Key points
- Council participants toured the OFZ a.s. ferroalloy smelting plant in Siroka, Slovakia.
- OFZ produces silicon and manganese ferroalloys, cored wires, and by-products of ferroalloys production.
- OFZ previously carried out test processing of polymetallic nodules, and its facilities could be adapted for this raw material.
- The next Council meeting is scheduled for Szczecin, Poland, in November 2019.
Within the Council program, participants visited Slovakia’s ferroalloy manufacturer, OFZ a.s. smelting plant in Siroka. The company produces a wide range of silicon and manganese ferroalloys, cored wires and by-products from the ferroalloys production. In the past, test processing of polymetallic nodules was carried out at OFZ and the plant’s technological facilities have the prerequisites to adapt to the processing of this raw material.
The next Council meeting is to take place in Szczecin (Poland) in November 2019.
