SMCC, CSIR-NIScPR

CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) based in New Delhi undertook a major R&D project funded by Ministry of Steel along with four major industries, utilised the steel slag, a byproduct of the steel manufacturing process for road construction. Steel slag produced at the time of separation of the molten steel from impurities in steel making furnaces, occurs as a molten liquid melt and solidifies on cooling. The steel slag for the development of road by CRRI is made out of processed steel slag aggregates. 

India ranks second in the world in steel production and generates 19 million tonnes of steel slag in the form of solid waste from various steel plants. It is predicted that by the end of 2030, the steel slag generation will…read more on NOPR