Conveners
New and emergent ironmaking Technologies I
- Peter Kinzel
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Koen Meijer (Tata Steel R&D, Netherlands)12/05/2026, 08:30EMECR 1. New and emergent ironmaking Technologies (hydrogen, biomass, electrolysis, etc.)Keynote Presentation
The HIsarna ironmaking process is a smelting reduction process under development at pilot scale at Tata Steel in IJmuiden, the Netherlands. The pilot trials have reached a stage where upscaling to an industrial scale can take place.
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Over the past few years several significant upgrades were made to the pilot facility to improve operational stability and plant reliability to further explore the... -
Seiji Uchida (JFE Steel)12/05/2026, 08:50EMECR 1. New and emergent ironmaking Technologies (hydrogen, biomass, electrolysis, etc.)Oral Presentation
Mitigation of CO$_2$ emissions is an urgent challenge for the steel industry, which is one of the most CO$_2$-intensive sectors. As a promising approach to significantly reduce CO$_2$ emissions from blast furnace operations, the carbon recycling blast furnace process has been proposed. In this process, carbon recycled reducing agents are synthesized from CO$_2$ contained in blast furnace gas...
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Byung Jun Chung (POSCO)12/05/2026, 09:10EMECR 1. New and emergent ironmaking Technologies (hydrogen, biomass, electrolysis, etc.)Oral Presentation
In the ironmaking process, more than 80% of the steel industry’s CO2 emissions are produces, and low-carbon blast furnace (BF) operations are needed to achieve carbon neutrality.
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Sinter is a major raw material for the BF, and CO2 generation is inevitable because carbon materials (CM), such as coke and anthracite, are used during sintering process. It is necessary to reduce the use of CM to... -
Daniel Ernst (Montanuniversität Leoben)12/05/2026, 09:30EMECR 1. New and emergent ironmaking Technologies (hydrogen, biomass, electrolysis, etc.)Oral Presentation
The steel industry accounts for roughly 7–9% of global CO₂ emissions, largely because traditional production relies on carbon-based reduction methods. Reaching climate neutrality demands alternative process routes that eliminate direct CO₂ emissions. The Hydrogen Plasma Smelting Reduction (HPSR) process is a promising carbon-free approach that uses hydrogen plasma simultaneously as a heat...
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Dr Shabnam Sabah (Swinburne University of Technology)12/05/2026, 09:50EMECR 1. New and emergent ironmaking Technologies (hydrogen, biomass, electrolysis, etc.)Oral Presentation
Flash reduction ironmaking is being developed as an alternative pathway for producing DRI from iron ore fines. Producing DRI directly from fines eliminates pelletising step. Flash reduction in ironmaking was pioneered by Sohn et al. where they used co-current flow of hydrogen at a temperature between 1200 to 1600°C with iron ore particle size between 20 to 53 µm. Calix is developing Zero...
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Hannah Hyunah Cho (Macquarie University)12/05/2026, 10:10EMECR 1. New and emergent ironmaking Technologies (hydrogen, biomass, electrolysis, etc.)Oral Presentation
In order to help reduce the emissions from the global steel industry, many operators are looking to adopt the Electric Smelting Furnace (ESF), and utilising biocarbon as a substitute for fossil carbon to produce pig iron. The ESF can be operated using renewable electricity, and has the capability to treat low grade iron ore, making the ESF favoured in areas where low grade iron ore is...
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