In this paper the influence of the moisture content on the flow characteristics of blast furnace dust is investigated. The flowability of granular material is essential for the design and operation of dust separators, transport equipment and storage silos. Two blast furnace dust samples from different blast furnaces were investigated. The moisture content was adapted for measurement with the sh...

Granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) is a potential resource of rare earth elements (REEs), and due to the complex mineralogy, extraction by conventional hydrometallurgical process makes it an acid-consuming method. Bioleaching thus investigated using chemo-organotrophic bacterium Gluconobacter oxydans (DSMZ 46616) for REE from GGBFS containing 157 ppm Ce, 90 La, 71 Nd 40 Er, hosted in Ca-Al-S...