Production of iron oxide pigments using metallurgical wastes

To produce paints and varnish coatings, there is an opportunity to use a waste of metallurgical production of Yakovlevsky mining and processing complex, Cherepovets, Russia. This waste contains iron oxide as iron oxide pigment. It could be used as an analogue to iron oxide pigment already existing on the market. The authors studied the pigment properties of the waste and the opportunity of using it as a raw material for the synthesis of red iron oxide pigment. The article gives recommendations on the use of the obtained product and shows the opportunity of its application for paint and varnish coatings.