The manufacture of products such as bricks, cement and steel requires firing a mix of raw materials to high temperature to achieve the transformation of the mix of raw materials into stable and valuable new products. Attaining the required firing temperature requires energy. By properly controlling the chemical composition of minerals used in the manufacturing process it is possible to achieve fluxing effects that lower the firing temperature required to achieve the transformation of the mix of raw materials into new product. Chemical compounds of sodium and fluorine are particularly useful in achieving a fluxing effect.

Regain has developed a range of products for use as fluxing products in cement making, brick making and similar industries. Initial testing has shown that these products achieve the objective of significantly lower firing temperatures in brick, cement and steel making.

Fluoride and sodium available in by-products from aluminium smelting are effective fluxing agents that lower the temperatures required to make products such as bricks, cement and steel.

The new fluxing minerals are products manufactured from aluminium smelting by-products, some of which are otherwise accumulated in waste storage facilities. A benefit from this concept is the establishment of a genuine and environmentally sustainable use for these by-products. The beneficial fluxing properties of aluminium smelter by-products are well known. The use of such materials has been limited because of concerns on the handling and use of waste materials from the smelters including some prescribed and hazardous wastes. Regain has developed technology to detoxify the hazardous smelter by-products and, with other materials, re-manufacture them into high quality mineral products.