Recent trends in research on slags

In a previous review the authors looked at slag related research from the p eriod between the First and Fifth International Slags Conferences (1980-97) . In this paper they have extended the review from 1996 to 2000(dagger) to determine (among other things) whether the economic slump in South East Asi a has had a significant impact on the publication of slag related papers li ke the disintegration of the USSR had. They have concluded from the review presented here that: if there has been a decrease in slag related publications, it is a small on e (10%) most surprisingly, the Russian contribution to slag related research has in creased markedly to reach levels higher than that in 1987 if the economic slump in South East Asia has resulted in a decrease in slag related research, it is a small one more than 30% of slag related publications deal with plant investigations a nd process modelling and there has been an increase in industrially related studies reported at recent slag conferences there has been a significant increase in studies on recycling of slags and their environmental problems, and these topics are now the focus of 1 out o f every 8 publications.