Befesa Aluminio SLU

03 Sep 2020

Befesa is a leading international company that provides innovative sustainable solutions for the management and recycling of industrial residues. Befesa manages more than 1.300 Mt of residues annually, with a production of more than 600 Mt of new materials, which Befesa reintroduces in the market, reducing the consumption of natural resources. Its services are divided into two business units: Recycling steel dust and aluminium waste recycling.

Industrial activity Befesa Aluminio, hereinafter Befesa, is framed within eco-industry sector, due to dedication to recycling, recovery and recovery of all types of waste from the aluminium industry. The total recycling process operated by Befesa allows free metal recovery of all materials and oxide, which they process. The process of recycling aluminium is exploited by Befesa through 2 activities or lines of business:

  • Production of aluminium alloy of second fusion:
    The business unit of aluminium waste recycling carry out the recovery of aluminium, which is contenting from different wastes. In order to develop this activity, Befesa Aluminium handles the collection and transport, recovery of waste and aluminium scrap from the production of aluminium alloys, as well as marketing.
  • Recovery and reuse of waste:
    The main activity of this second area is the production of concentrated aluminium, aluminium oxides and crystallized salts from waste of secondary aluminium production (salt slag and aluminium slag powder filter powders SPLs (spent pot linings)). Therefore, the 2nd industrial activity of Befesa aluminium is also the recycling, recovery and reuse of waste from secondary aluminium melting.

The activities developed by Befesa are a fundamental and important link in the life cycle of aluminium. Activities in the primary aluminium production plants, processing facilities and aluminium finish, or aluminium smelters in general, would be totally unfeasible without the existence of industries like Befesa in charge of treatment, recovery and recycling of waste they generate. Befesa transforms the waste into raw materials assimilated.

In SisAl Pilot, Befesa is responsible for characterizing, selecting and preparing Al scrap and dross suitable for the SisAl process. Befesa is the main provider of Al scrap and dross to business case 5. In addition, Befesa will provide CaO-Al2O3-slag to MYTILINEOS for further processing of SiO2-CaO-Al2O3-slag in WP3.