Workshop

SEPERATLEY BOOKABLE POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Friday, 24 September 2010 | 9:00am - 12:30pm

IRON ORE USE IN BLAST FURNACE AND ALTERNATIVE IRON MAKING PROCESSES

Introduction to blast furnace (incl. miniBF's) and alternative ironmaking, including direct reduction

• Blast furnace process fundamentals and equipment
• Iron bearing and reductant materials
• Blast furnace process economics
• Mini blast furnace technology and process economics
• Outline of alternative ironmaking including both direct reduction and alternative hot metal processes
• Outlook for blast furnace and alternative ironmaking
• Major trends in blast furnace ironmaking
• Issues for the blast furnace process
• Challenges facing the blast furnace process including coke production
• Use of iron ore in agglomeration, blast furnace and alternative iron making processes
• Iron ore quality requirements for blast furnace and alternative ironmaking processes
• Sources of iron ore for ironmaking global overview
• Introduction to major agglomeration processes
• Sintering and pelletizing iron units from waste oxide processing

Dr. Joseph J. Poveromo, Director, Raw Materials & Ironmaking
Dr. Poveromo is a Distinguished Member of the Iron and Steel Society (now AIST ) of AIME. He has received a number of Iron & Steel Society Awards including the T. L. Joseph Award in 1998 for his long-standing contributions to iron making technology.