Harsco is launching a new High-Friction-Surfacing product into the asphalt market, offering high levels of grip for vehicles. SteelStop® has been installed on two different roads in the Rotherham (UK) area. One location is a heavily-trafficked sharp bend, and the other is a pedestrian crossing near a school (pictured below).
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At the SSAB steel mill, in Iowa (USA), Harsco has found a solution for recycling used refractory bricks which benefits the environment while saving the customer thousands of dollars every year.
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The first slag asphalt road has been laid in the City of Port Phillip, South Melbourne (Australia), as part of Victoria state’s environmental policy to use more recycled materials in building and infrastructure projects. It is expected further sections will be laid in coming weeks in the City Area, with plans to install sections in some major freeway and infrastructure projects, such as the M80 ring road upgrade.
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Harsco’s first road in Brazil made entirely from slag aggregate has celebrated its 3rd year anniversary. The section of the highway (pictured) uses slag aggregate for both the base layer and the top surface. The product is sold in Brazil under the Neobrita brand – Harsco’s ecological aggregate.
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In April 2011, Harsco held a global Aluminium seminar at the Center for Aluminum Technology of the University of Kentucky, in Lexington (VA). The seminar was organized to shape Harsco’s partnership with the Aluminium industry, bringing together subject matter experts from Harsco and outside speakers to discuss current challenges and possible solutions for the Aluminium industry. Lexington is also the home of the Aluminium Association – of which Harsco Metals is a member.
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Harsco Metals has used a new special slag blend to build a reinforced road at a campground near the Kentucky Speedway race track. On race days, thousands of campers gather near the Speedway event.
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After the recent storms and heavy rain in the southern USA, Harsco has laid slag aggregate on a vital supply road for scrap entering the steel mill at Nucor Hickman (AR). Production at the plant was threatened by rising waters on the Mississippi river which would prevent access to the road where scrap is taken from the barge.
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Rockwool is an international producer of energy insulation products for buildings. The company has been using Harsco’s slag in Norway for many years, as a raw material feed for its manufacturing process. Slag is a renewable resource and functions well as an insulation material.
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On 14th Dec 2010, Harsco Metals met with the University of Science and Technology Beijing to review the findings of the 6-month long research programme into possible applications for steel mill by-products from 8 participating steel mills in China. 
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In Utah (USA), a section of the I15 Interstate is being upgraded and renovated using 1.2MT of slag aggregate recovered by Harsco Metals from a steel mill dump.
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