{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.7/division-1.7.3/division-bat+161",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.7/division-1.7.3/division-bat+161.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1032",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1032 of 13 June 2016 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the non-ferrous metals industries (notified under document C(2016) 3563) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032",
  "path": "annex/division/1.7/division/1.7.3/division/bat+161",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "BAT 161",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In order to reduce the quantities of slag sent for disposal, BAT is to organise operations on site so as to facilitate slag reuse or, failing that, slag recycling, including by using one or a combination of the techniques given below.\nTechnique\nApplicability\na\nUse of slag in construction applications\nOnly applicable to slags from high-carbon FeCr and SiMn production, slags from alloy recovery from steel mill residues and standard exhaust slag from FeMn and FeMo production\nb\nUse of slag as sandblasting grit\nOnly applicable to slags from high-carbon FeCr production\nc\nUse of slag for refractory castables\nOnly applicable to slags from high-carbon FeCr production\nd\nUse of slag in the smelting process\nOnly applicable to slags from silico-calcium production\ne\nUse of slag as raw material for the production of silico-manganese or other metallurgical applications\nOnly applicable to rich slag (high content of MnO) from FeMn production",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1032/annex/division/1.7/division/1.7.3/division/bat+161",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:55.916563+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}