Slag recycling
In Brazil, byproducts from the steel industry consist of 42 % blast furnace slag, 27 % steelworks slag and 31 % other byproducts such as dusts, sludges, etc., according to figures from the Brazil Steel Institute for 2017. 92 % of the approximately Mta of blast furnace slag was recycled in 2017, of which 99 % went to cement production.