Schedule

3–7 February 2025 • Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel • Mobile, AL, USA

Monday, 3 February 2025

4–6 p.m. Registration
5–6 p.m.Welcome Reception

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

7 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast 
8 a.m.
Introductions
8:05 a.m.
Safety Presentation
9:30 a.m.
Chemistry of EAF Steelmaking — Chemistry Background and Introduction to Steel
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Chemistry of EAF Steelmaking — Focus on Oxidation, Carbon and Slag
Noon
Lunch
1 p.m.
EAF Efficiencies and Slag Fundamentals
2:30 p.m. 
Break
2:45 p.m. 
Chemical and Electrical Energy Inputs and EAF Performance
4 p.m.
LMF Metallurgy and Secondary Steelmaking

Wednesday, 5 February 2025

7 a.m.

Breakfast 

8 a.m. 
EAF Designs and Operations, Jeremy Jones, CIX Inc.
9 a.m.
Break 
9:10 a.m. 
EAF Technologies — The Path to EAF Optimization, Jeremy Jones, CIX Inc.
10:30 a.m.
Break 
10:40 a.m. 
Environmental Operations for the EAF
Noon
Boxed Lunch
12:30 p.m.Plant Tour
4:30 p.m.Reception and Roundtable Discussion

Thursday, 6 February 2025

7 a.m.
Breakfast 
8 a.m.Utilization of Fe Metallics in the EAF
9:45 a.m.
Break 
10 a.m. 

EAF Maintenance Requirements
Stephan Ferenczy, TCI Consultants
Modern AC and DC EAF components and their maintenance will be discussed along with methods for continuous improvement, including a review of design principles, failure analysis and corrective actions.

NoonLunch
1 p.m.The EAF Steelmaking Industry: Evolutionary, Augmentative and Formidable
2:15 p.m.Break 
2:30 p.m.Process Control Aspects for the EAF
3:45 p.m.Break
4 p.m.Practical EAF Regulation and Electrode Handling

Friday, 7 February 2025

7 a.m. Breakfast 
8 a.m. Gas/Carbon Injection Systems
9:15 a.m. Break
9:30 a.m.EAF Steelmaking Fundamentals
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.EAF Steelmaking Fundamentals (cont’d)
NoonConference Adjourn