The main purpose of the project is to intensify long-term scientific research cooperation in the field of waste management, materials and by-products of metallurgical and related operations of research and application partners primarily from the Ostrava agglomeration. The main scientific and research task of the project is the realisation of joint research in the field of elimination, further processing and recovery of industrial waste, materials and by-products from metallurgical production, which are not the primary objective of production. a.