Altek will team with Real Alloy to build a zero-waste aluminium salt slag recycling facility, in partnership with the US Department of Energy's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED).
In its zero-waste facility in Wabash, Indiana, USA Real Alloy plans to use Altek’s AluSalt salt slag processing technology to recycle metallics and salts, and recover other non-metallic products.
Real Alloy was awarded more than $3 million (of the total project federal cost share of up to $67.3 million) to begin Phase 1 activities for the Zero Waste Advanced Aluminum Recycling project, named Project Zaar.
Real Alloy received the award at the end of November from the OCED.
This project aims to build a processing plant on the backend of an existing aluminium recycling facility to enable salt slag components, which are typically sent to landfills, to be recycled back into the aluminium recycling process or beneficially used in other industries such as cement.
James Herbert, managing director of Altek said: “Our AluSalt technology is designed to reduce carbon emissions, eliminate landfill associated with salt slag recycling, and generate by-products that can be reused back in Real Alloy’s recycling process, as well as within the cement and steel industries."
During Phase 1 of the project, Real Alloy will conduct planning and design and prepare analysis of expected project outcomes, provide documentation and reports necessary for OCED to complete a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review.
Phase 1 is anticipated to last nine months according to an OCED factsheet.
Altek set to build aluminium recycling facility at Real Alloy
Published 9th January, 2025 by Greg Morris
