Ironmaking and Cokemaking Technology Committee Joint Meeting

6 February 2025 • Eastern States Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Association • Coraopolis, PA USA

►Agenda (PDF) 
►Register or contact ldlugopolski@aist.org

Hotel Arrangements

Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport Hotel
1160 Thorn Run Road
Coraopolis, PA 15108

1. Chair’s opening remarks – Scott Pisula & Brian Black       08:00 a.m.
2. Appointing minute-taker
3. Antitrust guidelines
4. Membership and attendance - 
5. Review minutes of previous meeting
6. AIST Staff Announcements
7. AIST Steel Industry Fatalities
8. 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
         • IMTC still looking for at least one more session chair
   • Nominations for committee officers

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

1. Awards overview
   1. Joseph Becker Cokemaking Award –

      Dr. Seiji Nomura, Group leader of Coke Group, Chief researcher, Nippon Steel Corporation

      Main Research Areas:

      ・ Fundamental and practical studies on the development of coal thermoplastic properties, coking pressure and coke shrinkage during carbonization.

      ・ Improvement in blast furnace reaction efficiency through the use of highly reactive coke.

      ・ Development of waste plastic recycling process using coke ovens.

      ・ Coal blending theory for dry coal charging process.

      ・ New coal size control theory based on inert size measurement for cokemaking.

      1. Josef S. Kapitan Cokemaking Award – “Three-Dimensional Shape Measurement of Coke Using a Medical X-Ray CT Scanner”,Shohei Matsuo, Yukihiro Kubota, Masahiko Watanabe, Masayuki Imba, Process Research Laboratories, NIPPON STEEL Corp. and NIPPON STEEL TECHNOLOGY Corp.
         1. J.E. Johnson, Jr. Award Ironmaking Award—Ty Okosun
         2. Josef S. Kapitan Ironmaking Award
         3. Thomas L. Joseph Ironmaking Award
   2. Presentations 
      1. Steel Decarbonization Pathways—Joe Morey & Brian Black
      2. Safety Enhancements in Coking Operations – Presenter TBD, US Steel
      3. Blow-in from an Extended Bank with an Oxi-Fuel Burner—Brian Black, SMS group
      4. Cleveland Cliffs Burns Harbor Update—Lucas Melton, Cleveland Cliffs 
   3. Next meeting – AISTech 2025
      1. IMTC—Monday May 5, 2025 Room 101A 
      2. CMTC—Tuesday May 6, 2025 Room 103A
   4. Chair conclusion – Scott Pisula & Brian Black
   5. Adjourn   <Noon EDT>