Pre-Order Now for 2025!

The 2025 Directory — Iron and Steel Plants is now available for pre-order. The steel industry’s “black book” features comprehensive details on North American steel producers and suppliers from around the world. In addition, the Directory includes information on capacities, products and equipment for more than 1,500 companies and 15,000 key personnel, with easy-to-use geographical indexing. Pre-Order your copy before 31 December 2023 and receive a US$10 discount! The 2025 Directory will ship in January 2025.

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Pre-Order Now for 2025!

Join a Technology Committee – Get Involved!

AIST Members who serve on Technology Committees become an integral part of a vital network to solve problems and advance the state of technology within the industry. 

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Join a Technology Committee – Get Involved!

It’s Time to Start Planning for AISTech 2025

The momentum is building for steel’s #1 conference and exposition, and we are excited to announce that housing and registration will open on 9 December 2024. Mark your calendars to secure your hotel reservations, and receive the best registration pricing offered.

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It’s Time to Start Planning for AISTech 2025

Train Your Way to Success

AIST offers a comprehensive array of training programs tailored to address specific aspects of processes, engineering, equipment and reliability techniques within the steel industry. These courses serve as valuable opportunities to advance your career while establishing connections to expand your professional network. Our fall training lineup is sure to have an opportunity for everyone to learn something new!

Fall Training Calendar

Train Your Way to Success

Nominate a Trailblazing Women in Steel Today!

In 2024 AIST established the AIST MaryEmily Slate Trailblazer Award to recognize a female who exemplifies resilience and determination, while laying the foundation for women to succeed in the steel industry, where they account for less than one-third of the workforce.

Nominations for this prestigious award are due 31 January 2025. The winner will be announced at the 2025 Women in Steel Conference.

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Upcoming Events

AIST Decarbonization Subcommittee Webinar #8 – Ironing Out Carbon: The EAF & DRI Revolution

AIST Decarbonization Subcommittee Webinar #8 – Ironing Out Carbon: The EAF & DRI Revolution

26 November 2024

This webinar will cover a few of the challenges and consequences of EAF steelmaking with direct reduced iron feed in comparison to scrap-based operations.

Project Management 101

Project Management 101

28 - 29 January 2025 | Embassy Suites by Hilton Ft. Worth - Downtown

This seminar provides a comprehensive introductory overview of project management that focuses on development and delivery of project in an iron and steel mill environment.

Modern Electric Furnace Steelmaking – A Practical Training Seminar

Modern Electric Furnace Steelmaking – A Practical Training Seminar

3 - 7 February 2025 | Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel

This course covers safety, the basics of electrical and mechanical features of electric arc furnaces, refractories, and the role of raw materials.

Long Products Rolling – A Practical Training Seminar

Long Products Rolling – A Practical Training Seminar

18 - 20 February 2025 | Courtyard By Marriott Fort Wayne Downtown

The seminar aims to expand an attendee’s knowledge of the complete process and how safety, quality, yield, and facility utilization can be affected at each step.

Sheet Processing and Finishing Lines

Sheet Processing and Finishing Lines

3 - 6 March 2025 | The Hilton Garden Inn Nashville

This seminar will provide a comprehensive overview of process lines, including pickling, annealing, galvanizing, cleaning, plating, painting, skinpass rolling, leveling, slitting and special processes.

Steel Mill Combustion and Thermal Systems

Steel Mill Combustion and Thermal Systems

4 - 6 March 2025 | Embassy Suites Centennial Park

This training seminar is designed for supervisors, engineers, and technicians who are directly involved in the operation, maintenance, design, or installation of combustion equipment in steel mills.

The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel: 101

The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel: 101

11 - 12 March 2025 | TBD

The making, shaping, and treating of steel are critical to product design, application, cost and performance. 

31st AIST Crane Symposium

31st AIST Crane Symposium

10 - 11 June 2025 | The Westin Indianapolis

The 31st AIST Crane Symposium is a premier event dedicated to the latest innovations, challenges, and best practices in crane technology within the steel manufacturing industry. 

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Monthly Journal


Hot Flat Product Rolling


2024 November Issue

Ternium Mexico’s hot rolling mill in Pesquería, N.L., Mexico, started up in 2021, representing a US$1.1 billion investment. The mill has a capacity of more than 4 million tons annually of special-ized steel for the automotive and white goods industries. The fully automated mill uses 6,000 sen-sors — no human intervention is needed to move slab from the yard to the mill entry section. Learn more on page 4.