Cokemaking and Ironmaking Technology Committee Joint Meeting
6 February 2025 • Eastern States Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Association • Coraopolis, PA USA
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Hotel Arrangements
Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel
1160 Thorn Run Road
Coraopolis, PA 15108
- Chair’s opening remarks – Scott Pisula & Brian Black 08:00 a.m.
- Appointing minute-taker
- Antitrust guidelines
- Membership and attendance -
- Review minutes of previous meeting
- AIST Staff Announcements
- AIST Steel Industry Fatalities
- Main agenda items
- Finalize AISTech sessions - Steven McKnight, Jesse Carreau, and Husain Tapia
- Papers due to AIST (17 February)
- Author Registration deadline (5 March)
- Presentation Draft Due into AIST (17 March)
- Review the role of Session Chair and Papers Chair
- Collect additional volunteers for session chairs
- Nominations for committee officers
- Finalize AISTech sessions - Steven McKnight, Jesse Carreau, and Husain Tapia
IMTC
- Chair: Achinta Haldar (Stelco)
- Vice Chair: Jesse Carreau (AMTS)
- Papers Chair: Husain Tapia (AM Dofasco)
- Vice Papers:
- Membership Chair: Lucas Melton (CC Burns Harbor)
- YP Chair: need nomination
- Roundup Chair: Stuart Street (Cleveland Cliffs)
- Decarb Liaison: Joe Morey (Joe Morey Consulting)
CMTC
- Chair: Scott Pisula, U.S. Steel
- Vice Chair: Hardie Burgan, Chiz Bros
- Decarbonization Liaison: Jose Alfaro, Arch
- Young Professionals Chair - Aram Hermiz Jo
- Cokemaking Roundup Chair – Thiago Mazzeu, SMS & Jerry Scott, Fosbel – and James Hosfield, USS.
- Review committees’ roundups – Cokemaking Byproducts and Battery Roundups due 12 Feb 2025, Thiago Mazzeu, Jerry Scott and James Hosfield.
- Update from Liaisons
- Young Professional Liaison – Aram Hermiz
- Decarbonization Liaison – Joe Morey
- Digitalization Liaison – Buddy Lee
- Discussion items
- Awards overview
- Joseph Becker Cokemaking Award
- Josef S. Kapitan Cokemaking Award
- J.E. Johnson, Jr. Award Ironmaking Award
- Josef S. Kapitan Ironmaking Award
- Thomas L. Joseph Ironmaking Award
- Awards overview
- Presentations
- “Safety Enhancements in Coking Operations” – Presenter TBD, US Steel
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- Next meeting – AISTech 2025
- Chair conclusion – Scott Pisula & Brian Black
- Adjourn <Noon EDT>