Method for treating material formed/found at the bottom of a ladle furnace is provided. The material includes white slag containing lime or lime-based compounds and also includes a metal alloy in the molten or semi-molten/viscous state. The material at the outlet of the ladle furnace cools for a period of time less than about 30-45 minutes.

A reduced iron production method includes: a reduction-step of producing reduced iron by heating an agglomerate containing iron oxide and carbonaceous reducing agent to reduce the iron oxide and solidifying a product produced by melting the reduced iron; a first-magnetic-separation-step of separating, among granular metallic iron, first slag, and second slag containing more fine-granular metallic iron than the first slag that are contained in the product, at least the granular metallic iron from the first slag by use of a first magnetic separator to separate first slag containing substance and a granular metallic iron containing substance from each other; a second-magnetic-separation-step of separating the second slag from the first slag containing substance or the granular metallic iron containing substance by use of a second magnetic separator having attraction force different from attraction force of the first magnetic separator; and a crushing-step of crushing the second slag.

Pyro-hydrometallurgical methods are described to economically and environmentally recover a target metal from iron slag or steel slag. For instance, the method can enable subjecting an iron or steel slag feed to acid-baking with an acid to produce a dried mixture comprising at least one soluble metal salts, then subjecting the dried mixture to water leaching to an aqueous solution comprising an aqueous leachate rich in said target metal and solid residues and subsequently separating the aqueous leachate rich in said target metal from the solid residues. This acid-baking water-leaching method facilitates efficient recovery of target metal compared to conventional methods.

The present application provides an efficient treatment method and apparatus for multiphase steel slag. According to the present application, the treatment apparatus for multiphase steel slag comprises a steel slag feeding apparatus and a drum for treating steel slag, and the steel slag feeding apparatus comprises a feeding chute; the treatment apparatus for multiphase steel slag further comprises a storage compartment disposed between the feeding chute and the drum; the storage compartment is an open cylinder, and has one end forming a working fit with the lower open end of the feeding chute and the other end being fixedly connected to and coaxial with the treatment cavity of the drum. By means of the storage compartment obliquely placed between the front of the drum and the feeding chute and used for buffering and transition, there is no need to use a slag raking apparatus, and safe technological treatment of various steel slag by a drum is implemented.

An integrated drying process and device for dry granulated slag and sludge. The process comprises the following steps: 1) slag ball mixing and soaking: high-temperature slag and steel balls are fully mixed and exchange heat therebetween, the high-temperature slag is cooled because the heat thereof is quickly absorbed by the steel balls and is crushed to form granular slag, and the temperature of the steel balls rises because the steel balls absorb the heat of the high-temperature slag; and 2) sludge drying: the high-temperature steel balls are conveyed to a sludge drying device to be mixed with injected sludge, the sludge is dried, the steel balls are separated from the sludge when the water content of the sludge reaches a set value, and the steel balls and the sludge are separately discharged. In the present invention, high-temperature slag waste heat is used for heating steel balls, and sludge is dried by means of the heated steel balls, thus achieving the cooperative treatment of slag cooling, granulation and sludge drying, solving two difficult problems of slag cooling and sludge drying, and greatly increasing the waste heat recycling rate of high-temperature slag.

A method and apparatus for direct drying of inorganic sludge with a drum drawing process, comprising the following steps: 1) drum mixed drying of slag and sludge: respectively conveying the slag and sludge into a drum (1) in proportion, completing mixing, heat exchange, dehydration, cooling and crushing of the slag and sludge under the rolling action of the drum (1) and a steel ball to achieve cooling, crushing and drying of the slag and sludge, and directly discharging the obtained mixture; 2) slag and sludge separation: separating the steel slag and dry sludge in a manner of combining screening and rotary separation; 3) tail gas treatment: treating dusts, sulfides and organic compounds in tail gas generated by the dry sludge by using wet alkali washing and activated carbon adsorption, and discharging the treated tail gas; and 4) tailing sludge treatment: generating steam and dusts in the drum treatment of the slag and sludge, allowing dusts to enter a tail gas treatment device (4) with steam, aggregating the dusts after wet washing or spraying, and then conveying into a tailing sludge blending device (5) by means of a conveying device, mixing and stirring the tailing sludge and original sludge, conveying the obtained mixture into the drum (1), and drying the mixture to realize zero discharge of undried sludge.

A plant for the treatment and recovery of white slag resulting from steelmaking processes. The plant including at least one basic frame; at least one work chamber, movable in rotation around a relevant axis and configured to receive and treat the white slag, the latter being moved forward along at least one direction of treatment. The work chamber including at least one loading portion through which said white slag is loaded; at least one cooling portion arranged downstream of said loading portion and comprising at least one treatment channel of said white slag; and cooling device/structure/component/or the like comprising at least one coolant to cool said white slag to obtain at least one recovery powder; and at least one sorting and separation portion of the recovery powder arranged.

In a method of processing molten material, in the form of non-metallic melt such as slag, into amorphous material, in which the molten material is vitrified by cooling, wherein the molten material for being vitrified is brought into contact with a metal bath and then discharged as amorphous material from the metal bath, the molten material is introduced into the metal bath via an open end of a dip tube immersing into the metal bath and is in the metal bath conveyed away from the area of the open end of the dip tube, preferably by means of a mechanical disintegrator, preferably a rotor.

A method and apparatus for direct drying of inorganic sludge with a drum drawing process, comprising the following steps: 1) drum mixed drying of slag and sludge: respectively conveying the slag and sludge into a drum (1) in proportion, completing mixing, heat exchange, dehydration, cooling and crushing of the slag and sludge under the rolling action of the drum (1) and a steel ball to achieve cooling, crushing and drying of the slag and sludge, and directly discharging the obtained mixture; 2) slag and sludge separation: separating the steel slag and dry sludge in a manner of combining screening and rotary separation; 3) tail gas treatment: treating dusts, sulfides and organic compounds in tail gas generated by the dry sludge by using wet alkali washing and activated carbon adsorption, and discharging the treated tail gas; and 4) tailing sludge treatment: generating steam and dusts in the drum treatment of the slag and sludge, allowing dusts to enter a tail gas treatment device (4) with steam, aggregating the dusts after wet washing or spraying, and then conveying into a tailing sludge blending device (5) by means of a conveying device, mixing and stirring the tailing sludge and original sludge, conveying the obtained mixture into the drum (1), and drying the mixture to realize zero discharge of undried sludge.

A method for the treatment of black slag, which contains lime (CaO) or lime-based compounds, and which is generated in an electric furnace that produces steel from scrap, includes indirectly cooling the black slag immediately after the black slag exits from the electric furnace or after collection of the black slag in a cauldron, for a period of time between about 10 minutes and about 45 minutes.