Oxygen Steelmaking Technology Committee meeting

11–12 February 2025 • Holiday Inn Express & Suites • Merrillville, IN, USA

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

Tour of  Cliffs #4 Steel Producing

Hotel Arrangements

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Merrillville
8460 Mississippi Street, Merrillville, IN 46410
Reserve by 21 January for AIST Room Rate of US$99

For reservations, book online

AIST technology committee members are asked to print out the latest revised meeting agenda from our website one week prior to this meeting.

Virtual Connection for INTERNATIONAL members: To Be Established

11 February 2025

  • Gather at Hotel for Plant Tour    12:30pm
  • Depart Hotel for Cliffs #4 Steel Producing    1:00 pm
  • Arrive Cliffs #4 Steel Producing    1:15pm
  • Depart Cliffs #4 Steel Producing for Hotel    4:30pm

▶Midwest Member Chapter Dinner Meeting

Keynote Presenter:  Thomas Toner, Senior Advisor and Vice President Operations, SSAB Americas and AIST President 2024–2025

  • AIST Midwest Chapter Reception/Social Hour    5:30pm
  • AIST Midwest Chapter Dinner/Keynote Address    6:30pm

US$65.00 to attend the Reception/Dinner Meeting

PLEASE USE THE LINK ABOVE TO REGISTER FOR THE DINNER MEETING – it is an independent function from the OSTC meeting

12 February 2025

Continental Breakfast    07:30am

1.    Chair’s opening remarks    08:00am
2.    Appoint minute-taker
3.    Antitrust guidelines
4.    Membership and attendance
5.    Review minutes of previous meeting
6.    AIST Staff Announcements
7.    AIST Steel Industry Safety Roundtable
a.    New in-plant Safety Procedures and Technology
b.    Recent Safety Incidents or Near Miss Incidents and resulting Safety Improvements
c.    All members are encouraged to bring any safety related improvements made at their facility for open discussion

Main agenda items

  • Technical Roundtable (Raw Materials Programs Improving BOF Operations)
    • Potential Presenters:
  • “Operational and Environmental Improvements at the Lime Plant Improving BOF Operations”, Matt Wilson - Cliffs 
  • U.S. Steel Presenter
  • European Presenter
  • Other Presenter
  • Transformation Project Updates (Off the Record)
    • If your facility/company is undergoing a Transformation in production process, provide an update as to how it is going
    • Additions for 2024 and Ideas for 2025
  • Nominations for committee officers
    • Current Officers:
    • Chair: Steve Gillgrass – RHI Magnesita
    • Vice Chair: Matt Wilson – Cliffs #4 Steel Producing
    • Papers Chair: Fernando Guerra – Cliffs Stelco
    • Membership Chair: David Runner – Opta Group LLC
    • Young Professional Chair
  • Finalize AISTech sessions (Fernando Guerra)
    • Session Structure and Papers Confirmed
  • Identify vacancies 
    • Author Registration deadline (1 March)
    • Presentation Draft Due in to AIST (15 March)
    • Role of Session Chair and Papers Chair
  • Future Study Tour 
    • Turkey?
    • France/Spain?
    • India?

Discussion items

-    Members bring topics for discussion by committee

10.    Next meeting

  • AISTech 2025 - Nashville
  • Fall 2025 – 
  • Europe  w/European Steel Forum (Oct 20, 2025, Bilbao, Spain)
  • Winter 2026 –
    • USA/Cananda?
    • Mexico? w/ ExpoAcero?

11.    Chair conclusion

12.    Adjourn    4:00pm