Amid Rising Construction Material Prices, MG Factory Tests Use of Mining Waste

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 30/11/2020 at 11:05

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Factory in MG, Located at the Pico Mine, Inaugurated on Tuesday, the 17th, is a Pilot Plant for Products for Civil Construction, Based on the Magnetic Concentration of Low-Grade Iron Ore, Without Using Water.

After the tests, it is assumed that the unit installed at the mine in MG will prevent about 30 thousand tons of mineral waste from being dumped into dams or piles, transforming them into almost 4 million products for the civil construction sector, including concrete blocks, fencing, pipes, and similar items.

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Amid Rising Construction Material Prices, MG Factory Tests Use of Mining Waste

Factory in MG, Located at the Pico Mine, Inaugurated on Tuesday, the 17th, is a Pilot Plant for Products for Civil Construction, Based on the Magnetic Concentration of Low-Grade Iron Ore, Without Using Water.

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Vale Takes First Initiative in Reusing Mineral Waste in Civil Construction

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Amid Rising Construction Material Prices, MG Factory Tests Use of Mining Waste

Factory in MG, Located at the Pico Mine, Inaugurated on Tuesday, the 17th, is a Pilot Plant for Products for Civil Construction, Based on the Magnetic Concentration of Low-Grade Iron Ore, Without Using Water.

Read Also

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Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

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Described by astronauts as one of the most unlikely natural phenomena on Earth, the Okavango Delta spreads over up to 15,000 square kilometers in the middle of the desert and transforms Botswana into a living labyrinth of channels, islands, and flooded areas.

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