Proceedings of the Ironmaking, Iron Ore and Agglomeration Seminars

General Coordinator

Carlos Daroit — member of the ABM Board of Directors

Vice General Coordinator

Marcelo Chara — chairman of the ABM Board of Directors

Host Company Representative

Tamara Lapa — senior analyst at Gerdau

Technical Coordinators

André Luiz Vasconcellos da Costa e Silva — professor at UFF – Universidade Federal Fluminense

Antônio Cezar Faria Vilela — professor at UFRGS – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Invited Members

Aloisio Simões Ribeiro — general manager of marketing & solution ironmaking at RHI Magnesita

Andrezza Cecília Leal Gonçalves — manager at CBMM

Adriana Beltrame — marketing at Shinagawa

Ayrton Filleti — president emeritus, technical director and coordinator of the technology and standardization committee at ABAL

Daniele Fonseca de Lima — Vesuvius

Danielli Gaiotti — corporate communications at Samarco

Denise Veiga — manager of the technical department at ABAL

Erika Arnaut — specialist at Ternium

Luis Armacollo — manager at Ecolab

Maria Laura da Silva Soares — senior communications analyst at ArcelorMittal

Roberto Luis Prosdocimi Maia — corporate sustainability director at Usiminas

Rogério Carneiro — director of development and application of ferrous products at Vale

Samantha Lima — press officer at Aço Brasil

Thais Kohn — commercial and market development specialist at CBMM

Tarcisio Reis de Oliveira — executive manager of the research center at Aperam

Thomas Frank — technical assistant at Brasmetal Waelzholz

Vitor Deghaid — long products engineering manager at Villares Metals

Mineral Agglomeration

José Murilo Mourão — consultant

Jean Alencar — technical business manager at Vale

Automation and IT

Renato Cesar Braga — consultant

Erico Rossi — technical manager at Gerdau

Metal Forming and Products

José Herbert Dolabela da Silveira — consultant

Júlio César Enge Raele — director at Raele Consultoria

Circular Economy and Sustainability

Luiz Cláudio Pinto Oliveira — consultant

Leila Kauffmann de Souza Oliveira Ribeiro — consultant

Energy and Utilities

Eder Quental de Araújo — energy management, planning and efficiency specialist at Gerdau

Carlos Sadao Shiratsu — consultant

Metallurgical Fundamentals and Processes

André Luiz Vasconcellos da Costa e Silva — professor at UFF – Universidade Federal Fluminense

Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima — professor at ITA – Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica

Melting, Refining and Solidification

José Flávio Viana — consultant

Magno Levi Araújo Mendes — operations and new business manager at Alkegen

Scientific and Technological Initiation

Willy Ank de Moraes — associate professor at Unisanta

Verônica Scarpini Candido — associate professor at IME – Instituto Militar de Engenharia

Logistics, Supplies and PCP

Vitor José Melo de Soares — general logistics manager at Usiminas

Delmi Vicente de Carvalho — consultant at CRA-MG – Conselho Regional de Administração de Minas Gerais

Maintenance and Engineering

Eliezer Furtado de Oliveira — maintenance specialist at Usiminas

Ricardo Sodré — reliability and asset management manager at ArcelorMittal

Ceramic, Composite and Polymeric Materials

José Geraldo Melo Furtado — professor at CEPEL – Centro de Pesquisas de Energia Elétrica

Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo — professor at UENF – Universidade Federal Norte Fluminense

Mining

Vania Lúcia de Lima Andrade — consultant

Rita Virgínia Gabriel da Silva — consultant

Molds, Dies and Tools

Giuseppe Pintaude — full professor at UTFPR – Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Carlos Alberto Pinedo — technical director at Heat Tech

Reduction of Ores and Raw Materials

Helênio Resende Silva Junior — senior coke technology consultant at SMS group

Beatriz Fausta Gandra — senior specialist researcher at Usiminas

North Central Regional

Geraldo Iran de Souza Lima Cardoso — consultant

Milton Carlos de Almeida Lima — industrial director at Sinobras

Minas Gerais Regional

Gilvander Fontes Carvalho — senior project specialist at Usiminas

Bruno Roberto de Moraes Barbosa — business analyst at Vale

Northeast Regional

Marcelo Girotto de Mattos — executive manager at Gerdau

Eugênio Pacelli — technology manager at CSPECEM

Rio de Janeiro Regional

Iêda Maria Vieira Caminha — director of INT – Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia

Eduardo Cortes de Castro — consultant

São Paulo Regional

Aristidis Bétzios — director at Danieli do Brasil

José Roberto Bolota — partner director at Leanfox

South Regional

Pedro Bruno Closs Neto — senior technical manager for steelmaking and for long steel process and product technology at Gerdau

Wagner Viana Bielefeldt — professor at UFRGS – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Steel Valley Regional

Mateus Alexandre da Silva — process and production manager at Usiminas

Luciano Alcântara Teixeira — director at Usiminas