Session III: Roundtable discussions

12:45pm Networking lunch break

Technology showcase: Saving time and money with the latest innovations 

2:00pm A holistic view of cost-cutting features for existing facilities

• To lower the electric energy consumption of the EAF, how can DRI be transported longer distances in hot condition?
• Which innovations in the water treatment area have been implemented in recent Midrex plants? How can they be retrofitted to an existing plant?
• What is Primetals' experience with hydrogen based DRI production?

2:20pm Pelletization technology at its prime

• Make your pellets fit for DRI production - a holistic approach for increased Fe content in beneficiation and pelletizing
• How healthy is your pellet plant? Highlights of Pellet plant audit activities
• Straight grate vs. circular grate technology - Primetals' approach towards pellet plant design  

2:40pm Global and Middle Eastern iron ore pellet market developments - choices under volatile market conditions and in times of uncertainty

3:10pm Seeking sustainable steel with hydrogen based production

• Why do we need H2 in DRI Plants?
• Energiron H2 is ready 
• Potential use of H2 in DRP worldwide

3:40pm Material handling solutions hot DRI & pellet production

• Material handling and cooling in pellet plants
• Transport and cooling of HBI
• Hot DRI charging

4:40pm Reliability improvements of direct reduction reformer furnaces

• Improvement of furnace performance by new material selection, Centralloy® 60 HTD
• Tube temperature monitoring systems
• Complete protection against overheating
• Life cycle management of components

5:10pm Enhancing existing reformers with the latest Midrex technology

5:40pm End of day one of the Congress and networking drinks reception

8:30am Registration desk opens

9:30am Sustainable pelletization in India – usages of integrated steel plant’s revert materials

• An overview of the different revert material in steel plants
• What are the environment issues caused by revert material? How does this translate to the sustainability of the Indian steel industry as a whole?
• What is the cost benefit of using revert material?

10:00am Improved reduction kinetics of low grade iron ore pellet: an overview

• Influence of lean iron ore on quality of pellets and their reducibility
• Method to control and enhance reduction kinetic of low grade pellets
• Innovations for usage of low grade iron ore in pellet and DRI making

10:30am Examining the shift from coal to gas based production methods in India and its subcontinent

• What is driving the shift? Are there reasons other than the environmental impact of coal?
• Is there sufficient capacity for existing facilities to ramp us gas based production, or will new plants have to be built?
• What is the anticipated cost to sponge iron makers? How can they recoup these costs?
• Will infrastructure throughout South and South East Asia have to be adapted?

11:00am Networking refreshment break

11:45am Egypt's growing share

• How has North Africa reacted to the DR grade pellet shortage? Assessing the benefits and drawbacks of current feedstock
• What is difference in pelletization capacity between larger mills and smaller mills?
• To what extent is the DRI industry reacting to the shift in demand in downstream products?

Suez Steel, Speakers TBC

12:15pm Saudi Arabia's strategies for success

• How have import of iron ore declined in Saudi Arabia, and is this a reflection of the overall domestic steel production?
• In light of the increasingly frequent discovery of iron ore mines outside of the Middle East, how are Saudi mining companies remaining internationally competitive?
• What impact is the increasing usage of ferrous scrap playing on Saudi’s established DRI sector?

12:45pm Close of conference and networking lunch break