{"id":24699,"date":"2026-01-22T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24699"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:13:00","slug":"steel-slag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/steel-slag\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel Slag"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Steel Slag<\/b> <b>Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology advocated wider adoption of steel slag\u2013based road construction and repair technology, particularly in hilly and Himalayan regions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Steel Slag<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steel slag is an <\/span><b>industrial byproduct<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> obtained from the <\/span><b>steel manufacturing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is produced in large quantities during steel-making operations that <\/span><b>use electric arc furnaces.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be produced by <\/span><b>smelting iron ore in a basic oxygen furnace.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Composition:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Primarily, slag consists of calcium, magnesium, manganese and aluminium silicates and oxides in various combinations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cooling process of slag is responsible mainly for generating <\/span><b>different types of slags<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> required for various end-use consumers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Steel Slag<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Environmental Remediation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has found <\/span><b>use as a barrier material<\/b> <b>remedy for waste sites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where heavy metals tend to leach into the surrounding environment.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steel slag forces the heavy metals to drop out of solution in water run off because of its high oxide mineral content.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been used <\/span><b>successfully to treat acidic water discharges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from abandoned mines.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can replace coarse aggregate due to a higher impact and crushing strength, and better anti-skid capacity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/jitendra-singh-pushes-steel-slag-roads-for-hilly-regions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>DD news<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steel Slag is an industrial byproduct obtained from the steel manufacturing industry. 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