METEC 2023
We are pleased to announce that Hatch will be participating as a presenter, sponsor, and exhibitor at the 11th International Metallurgy Trade Fair with Congress (METEC 2023), taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany, from June 12 to 16, 2023.
METEC is the world's leading trade fair for metallurgical technology. Don't miss the lineup of our Hatch experts who will be speaking in the sessions listed below.
Wednesday, June 14,
Ian Cameron, Principal Metallurgist and Ironmaking Specialist
Wednesday, June 14, 10:30 - 10:50, Room 1
Session: H.15 - Transformation of routes: Transfer to CDA pathway using DR shaft furnace and EAF or OSBF
Topic: Minimizing the greenhouse gas footprint of the new integrated DRI-ESF-BOF steel plant.
Sa Ge, Process Metallurgy Specialist
Wednesday, June 14, 14:30 - 14:50, Room 14b
Session: H.09 - CO2 - Mitigation in iron and steelmaking: Melting of DRI
Topic: Emissions, economics, and risks of electric smelting Furnace (ESF) for green steel production.
Laura Mariani, Process Engineer
Wednesday, June 14, 14:50 - 15:10, Room 13
Session: H.19.3 - Environmental aspects: Recycling of slags and in-plant by-products III
Topic: Challenges facing the sustainable management of EAF slags.
Dave Rudge, Engineering and Capital Projects Director, Mining and Metals;
Chris Walker, Global Director, Pyro Tech
Wednesday, June 14, 15:10 - 15:30, Room 14b
Session: H.09 - CO2 - Mitigation in iron and steelmaking: Melting of DRI
Topic: Electric smelting furnace technology for low-emission ironmaking.
Yakov Gordon, Technical Director, Ironmaking
Wednesday, June 14, 15:50 - 16:10, Room 1
Session: H.13.1 - Transformation of routes: Modeling and simulation of transformation I
Topic: Methodology for developing strategic roadmap for reducing energy consumption and CO2 emission in iron and steel plants.
Thursday, June 15
Matthew Del Gobbo, EIT, Chemical
Thursday, June 15, 09:00 - 09:20, Room 02
Session: I.10 - Sintering and pelletizing: New developments
Topic: Applying first principles-based approaches to the prediction of pelletizing and sintering equipment performance.
Yale Zhang, Global Director, Analytics and Decision Solutions
Thursday, June 15, 09:40 -10:00, Room 7
Session: IN.02.1 - Industry 4.0: Environmental applications I
Topic: From digitalization to digital decarbonization: How digital twin technology is optimizing the journey to green steel.
Yakov Gordon, Technical Director, Ironmaking
Thursday, June 15, 11:10-11:30, Room 12.
Session: I.28 - Direct reduction and smelting reduction: Direct reduction shaft furnaces
Topic: Conversion of DRI shaft Furnace operation to hydrogen reduction and lower grade pellets from consultancy perspective.
Chris Long, Mechanical Engineer
Thursday, June 15, 11:10 - 11:30, Room 17a
Session: S. 03 - Oxygen steelmaking: Life extension, repairs, and revampings
Topic: Campaign life extension of hot metal charging crane.
Cameron Soltys, Mechanical Engineer
Thursday, June 15, 11:30 - 11:50, Room 17a
Session: S. 03 - Oxygen steelmaking: Life extension, repairs, and revampings
Topic: Life enhancement and design improvement of basic oxygen furnace.
Maéva Chrzaszcz, Junior Process Metallurgist
Thursday, June 15, 14:00 - 14:20, Room 14b
Session: H.11.2 - CO2 mitigation in iron and steelmaking: Use of biomass and biofuels II
Topic: Can biotechnologies be the solution for carbon neutral electric steelmaking?
Afshin Sadri, Associate, Global Director, Non-Destructive Testing and Corrosion
Thursday, June 15, 14:10 - 14:30, Room 16a
Session: I.27 - Blast furnace ironmaking: Refractories and cooling
Topic: Refractory wear evaluation based on AU-E and physical measurements at Heibei JinXi Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd.
We invite all attendees to visit booth C28 at Hall 4 to meet our experts in person and engage in discussions about the future of technology in the metallurgy industry.
For registration and additional information, please visit: METEC 2023.
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