The Port of Indiana announced Tuesday that slag processor Phoenix Services is opening a new processing and distribution facility at the Port of Indiana, after recently signing a multi-year contract with ArcelorMittal to provide slag and processing services for the Burns Harbor, Indiana mill. Phoenix Services has opened a 13 acre distribution facility at the port and is installing processing equipment at various locations throughout the ArcelorMittal complex.
"We are in the process of installing the most technologically advanced slag processing plant in the world," said Doug Lane, president of Phoenix Services. "We plan to produce the highest quality aggregates in the industry at production rates far exceeding other competitive operations. We are very pleased to be selected as the slag contractor for ArcelorMittal and are also pleased to be working with the Port of Indiana to facilitate our operations."
Phoenix will dig the ArcelorMittal blast furnace pits to recover scrap iron and slag and will process the slag into aggregate for use in local road construction projects. Slag can also be used in general construction, ice control, railroad ballast and improving water and soil quality. ArcelorMittal will reuse the recovered iron and Phoenix will distribute aggregates from the port by truck for local construction and by barge to manufacturing facilities around the country.