Proceedings of the Ironmaking, Iron Ore and Agglomeration Seminars


ISSN 2594-357X

42nd ABM Ironmaking Seminar / 13rd ABM Iron Ore Symposium / 6th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking

vol. 6, num.6 (2012) — Event part of the ABM 2012


About

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