The university has partnered Baotou Steel to spin out a steel waste recycling and carbon capturing system due to launch in China by mid-2018.
Columbia University today teamed up with China-based steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel to launch GreenOre Cleantech, a spinout that will allow steel manufacturers to recycle waste from steel plants known as slag.
The technology utilises a carbon capturing technique alongside an approach similar to rock weathering to alter the shape and size of solid materials. The slag could be recycled and used in the production of materials such as paper, plastic or cement.
GreenOre Cleantech is based on research by…
