- October 2, 2019
- Press Releases
Liberty Ostrava to provide 150 thousand tonnes of blast furnace slag for construction of bypass in Frýdek-Místek
Ostrava, 2 October 2019 – The Liberty Steel mill will deliver 150,000 tonnes of blast furnace slag, so called slag aggregate, a by-product of the hot metal production, for the construction of a bypass road in Frýdek-Místek. Using blast furnace slag saves consumption of natural stone. It is a high-quality material suitable for the base layer of roads. First cars should appear on the bypass in February 2020.
”The blast furnace slag has got an infamous reputation recently due to the bumpy motorway in the Ostrava region and the slag was not allowed to be used for road construction for some period. Our specialists together with experts on slag from Ostrava Technical University managed to prove that wrong since the use of other unsuitable materials was the problem. Thanks to that, the blast furnace slag managed to take up top position among materials for road construction again,” says Svatava Třaskošová, Waste Manager at Liberty Ostrava.
Most steel production waste and by-products are still reused later[1]. Blast furnace slag is created during iron ore smelting in the blast furnace and hot slag cooling in the dumps. It is used for cement and glass production as well as for road construction when it even has a better quality for this purpose than natural stone as it is easier to ram. The use of slag instead of natural stone also saves non-renewable resources the reserves of which are decreasing in the natural environment. For these reasons the blast furnace slag is used for road construction all over Europe.
Liberty Ostrava a.s. is an integrated steel business with a production capacity of 3.6 million tonnes of steel. At present it annually produces c. 2.2 million tonnes of steel, which is mainly used in construction, machinery and oil & gas industries. The company is a domestic leader in the manufacture of road barriers and tubes. In addition to the Czech market, it supplies its products to more than 40 countries around the world. Together with its subsidiaries, the company has 6,300 employees. The 2018 average monthly income was CZK 39,180. As a result of the above-standard greening, the company manufactures its products with a minimum possible environmental footprint. It is part of Liberty Steel, a global steel and mining business. Liberty Steel is part of the GFG Alliance, a global group of energy, mining, metals, engineering, logistics, and financial services businesses, headquartered in London, with a presence in around 30 countries worldwide. The Alliance has a global workforce of around 30,000 people and a turnover exceeding US$ 20 billion.
[1] Steel mill slag is created as a by-product of the production of steel. As it contains almost 40 % of iron, the steel plant recycles it. The iron content is separated and re-used in the production as a replacement of the iron ore and flux. The remaining material can be then used as bottom layer for pavements, drainage of engineering networks, and for winter road maintenance.
LIBERTY Ostrava a.s.
Barbora Černá Dvořáková
Head of Communicaions
T +420 595 683 390
M +420 606 774 346
barbora.cerna-dvorakova@libertysteelgroup.com
Latest News
View All
LIBERTY Ostrava update
Like many other energy-intensive companies in Czechia, LIBERTY Ostrava has faced some major operational and financial issues over the last...
View
LIBERTY Ostrava’s giant mold starts its challenging journey to Britain
A giant industrial mold, produced by the foundry of LIBERTY Engineering Products Ostrava for its British customer Sheffield Forgemasters, today...
View
LIBERTY Ostrava‘s new road safety barriers are raising the bar
LIBERTY Ostrava, the leading manufacturer of safety steel road and bridge barriers in the Czech Republic, has successfully tested and...
View
LIBERTY Ostrava’s mine supports underpinning the reconstruction of Prague’s sewer system
LIBERTY Ostrava is supplying 400 mine support arches to a major sewerage reconstruction project in Prague. It is one of...
View
Volunteers from LIBERTY Ostrava helped in eleven non-profit organizations
This autumn, 47 employees of LIBERTY Ostrava lent a hand in eleven socially beneficial organizations from Ostrava where they moved...
View
LIBERTY Ostrava and its unions agree 2023 CLA
The updated Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) will result in an 9.5% increase in LIBERTY Ostrava’s total payroll The company will...
View
LIBERTY Ostrava to provide 100 apprenticeships to young people from Ostrava’s vocational schools
LIBERTY Ostrava will welcome approximately one hundred apprentices from vocational secondary schools in Ostrava to try out their future profession...
View
Thousands celebrate Family Day at LIBERTY OSTRAVA
Two thousand of LIBERTY Ostrava’s employees and their families have enjoyed the steelwork’s first Family Day event to be held...
View
LIBERTY Ostrava to invest CZK 88 million to halve dust emissions from sinter plant north
LIBERTY Ostrava is investing CZK 88 million on the installation of a new exhaust pipeline at its sinter plant north,...
View
LIBERTY Ostrava to distribute over CZK 500,000 to local community projects
LIBERTY Ostrava to support 21 local community projects nominated by employees this year Over eleven years the steelworks has distributed...
View