Methods including preparing a mixture including a binder composition containing at least one binder and at least one mineral filler, and curing the mixture to produce a material having improved electrical conductivity at 20° C., where at least 20% by weight of the at least one mineral filler is iron-containing slag.

Methods including preparing a mixture including a binder composition containing at least one binder and at least one mineral filler, and curing the mixture to produce a material having improved electrical conductivity at 20° C., where at least 20% by weight of the at least one mineral filler is iron-containing slag.

The present subject-matter relates to landscaping product comprising steel slag and optionally cement, compositions and processes for preparing same.

The present subject-matter relates to landscaping product comprising steel slag and optionally cement, compositions and processes for preparing same.

The invention provides a binder composition comprising: (a) ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), (b) basic oxygen slag (BOS), and (c) an alkaline inorganic waste material selected from by-pass dust (BPD), cement kiln dust (CKD), and mixtures thereof. The use of such a composition as a binder in a concrete mix, concrete mixes comprising such a composition, methods of manufacturing concrete articles, and concrete articles such as paving blocks are also provided.

The invention provides a binder composition comprising: (a) ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), (b) basic oxygen slag (BOS), and (c) an alkaline inorganic waste material selected from by-pass dust (BPD), cement kiln dust (CKD), and mixtures thereof. The use of such a composition as a binder in a concrete mix, concrete mixes comprising such a composition, methods of manufacturing concrete articles, and concrete articles such as paving blocks are also provided.

Hydraulic binder composition comprising: a mixture of (i) between 20 and 95 dry wt % of at least one steel making slag, (ii) between 4 and 79 dry wt % of at least a slag different from (i) and/or at least one pozzolanic material and/or at least one inert filler, and (iii) between 1 and 25 dry wt % of at least one co-binder; between 0.01 and 10 dry wt %, relative to the mixture total dry weight, of at least one steel making slag accelerator, between 0.1 and 5 dry wt %, relative to the mixture total dry weight, of at least one alkali activator for reacting (i), (ii), and/or (iii) with water, the alkali activator different from the slag accelerator and chosen among alkali mineral salts and mixtures thereof; and between 0.1 and 2 dry wt %, relative to the mixture total dry weight, of at least one fluidification agent.

Hydraulic binder composition comprising: a mixture of (i) between 20 and 95 dry wt % of at least one steel making slag, (ii) between 4 and 79 dry wt % of at least a slag different from (i) and/or at least one pozzolanic material and/or at least one inert filler, and (iii) between 1 and 25 dry wt % of at least one co-binder; between 0.01 and 10 dry wt %, relative to the mixture total dry weight, of at least one steel making slag accelerator, between 0.1 and 5 dry wt %, relative to the mixture total dry weight, of at least one alkali activator for reacting (i), (ii), and/or (iii) with water, the alkali activator different from the slag accelerator and chosen among alkali mineral salts and mixtures thereof; and between 0.1 and 2 dry wt %, relative to the mixture total dry weight, of at least one fluidification agent.