Iron silicate

In the mid-2000s, when our experience in the shipping sector began, we were introduced to various new industries.

One of them was copper metallurgy. This fascinating industry produces copper in its purest form.

It does so by transforming mineral extraction materials, mainly copper ore. By definition, coming from the earth, copper ore also carries a number of elements other than copper, such as iron in this case.

The iron element, undesirable in finished copper products, is removed from the copper process through the injection of silica during the smelting phase. These two elements bond together and thus form iron silicate.

This iron silicate is inevitably a by-product produced on a large scale in the copper metallurgy process. It no longer has any use in the copper world, but it caught our interest.

Bonus:
“Iron silicate comes from a smelting process, and therefore it no longer carries any CO2 when introduced into a clinker kiln, making it even more environmentally friendly.”

An in-depth analysis of its physical and chemical characteristics revealed that it is a perfectly compatible iron corrector in clinker production in the cement industry.

Consequently, after an intensive industrial testing campaign, we are now proud to be regular distributors of iron silicate in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.