7th European Steel Technology and Application Days - ESTAD 2025

Session

Ironmaking Sintering & Pelletizing

2

9 Oct 2025, 10:40

Vivaldi (Palaexpo Veronafiere)

Conveners

Ironmaking Sintering & Pelletizing

• Hauke Bartusch (VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH)
• Carlo Mapelli (Politecnico di Milano)

Description

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235. Practical Sintering Guidance System: Integrating Data-Driven and Transient Models

Satoki Yasuhara (JFE Steel Corporation)

09/10/2025, 10:40

Ironmaking - Sintering and pelletising

Oral Presentation

The digital transformation of the sintering process requires controlling the return ore ratio, which is the proportion of fine sintered ore particles smaller than 4 mm that cannot be used in the blast furnace, within a target range. When the return ore ratio is too high, the productivity of the sintering process decreases. On the contrary, when we aim for an excessively low return ore ratio,...

140. TRANSinter – Sintering process role in the (partial) transition to the Direct Reduction Route

Hubert Fouarge (CRM group)

09/10/2025, 11:00

Ironmaking - Sintering and pelletising

Oral

To drastically reduce CO2 emissions, European steelmakers are considering a transition from the Blast Furnace (BF) route to the direct reduction (DR) route. TRANSinter investigates solutions to support the first step in the transition step based on the valorization of existing sinter plants.

Following solutions are being investigated :
- Adapted sinter for use in DR shafts as an...

487. Advancing towards a competitive and sustainable steel’s life cycle: the role of advanced process control in sustainable iron ore processing

Dr Wenjing Wei (ABB)

09/10/2025, 11:20

Ironmaking - Sintering and pelletising

Oral Presentation

Sintering and pelletizing are critical upstream process that impact the performance of ironmaking and steelmaking operations through the quality of sinter and pellet feed. Conventionally, iron ore quality has been monitored through offline laboratory analyses. However, it limits the potential of process optimization, as it does not allow for timely adjustments in response to real-time process...

269. Cold Agglomerated Iron Ore Pellets Industrial Trial – High quality manufacturing and their performance in the Blast Furnace

Peter Warren (Binding Solutions Ltd)

09/10/2025, 11:40

Ironmaking - Sintering and pelletising

Oral Presentation

Binding Solutions Ltd have developed a cold agglomeration technology that considerably reduces the CO2 emissions associated with agglomeration of iron ores for the blast furnace process. Bespoke tests have proven the metallurgical performance of these cold agglomerated pellets at temperatures well above those used in ISO standards.
Using the company’s own pilot plant in Middlesbrough, UK,...