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International Seminars

International Seminars

April27

Refractory Technology - Refractory Materials and Slags in Metallurgy

NH Düsseldorf City

Apr 27th, 2026 – Apr 29th, 2026seminar in english

Content:
• Basics on chemical and mineralogical composition of refractory material and slag
• Testing and evaluation of refractory materials
• Synthetic alumina raw material and high alumina cement
• Insulating materials for the steel industry
• The world of monolithics
• Machines for processing and delivering refractory con-cretes and sprayable refractories
• Basic bricks for the steel industry
• Production and Use of Blast Furnace Slags and Steel Slags
• Blast furnace slag and refractory material
• Converter slag and refractory material in the oxygen blowing process
• Electric arc furnace: Unit for low-CO2 steel production
• Ladle slag and refractory material in secondary metallur-gy
• Limestone minerals, lime and dolime and their use in the Iron and Steelmaking

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June10

Future Steelmaking

Natural gas and hydrogen-based direct reduction, DRI properties and processing strategies

Jun 10th, 2026 – Jun 11th, 2026seminar in english

• Limitations of scrap-based steel production
• Natural gas and hydrogen-based direct reduction
• Iron ores for NG and hydrogen-based direct reduction
• Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen-based reduction
• Mass and component balance in the shaft furnace
• Pilot plant µDRAL – flexible DR with natural gas and H2
• Chemical composition and characteristics of DRI
• Hybrit pilot project: Extensive testing of hydrogen-reduced DRI
• New transport solutions for DRI
• EAF-Melting of DRI – Metallurgical requirements
• Carburization behaviour of DRI-based iron melts
• From direct reduction to plasma smelt reduction
• Practical approach: Visit of BFI Technical Centre

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June16

Steel Ladle Lining - Refractory concepts for a complex reactor

NH Hotel Düsseldorf City North

Jun 16th, 2026 – Jun 18th, 2026seminar in english

• Trends in clean steel technology and steel ladle lining
• Demands on refractories for secondary metallurgy
• Salzgitter Flachstahl: Improvements of the steel ladle linings
• DEW: Refractory lining for varying operating conditions
• thyssenkrupp Steel: Improvement of lining for a 400 mt steel ladle
• ArcelorMittal: Ladle lining for various steel grades
• Tata Steel IJmuiden: Steel ladle lining for flat steel production
• SSAB Finland: Monolithic lining in a 3-converter-shop
• PAHAGE: Purging plugs in steel ladles
• Exercise: Optimization of economics in refractories
• Teamwork: The digitalized steel ladle
• Steel plant and refractory tour at ArcelorMittal Duisburg

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June30

Continuous Casting of Steel

NH Düsseldorf City Nord

Jun 30th, 2026 – Jul 2nd, 2026seminar in english

This Continuous Casting Course is designed to train persons in continuous casting of steel. In three days the essential topics of CC are explained in detail. The course is suitable to give an overview to newcomers and to train operating engineers in theoretical fundamentals

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