MUMBAI, India, April 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517017259 A) filed by Rockwool A/S, Hedehusene, Denmark, on Feb. 27, for 'process for recycling waste mineral material.'

Inventor(s) include Hansen, Lars Elmekilde; and Williams, Anders.

The application for the patent was published on April 11, under issue no. 15/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a process for preparing a mineral melt in a cupola furnace that comprises a plasma torch that heats mineral material and waste or recycled mineral material to form the melt, wherein the waste or recycled mineral material is introduced into the furnace through a waste inlet loca...