Scrap Substitutes and Alternative Ironmaking V

November 2-4. 2008

Renaissance Harborplace Hotel - Baltimore, Md.

Sunday, November 2nd

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Chair: Joe Poveromo, ArcelorMittal Mines Canada

5:15 p.m.Overview of Direct Reduction and Alternative IronmakingProcesses and Products

Joe Poveromo, ArcelorMittal Mines Canada and Ralph Smailer,

METSERV

6:00 p.m. Welcome Reception

Monday. November 3rd

Commercial Gas Based Direct Reduction Process & Products

Chairs: Ralph Smailer, METSERV and Frank Griscom, HBI Association

7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Direct Reduction technology Progress in The ArcelorMittal Ali Farhadi, ArcelorMittal

9:00 a.m. Present HBI Plant Operation at IBH Roy Whipp, Whipp Technology Inc.

9:30 a.m.Nucor's Successful Relocation and Start Up of A Midrex

PlantSteve Heraldo, NU-UNLIMTED

10:00 a.m. DRI Premium Raw Material for Electric Steelmaking Maria Teresa Guerra, Tenova HYL

10:30 a.m. Break

Novel Ironmaking, CO2 Mitigation

10:45 a.m.Role of Alternative Ironmaking Processes for CO2 Mitigationand Its Recent Development

Kanki Takeda, JFE Steel Corporation

11:15a.m.Developments and Evaluation of the ULCOS Blast Furnace

Process at LKAB Experimental BF in LuleaJan van der Stel, Corus Research and Development

11:45 a.m.Novel Ironmaking Technology with Greatly Reduced C02

Emission and Energy ConsumptionHong Yong Sohn, University of Utah

12:10 p.m. Lunch

Ironmaking for Waste Oxide & Iron Ore Processing

Chairs: Mike Riley, Praxair Metals Technologies, Inc. and Marcos Contrucci, Tecno-Logos

1:30 p.m. Successful Development of MIDREX® RHF Technologies Jeffrey Myers, Midrex Technologies Inc.

2:00 p.m. Iron Making For Niches Quality Products Michael Lemperle, Kuttner GmbH & Co. KG

2:30 p.m.Development of EAF Dust Recycling and MeltingTechnology Using the Coal-based Fasmelt® Process

Takao Harda, Kobe Steel, Ltd.

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m.Paul Wurth's Technologies for Recycling SteelmakingResidues and Non-ferrous Metals

Jean-Luc Roth, Paul Wurth S.A.

3:45 p.m.Pre-reduction of Iron Oxide Fines with Simulated Higly Post

Combusted Smelter Off-gasRodrigo Corbari, Carnegie Mellon University

4:15 p.m. From Dust to Iron: New Directions in EAF Dust Processing Larry Southwick, L.M. Southwick & Associates

5:15 p.m. Reception

Tuesday, November 4th j // L% 8 ( S )Coal Based Ironmaking to Feed the Electric Arc Furnace

Chairs: Jan van der Stel, Corns Research & Development and Mike Riley, Praxair Metals Technologies, Inc.

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Green Pig Iron, A Vale's Success Experience Jose Borges de Aravj, VALE

9:00 a.m. "A Long Road to Liquid Gold the Saga Continues" David Bednarz, Steel Dynamics, Inc.

9:30 a.m. ISARNA, a New Smelting Reduction Process Mark Denys, Corus

10:00 a.m. Break

Alternative Ironmaking & Steelmaking Routes

10:15 a.m.

10:45 a.m.

The Benefits of Continuous Steelmaking Frank Wheeler, Hatch LTD

Direct Reduction Of Iron Ore Fines Based On Circofer®. , ,, ,TATC„ n ...

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and Its Product Versatility

11:15a.m. Tecnored industrial plant - Facts and Figures Jose Henrique Noldin Jr., Tecno-Logos S/A

11:45 a.m. Open Discussion

12:15 p.m. Lunch

Large Scale Alternative Coal Based Ironmaking

Chair: Joe Poveromo, ArcelorMittal Mines Canada and Kanji Takeda, JFE Steel Corporation

1:30 p.m. Development and Current Status of the COREX® Process Christian Bohm, Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH & Co.

2:00 p.m. Hlsmelt Plant Update Peter Burke, Hlsmelt Corporation

2:30 p.m. An update on FINEX® Plant Operations Sangoon Joo, POSCO

3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjourn