The Valorisation of Selected Quarry and Mine Waste for Sustainable Cement Production within the Concept of Circular Economy

Emilija Fidanchevski, Katarina Šter, Maruša Mrak, Ljiljana Kljajević, Gorazd Žibret, Klemen Teran, Bojan Poletanovic, Monika Fidanchevska, Sabina Dolenec and Ildiko Merta
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Emilija Fidanchevski: Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Rugjer Boshkovich 16, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia
Katarina Šter: Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Dimičeva ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Maruša Mrak: Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Dimičeva ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ljiljana Kljajević: Department of Materials, „VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences—National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12–14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Gorazd Žibret: Geological Survey of Slovenia, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Klemen Teran: Geological Survey of Slovenia, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bojan Poletanovic: TU Wien Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Material Technology, Building Physics and Building Ecology, Karlsplatz 13/E207-2, 1040 Vienna, Austria
Monika Fidanchevska: Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Rugjer Boshkovich 16, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia
Sabina Dolenec: Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Dimičeva ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Ildiko Merta: TU Wien Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Material Technology, Building Physics and Building Ecology, Karlsplatz 13/E207-2, 1040 Vienna, Austria

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: The cement industry could potentially consume large amounts of solid industrial waste in order to improve its sustainability. The suitability of selected quarry and mine waste as secondary raw materials (SRM) was examined for the sustainable production of cement following the concept of a circular economy. The chemical, mineralogical, and radiological characterization of SRM was conducted in this study. Its potential use in low-carbon and low-energy belite-sulfoaluminate cement was investigated by incorporating the examined SRM into cement clinker. Various characterization methods were used to characterize the cement, including X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), thermal analysis (DTA/TG), and isothermal calorimetry. Depending on the chemical composition of the waste, lower or higher amounts were allowed to be incorporated into the raw clinker mixture for a targeted clinker phase composition. Among the samples, differences were observed in the phase composition of synthesized clinkers, which slightly influenced the reactivity of the cement but did not significantly change the compressive strength of the final product.

Keywords: BCSA clinker; cement; circular economy; clinker; mine wastes; quarry waste (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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