A new low CO2 reinforcing filler
Ferro-Alloy Resources (FAR), a London, U.K. listed mining company with operations in Kazakhstan, recently announced plans to produce a new type of reinforcing filler as a carbon black substitute (CBS). When partially substituted for carbon black in a typical rubber formulation for passenger tire side-walls, there was no significant deterioration of performance in a battery of tests that were conducted, and there were several advantages. Moreover, there is a very significant reduction in CO2e emissions in the production of this material compared with the production of carbon black.