Recycling of slag can become commercially popular only if it leads to
a considerable savings in cost. To ascertain it economic analysis was carried
ou twhere in the total cost associated with recycling of slagwas calculated
and compared with the market price of equivalent fresh flux.
The cost of recycling 100 kg of slag was calculated as shown in
Table 7. It was compared with market price of 100 kg of fresh flux. Results
show that the cost of recycled slag is approximately 73% less
than equivalent fresh flux.