Recycling waste refractory material

A method for refractory recycling, comprising:

• cleaning a network of refractory aggregates to remove residual foreign particles, the residual foreign particles comprising one of dirt or debris;
• determining a maximum aggregate size of an individual refractory component of the network of refractory aggregates to be extracted;
• crushing the network of refractory aggregates so that individual particles of the crushed network of refractory aggregates are sized greater than the maximum aggregate size;
• filtering the crushed network of refractory aggregates by size to produce retained particles that are equal to or slightly greater than the maximum aggregate size;
• and
• depositing the retained particles into a refiner machine, the refiner machine comprising a blast chamber and a contaminant collection system,
• wherein the blast chamber comprises a projecting mechanism and an enclosed outer wall, the projecting mechanism configured to spin at a set rotational speed so that the retained particles make contact with the projecting mechanism and are propelled at a critical velocity at a stationary lining of material surrounding the enclosed outer wall, the critical velocity corresponding to a velocity that will fracture contaminants of the retained particles apart from the retained particles once the retained particles make contact with the stationary lining of material, thereby producing refined particles corresponding to the individual refractory component of the network of refractory aggregates to be extracted.