Its industrial application depends on properties such as composition, particle size and shape, specific gravity, hardness and color. The main use of lime and limestone is in the construction and cement industry. It is also used in chemical, metallurgical and agricultural industries.
Different industries include:
• 60% metallurgy (mainly steel production, slag formation and its use in the blast furnace)
• 25% construction (for example, it is used with asphalt in road construction, for soil stabilization and in the manufacture of mortar and plaster)
• 15% for chemical and industrial uses (for example, for the production of bleaches used in paper production, for the production of calcium carbonate deposits, powder used in paper and paint coatings, and in sugar refining to remove colloidal impurities) and It is used for the environment (for example, with soda ash by the municipality and industry, for water softening (removal of calcium and magnesium ions), in wastewater treatment for the removal of colloidal particles and sulfurization of flue gas
