Elkem AS, Technology
03 Sep 2020
Elkem AS, Technology is a business unit in in Elkem AS responsible for corporate R&D projects, technology development and industrial projects. Elkem is one of the world’s leading companies for environmentally responsible production of materials. Its principal products are silicon, silicones, ferrosilicon, foundry alloys, carbon materials and microsilica. Elkem has four business areas and about 6200 employees.
In SisAl Pilot, Elkem is WP2 leader and will perform a set of large scale aluminothermic experiments (>10) in an induction furnace at Elkem’s pilot station in Kristiansand, Norway. Different raw material mixes will be run to target different Si and slag products will be evaluated.
