Real Alloys partners with Enviri on residuals diversion project

Cleveland-based recycled-content aluminum producer Real Alloys has selected the Altek subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Enviri Corp. to build a zero-waste aluminum salt slag recycling facility in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations.

The system, to be installed in Wabash, Indiana, will deploy Altek AluSalt salt slag processing technology to recycle metallics and salts and recover other nonmetallic products.

“Altek is very excited to work with Real Alloys on this first-of-its-kind, milestone project for the U.S. aluminum industry as they work toward achieving aggressive sustainability goals,” Altek Managing Director James Herbert says. “Our AluSalt technology is designed to reduce carbon emissions, eliminate landfill [activity] associated with salt slag recycling and generate byproducts that can be reused back in Real Alloy’s recycling process, as well as within the cement and steel industries."

Enviri acquired Altek in 2018 to expand the metal recovery byproduct reuse capabilities of its Harsco Environmental division into the aluminum industry.

Altek has active equipment in more than 600 locations worldwide, according to the company.