Mireco specialises ina recovery of refractory waste from all industriesof which 80% of the volumes come from the steel industry. 

In collaboration with and for our clients, we design circular economy solutions that offer high quality and performance, while saving CO2 emissions. 

MIRECO is the result ofUnion of RHI Magnesita and Horn & Co Group forces. With our expertise, leadership and more than 100 years of refractory history, we are able to meet the great challenges of our society and industry, such as climate change and resource conservation.

MIRECO intervenes throughout Europe with structures France, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Kosovo.

Mireco Solutions

• Recycling of rubble refractory/ceramics
• Elimination of refractory/ceramic residues
• Waste management concepts
• Production of recycled raw materials
• Manual and automatic sorting

Key figures

• 3 sorting plants (Weitefeld, Hünsborn and Siegen) authorised to recover and process waste

• Management of 200,000 tonnes of refractory waste in 2023

• Management of 350 000 tonnes of waste by 2026

• Presence at 7 of our clients with sorting teams and facilities

Alternative materials

Refractory waste from the demolition of refractory tools in industry: steel, foundries, glass, cement, lime, incineration, etc.

Supply of secondary raw materials for the production of refractories

Refractories based on magnesia,

Refractories based on alumina,

Zircon based refractories,

Chromium-based refractories,...

Supply of dairy conditioners:

Amendment in MgO, to correct milk fluidity and protect refractory coatings

Amendment alumina to fluidize dairy, desulphurize metal. 

Supply of non-formed refractories based on MPS

Quality and environmental benefits

• Substitution of virgin raw materials (protection of the resource)
• Materials with very low CO2 borrowing
• Source of materials on EU territory
• Borrowing on the environment / certain metallurgical additives