Objective The "In Plant By-Product" (IPBM) process is a new concept for the total transformation of steel plant slags and all other in-plant by-products into value-added products, which has the potential to achieve a "zero-waste" steel plant. The concept is based either on slag reduction or on utilizing smelting and vitrification. The reactor used is a DC hollow electrode furnace, where slag is added in the liquid or solid state together with other by-products and modifying agents. Pilot plant tests will be carried out on a 5 ton scale, mathematical modelling will be performed and vitrification for product valorization will be studied. Programme(s) ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002 Topic(s) T1 - Iron and steelmaking Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator MEFOS, FOUNDATION FOR METALLURGICAL RESEARCH EU contribution No data Address Aronstorpsvägen 1 971 25 LULEÅ Sweden See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES Belgium EU contribution No data Address Rue Ernest Solvay, 11 4000 LIEGE See on map Total cost No data CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via di Castel Romano 100/102 00128 ROMA EUR See on map Total cost No data FORSCHUNGSGEMEINSCHAFT EISENHÜTTENSCHLACKEN Germany EU contribution No data Address Bliersheimer Strasse 62 47229 DUISBURG See on map Total cost No data