ISSN 2594-357X
vol. 6, num.6 (2012) — Event part of the ABM 2012
On the verge of the eighteenth ICSTI birthday, Latin America, particularly Brazil, is deeply honored to host the 6th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking, during October 14th to 18th, 2012, at Rio de Janeiro.
It’s just fair to remember the success of the previous events, started in Sendai (Japan, 1994)and, after, held in Toronto (Canada, 1998), Dusseldorf (Germany, 2003), Osaka (Japan, 2006) and Shanghai (China, 2009).
In the fi nal years of the past century, focusing the period encompassed by the 1st and 2nd ICSTI, the world lived a broad period of monotonous steel production stability. In those two years, the world crude steel production were 725.1 Mt and 776.9 Mt, respectively. Aftermath, at the onset of the 21st century, began the well-known accelerated steel production, which led to a tonnage of 1,512.2 Mt, in 2011, in spite of the serious watershed posed by the 2008 / 2009 fi nancial crisis and the one we are living today. Economic development experienced mainly in Asia and other BRICS countries are, however, asserting this high world production. Nowadays, the technological challenges facing the ironmaking link of the steel production chain are not few, and continue to be centered in higher competitiveness, productivity in a sustainable development basis, energy effi ciency, CO2 emissions control, alternative raw materials, biomasses usage, waste and pollutants abating, recycling, environmental concerns, adaptability and, last but not least, the scientifi c and technological creativity at large, thus hosting innovations for the ironmaking sector. We feel that the moment is now!
The 6th ICSTI will for sure provide a fertile ground to debate and to achieve outcomes to face those ironmaking challenges. Meeting this, almost 300 Papers, 15 Keynotes and 9 Plenary sections will be presented. These communications will treat essentially fundamental issues, encompassing physical-chemistry, kinetics, morphologies, mathematical models, transport phenomena, etc., and technical matters, including traditional and alternative raw materials, biomasses, conventional technologies, emergent processes and environmental addresses in ironmaking. It is worth to mention that, for the fi rst time, an ICSTI event will include invited speeches, technical sessions and panels addressing Direct Reduction and Charcoal ironmaking technologies.
ICSTI 2012 conference will be held jointly with the traditional 42nd ABM Ironmaking Seminar and the 13rd ABM Iron Ore Symposium, both annually organized by the Brazilian Association for Metallurgy, Materials and Mining – ABM, one of the oldest and reputed scientifi c and technical societies in the country. These three assemblies are sponsored by the principal Brazilian mining, steelworks and metallurgy companies, particularly VALE, the conference company host, and also counting with the special support from PUC Rio University and the Governmental Funding Agencies CAPES and FAPERJ.
Motivated by the 18 years of ICSTI success, for the fi rst time a well deserved HONOR CITATION will be granted to one of our colleagues, being indicated Prof. Jung-Ichiro Yagi, Dr. Eng. and Professor Emeritus of Tohoku University, Japan, for his undeniable professional competence, devotion to science and technology of ironmaking and also to his Japanese roots, country where ICSTI was conceived and born in the nineties.
In the name of the 6th ICSTI Executive Committee I would like to thank all members of the National and International Committee for their valuable aid, the ABM Directory Board and its competent technical staff , for the event’s organization and dedication, the sponsor Companies, particularly VALE, the Meeting Company host, the Governmental Agencies CAPES and FAPERJ and the Academic Institutions, represented by PUC-Rio, for their valuable cooperation and support. Finally, to all attendees, for their presentations and pro-active participations in the debates and exchange ideas, I transmit my sincere gratitude.
42º SEMINÁRIO DE REDUÇÃO DE MINÉRIO DE FERRO E MATÉRIAS-PRIMAS / 6th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY OF IRONMAKING – ICSTI
42nd ABM IRONMAKING SEMINAR / 6th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY OF IRONMAKING – ICSTI
ORGANIZING AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Chairman
José Carlos D’Abreu - PUC-Rio - Brazil
Vice-chairman
José Henrique Noldin - Lhoist Group - Belgium
International Committee Director
Cyro Takano - USP - Brazil
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
André Vassilnenko Kalinin - SunCoke
Beatriz Fausta Gandra - Usiminas
Fabiana Fonseca de Morais - Siemens-VAI
Fábio Dummer Silva - ArcelorMittal Tubarão
Fábio Eduardo Togni - Togni
Helênio Resende Silva - Paul Wurth
Humberto Chiaretti Bassalo - Magnesita
José Tavares Marins - ThyssenKrupp CSA
Luiz Cláudio Costa - Usiminas
Luiz José Gonçalves - ArcelorMittal Inox Brasil
Paulo Freitas Nogueira - VALE
Raimundo Nonato Batista Braga - Consultant
Rodrigo Kaukal Valladares - Viena Siderúrgica
Sérgio Wilibaldo Garcia Scherer - Minitec
Sidiney Nascimento Silva - CSN
Simone Kaukal Valladares - Viena Siderúrgica
Ulysses Forastieri de Matos - Gerdau Açominas
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Argentina
Atilio Guillermo Grazziutti - Tenaris-Siderca
Mauricio J. Claverol
Oscar Lingiardi - Ternium Siderar Argentina
Australia
Neil Goodman - Rio Tinto
Paul Zulli - BlueScope Steel
Veena Sahajwalla - University of New South Wales
Yu Aibing - University of New South Wales
Zhong Zengyong - The Chinese Society for Metals
Austria
João Alberto Nunes Vidal - Namisa Europe LDA
Brazil
Antônio Cézar Faria Vilela - UFRGS
Cyro Takano - USP
Eduardo Osório - UFRGS
João Batista Ferreira Neto - IPT
José Adilson de Castro - UFF
José Carlos D’Abreu - PUC-Rio
José Henrique Noldin - Lhoist Group
Luiz Fernando Andrade de Castro - UFMG
Marcelo Breda Mourão - USP
Paulo Santos Assis - UFOP
Rafael Bogado Tomasiello - Institut Jean Lamour - Nancy Université
Ronaldo Santos Sampaio - AIST Brazil
Canada
Florian Kongoli - FLOGEN
Lu Wei-Kao - McMaster
Yakov Gordon - Hatch Canada
China
Bai Chenguang - Chongquig University
Wu Shengli - University of Science and Technology Beijing
Zhang Shourong - Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation
Zhong Zengyong - The Chinese Society for Metals
Zhu Deqing - China Central South University
Emirates
Saeed Al Romaithi
Finland
Henrik Saxen - Abo Akademi University
France
Pinakin Chaubal - ArcelorMittal
Germany
Alexander Babich - IEHK -RWTH Aachen University
Hans Bodo Lüngen - VDEh
Heinrich Wilhelm Gudenau - IEHK - RWTH Aachen University
Michael Peters - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
Holland
Augusto Lessa - Samarco Iron Ore Europe BV
Koen Meijer - Tata Steel
Reinoud Van Laar - Danieli Corus BV
India
Amit Chatterjee - Tata Steel
Govind Gupta - Indian Institute of Science
Japan
Eiki Kasai - Tohoku University
Jun-Ichiro Yagi - Tohoku University
Kanji Takeda - JFE Steel
Koji Saito - Nippon Steel Corporation
Masakata Shimizu - Kyushu University
Tateo Usui - Fukui University of Technology
Tatsuro Ariyama - Tohoku University
Tomohiro Akiyama - Hokkaido University
Russia
Ivan Kurunov - Novolipetsk Steel Moscow Institute Steel and Alloys
Saudi Arabia
Fawzi Al-Dulaijan
South Africa
Nicolene van der Merwe - HeatTeQ Refractory Services (Pty)
South Korea
Joo Sanghoon - POSCO
Sangmin Choi - KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Sungman Kim - POSCO
Yasushi Sasaki - Pohang University of Science and Technology
Sweden
Bo Björkman - Lulea University of Technology
Jan-Olov Wikstrom - Swerea MEFOS AB
Switzerland
Fábio Mayrink Morais - Vale International
Taiwan
Chen Wei-Hsin - National Tainan University
United States of America
Bettadapura Lakshminarayana - AISI - American Iron and Steel Institute
Brian Bliss - AIST USA
Joseph Poveromo - Raw Materials & Ironmaking Global Consulting
Hong Yong Sohn - University of Utah
Venezuela
Alberto Hassan - IIMA-International Metallics Association
13º SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE MINÉRIO DE FERRO
13TH ABM IRON ORE SYMPOSIUM
Coordenadores / Coordinators
Joaquim Donizetti Donda - Vale - Brazil
Vânia Lúcia de Lima Andrade - Vale - Brazil
Comitê Executivo Nacional / National Executive Committee
Armando Corrêa de Araújo - ArcelorMittal
Emir Birro de Castro - MMX
Helio Cardoso - Samarco
Henrique Freitas - Outotec
José Murilo Mourão - Consultor - Iron Ore Hatch
Juliana Mendes - VALE
Kioshi Márcio Kaneko - VALE
Luciano Silva - Citic Heavy Industries Brasil
Marco Aurélio Soares Martins - CEMI
Maria José Gazzi Salum - UFMG
Marly de Ávila Carvalho - VALE
Paulo Sergio Oliveira - Samarco
Rita Virgínia Gabriel da Silva - VALE
Rogério Tales Silva Carneiro - VALE
Vinicius Oliveira Fonseca - Ferrous
William Thomas Van Kruger - CSN
Comitê Científico Nacional / National Scientific Committee
Arthur Pinto Chaves - USP
Eunírio Zanetti Fernandes - VALE
George Eduardo Sales Valadão - UFMG
Homero Delboni - USP
José Renato Baptista de Lima - USP
Laurindo de Salles Leal Filho - USP
Liana Joncew - VALE
Marco Túlio Santiago Ferreira - VALE
Paulo Roberto de Magalhães Viana - UFMG