 million tons of ferrous slag were produced in the European Union and Great Britain. Of this, 19.9 million tons were blast furnace slag (BFS) and 15.9 million tons were steelwork slag (SWS). Thanks to an additional 0.6 million tons of stockpile […]
Bilbao/Duisburg, 25 October 2024 • Transformation as a challenge
FEhS-Institut begrüßt Politische Leitlinien der EU-Kommission 2024-2029 • Bilbao/Duisburg, 25 October 2024: The transformation of the steel industry to largely low-CO2 manufacturing processes also has a massive impact on the by-product ferrous slag. The 12th EUROSLAG conference from 23 to 25 October 2024 in Bilbao focused on the challenges facing science and industry and the […]
Duisburg, September 2024 • Strengthening the circular economy and secondary raw materials
FEhS Institute welcomes the EU Commission’s 2024-2029 policy guidelines • Duisburg, September 2024. Pursuing the objectives of the European Green Deal in a Green Industrial Deal, create a new law on the circular economy to intensify the use of secondary raw materials and optimize public procurement: The FEhS Building Materials Institute considers the planned measures […]
Duisburg, 6 March 2024 • International conference on ferrous slags
Registration for the 12th EUROSLAG in Bilbao open – Abstracts until 30.4.24 • Duisburg, 6 March 2024. Decarbonization and transformation, resource conservation and circular economy: The enormous economic and ecological challenges can only be overcome at an international level. This also applies to ferrous slag and the products made from it. Under the title „Slag […]
