ISSN 2594-357X
The 25th Mining Seminar was part of the
10th edition of the only Latin American technical-scientific event that brings
together the main elements of the production industry in the areas of
metallurgy, materials and mining, held from September 8 to 10, 2026, in São
Paulo.
Master Organizing Committee 2026
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General Coordinator |
Carlos Daroit — member of the ABM Board of Directors |
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Vice General Coordinator |
Marcelo Chara — chairman of the ABM Board of Directors |
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Host Company Representative |
Tamara Lapa — senior analyst at Gerdau |
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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 |
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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 |
Technical Committees
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Mineral Agglomeration |
José Murilo Mourão — consultant Jean Alencar — technical business
manager at Vale |
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Automation and IT |
Renato Cesar Braga — consultant Erico Rossi — technical manager
at Gerdau |
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Metal Forming and Products |
José Herbert Dolabela da Silveira — consultant Júlio César Enge Raele — director at Raele
Consultoria |
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Circular Economy and Sustainability |
Luiz Cláudio Pinto Oliveira — consultant Leila Kauffmann de Souza Oliveira
Ribeiro
— consultant |
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Energy and Utilities |
Eder Quental de Araújo — energy management, planning and
efficiency specialist at Gerdau Carlos Sadao Shiratsu — consultant |
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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 |
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Melting, Refining and Solidification |
José Flávio Viana — consultant Magno Levi Araújo Mendes — operations and new
business manager at Alkegen |
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Scientific and Technological Initiation |
Willy Ank de Moraes — associate professor at Unisanta Verônica Scarpini Candido — associate
professor at IME – Instituto Militar de Engenharia |
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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 |
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Maintenance and Engineering |
Eliezer Furtado de Oliveira — maintenance
specialist at Usiminas Ricardo Sodré — reliability and
asset management manager at ArcelorMittal |
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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 |
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Mining |
Vania Lúcia de Lima Andrade — consultant Rita Virgínia Gabriel da Silva — consultant |
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Molds, Dies and Tools |
Giuseppe Pintaude — full professor at UTFPR – Universidade
Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Carlos Alberto Pinedo — technical director
at Heat Tech |
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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 |
Regional Chapters
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North Central Regional |
Geraldo Iran de Souza Lima Cardoso — consultant Milton Carlos de Almeida Lima — industrial
director at Sinobras |
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Minas Gerais Regional |
Gilvander Fontes Carvalho — senior project specialist at
Usiminas Bruno Roberto de Moraes Barbosa — business analyst
at Vale |
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Northeast Regional |
Marcelo Girotto de Mattos — executive manager at Gerdau Eugênio Pacelli — technology manager
at CSPECEM |
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Rio de Janeiro Regional |
Iêda Maria Vieira Caminha — director of INT – Instituto
Nacional de Tecnologia Eduardo Cortes de Castro — consultant |
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São Paulo Regional |
Aristidis Bétzios — director at Danieli do Brasil José Roberto Bolota — partner director
at Leanfox |
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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 |
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Steel Valley Regional |
Mateus Alexandre da Silva — process and production manager at
Usiminas Luciano Alcântara Teixeira — director at
Usiminas |
