'Maximising profits from slag'

17th Global Slag Conference 2025

25 - 26 June 2025, Vienna, Austria

Imperial Riding School hotel, Ungargasse 60, 1030 Wien, Austria

Field trip to voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH in Leoben on 27 June

The 17th Global Slag Conference will allow all attendees to maximise their profits from slag - both ferrous and non-ferrous, will keep them up-to-date with the industry state-of-the-art and will provide extensive networking and business opportunities for both producers and users of slag and slag-based products. If your business is slag, make it your business to attend the 17th Global Slag Conference!

Conference themes

• Slag and slag cement market trends
• Non-ferrous slags
• Slag product trends
• Beneficiation of slag and slag products
• Slag cement production and use
• Case studies
• New applications for slag and slag products 

Who should attend?

• Slag producers
• Slag-product users
• Cement producers and users
• Equipment vendors
• Traders and shippers
• Academics and researchers 

What did the delegates say about the Global Slag Conference in 2024?

• Well organised
• Very well organised conference.
• Was a great opportunity to meet people in the industry
• Thank you for the great organisation!
• Great Conference for networking
• Great effort and great result
• Well organised with sufficient time to discussion, exchange and networking
• Increased our knowledge on alternative & newer products, de-carbonisation scenario - also superbly crafted programme & very well managed & time management - great success
• Excellent time management.
• The conference was very very well organised. I really enjoyed to attend.
• Great conference and host!
• Nice conference and location
• Thanks
• Enjoyed the green cement site visit. The awards dinner was really such a highlight. Hats off to the organisers!
• Very well organized
• Good organisation and model
• Good initiatives
• The Global Slag conference brings together a diverse audience of producers and users of slag with very talented technical and marketing experts. Anyone who works in this space should attend to meet new contacts and learn from their peers.
• Thank you!
• Was great
• Excellent experience

Final rate from £845 from 1 March 2025
(£1014 including VAT)

The registration fee includes attendance at the conference and exhibition, conference proceedings book including delegate names/company/country and all available presenter slides in pdf format, participation in networking/speed-dating sessions, delegate name badge, special distribution magazine, coffee breaks and snacks, lunches, welcome reception and farewell reception. 

The conference super-early-bird registration fee is £545 (£654 including Austrian VAT) until 16 December 2024 and the early-bird rate is £645 (£774 inc. VAT) from 17 December 2024. The conference standard-rate registration fee is £745 (£894 inc. VAT) from 1 February 2025. The conference final rate registration fee is £845 (£1014 inc. VAT) from 1 March 2025. Employees of members of the conference association partners (Euroslag, National Slag Association, Slag Cement Association, Australasian (iron and steel) Slag Association, Nippon Slag Association and the Brazil Steel Institute) benefit from a £100 discount on these rates. Speakers register for £495 (£594 inc. VAT), while confirmed producer/user speakers register free.

The Global Slag Awards Dinner will take place at Schloss Schönbrunn, after the first day of the conference. Return to the hotel by 23:00, latest. The Global Slag Awards Dinner is bookable at a rate of £125 (£150 inc. VAT), during registration.

A full-day field trip to local slag sites (including voestalpine stahl Donawitz GmbH) will take place on Friday 27 June 2025. See itinerary details on the Programme page.

Note: The organisers reserve the right to alter future registration fees on an ongoing-basis, if required by currency movements or other unavoidable circumstances. Pre-existing bookings will not be affected.

Important note: We will never call you about booking hotel rooms for this conference (just use the link on the 'Accommodation' page). If someone calls you (or emails) offering a discount on hotel rooms, they are trying to scam you. Just put the phone down on them!

16th Global Slag Conference, Exhibition & Awards

23 - 24 April 2024, Dubai, UAE

The 16th Global Slag Conference successfully took place in Dubain in April 2024, with 175 delegates from around the world, and including field trips to Green Cement, Dubai, and the slag grinding plant of National Cement, Abu Dhabi.

Read the Global Slag Conference 2024 review and view the photo gallery