Orenburg state university

Ash Heaps — for Processing

In the Year of Ecology OSU starts implementation of the regional project aimed at integrated waste recycling of nonferrous industry enterprises.

At the end of the last year University took part in tender competition for state projects’ support in establishing and developing engineering centers on the base of HEIs that are affiliated with Education and Science Ministry of the Russian Federation. OSU presented a strategic program for engineering center development on the university’s base for the period 2017–2021 — "Integrated Processing of Stale Nonferrous Slags". Only 8 from 43 universities got the state support: 3 national research universities, OSU and 4 other.

In the first year of project’s implementation it is planned to organize all necessary works on establishing and developing of engineering center. Laboratories equipped with modern research facilities as well as construction designing departments will join the engineering center. The main activity of a new university’s department — development of integrated processing technologies of stale nonferrous slags for obtaining nonferrous metal concentrated products, and also production of road metal, sand and mechanically activated mineral fillers for preparation of concrete and building mortars, upgraded aggregate compositions for road facilities.