By the Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars and the Central Executive Committee of the USSR of June 23, 1930, a decision was made to establish the Siberian Institute of Ferrous Metals (SIFM). Later, SIFM was transformed into the Siberian Metallurgical Institute (SMI), then into the Siberian Mining and Metallurgical Academy (SibGGMA), and later into the Siberian State Industrial University (SibGIU).

Briquetting is one of the methods of agglomeration of metallurgical raw materials. This method is universal, it is applicable for small-tonnage production of briquettes [1]. When agglomerating industrial waste in briquettes, the original properties of the materials, their original mineralogical and chemical composition are preserved. The advantages of such production include small areas of the briquetting site, low cost of equipment, the possibility of implementing non-firing technology and processing sludge of a wide range of granulometric, mineral compositions and humidity, the possibility of processing near the source of formation. The briquetting process is characterized by environmentally friendly production, the possibility of forming a briquette structure with specified properties and the use of briquettes in the processes of direct reduction of iron and in other metallurgical processes.

At the current level of development of science and technology, one of the main methods of imparting the plasticity to steel necessary for pressure processing and reducing the resistance to deformation is heating. Currently, high-temperature heating of steel up to 1100 - 1250 °C is most widely used. Heating of metal in chamber and continuous, electric and flame furnaces with an atmosphere of air or combustion products is inevitably accompanied by oxidation and decarburization of the surface layers of the metal. These phenomena have a negative impact on the quality and cost of metal products, technical and economic indicators of furnaces and units for metal pressure processing (MPP).

The energy strategy of the Russian Federation includes the following among the most important principles for ensuring energy security: the principle of replaceability of exhaustible resources; diversification of types of fuel and energy; environmental acceptability; maximum possible use of domestic equipment in all technological processes and projects; priority of domestic consumption of energy resources in relation to their export; rationalization of the export structure by switching from the predominant export of primary energy sources to a wider export of their processed products; and a number of other principles.

Porosity formation usually occurs during the process of shaping of dispersed material during its transition from a loose state to a molded or lumpy state. In some technologies, pore formation is an accompanying process and they try to limit or eliminate it, but in most cases, porosity formation is carried out artificially and purposefully, obtaining a molded body with new useful properties. In industry, there are quite a lot of bulk materials subjected to different methods of shaping, and the goals and tasks of structuring a wide class of porous bodies are quite diverse.

Coke is a vital component for blast furnace operation. When burned in a blast furnace, coke produces heat, i.e. it is a fuel and a reducing agent. High-quality coking coals are mainly used to produce good-quality coke. The quality of coke depends on its carbon content, coking and pre-treatment conditions, and the quality of the coal. Many coke plants around the world use pre-treatment methods for coke production on an industrial scale, such as pre-heating, briquettes mixing, batch loading with ramming, group crushing, and others.

The paper provides an expert assessment of the Polish and Russian experience in the destruction, disposal and burial of municipal solid waste (MSW), which, reflecting the evolution of this problem, allowed us to draw a number of conclusions and propose a concept for solving the problem of MSW disposal in Poland.