Mineralogy and environmental stability of metallurgical slags from the Euronickel smelter, Vozarci, North Macedonia

• Published in: Applied geochemistry Vol. 170; p. 106068
• Main Authors: Đorđević, Tamara, Tasev, Goran, Aicher, Claudia, Potysz, Anna, Nagl, Peter, Lengauer, Christian L., Pędziwiatr, Artur, Serafimovski, Todor, Boev, Ivan, Boev, Blažo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2024
• Subjects: anhydrite; calcium oxide; chemical composition; electric furnaces; Euronickel; geochemistry; glass; gypsum; Laterite Ni-Ore; laterites; Macedonia; magnetism; nickel; Nickel smelting; Republic of North Macedonia; silicates; Slag mineralogy; slags; toxicity; Weathering; Republic of North Macedonia; Euronickel; Weathering; Slag mineralogy; Laterite Ni-Ore; Macedonia; Nickel smelting

The laterite Ni-smelting operations at Vozarci, Republic North Macedonia have produced large amounts of smelting wastes dumped in the close vicinity of the smelter. We examined phase composition and chemistry of the various types of slags (electric furnace slags, converter slag, magnetic slag) with...