European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ENVIRONMENTAL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT IN IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY IN THE KALINGA NAGAR INDUSTRIAL CLUSTER IN JAJPUR DISTRICT OF ODISHA

Sanjay K. Samal, Prafulla K. Sahoo and Dillip K. Behera*

ABSTRACT

The rapid progress of iron and steel Industry is associated with the generation of solid waste materials like slag, dust, sludge, etc. Significant quantities of wastes are generated from steelmaking process has aggravated environmental and waste management problems. The production of steel in steel plant involves several operations from primary and secondary steelmaking to ingot and continuous casting of steel. At each of these stages of steelmaking process, substantial amounts of wastes are generated. This has led to an increase pressure from Government as well as public to speed up the necessary action plan for industrial waste management. This paper summarizes and analyzes the generation, composition, characteristics and present status of the utilization of the most of the wastes generated from the steelmaking processes.

Keywords: Economic, environment, iron, steel making, steel slag.