Iron and Steel
Iron and Steel
Our calcium- and magnesium-based products and minerals are used throughout the iron- and steel-making process as binders or flux agents to form slag. Slag removes harmful impurities, such as silica, phosphorus and sulfur. Lhoist products also help improve productivity and enable you to comply more readily with environmental legislation.
Steel is one of the biggest drivers of the world economy as it plays a major role not only in the construction and automotive industries, but also in mechanical engineering applications. Global production in 2012 was approximately 1.55 billion tons, worth about US$1,000 billion. Every ton of steel requires 30 to 70kg of lime and 100 to 200kg of limestone to manufacture.
Lhoist’s global brands for our iron and steel solutions and products are Calexor® and Flucal®.