15th Global Slag Conference, Exhibition & Awards
6 - 7 June 2023, Düsseldorf, Germany
'Maximising profits from slag'
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Monday 5 June 2023
2pm Departure: Field trip to Holcim 's Schwelgern slag grinding plant at Duisburg. Bus departs from the conference hotel at 2pm (delegates must bring their own stout footwear/safety shoes). Return to the conference hotel by 6pm latest. Book during registration.
15.00 Exhibitors can access the exhibition area
17.00 Conference registration opens
18.00-20.00 Welcome party in the Global Slag exhibition area for all exhibitors, delegates and speakers.
Tuedsay 6 June
08:00 Registration opens - Coffee and networking in the Global Slag exhibition area
09:00 Conference welcome and Introduction, Robert McCaffrey, conference convenor
(Please note that keynotes and presentations have been allocated their time slots according to when they were first fully confirmed for inclusion at the conference).
Session 1
09.10 Paper 1, Keynote 1: 'Global availability of BFS by 2030,' Joe Harder, OneStone Consulting
09.35 Q&A
09.45 Paper 2: 'CO2 sequestration in concrete products using steel slag,’ Yuri Mytko, CarbiCrete
10.05 Q&A
10.15 Paper 3: 'Improving or optimising the Fe content and value of ferrous slag,’ Andrey Korablin, SmartScrap
10.35 Q&A
10.45 Coffee and networking in the Global Slag exhibition area
Session 2
11.30 Paper 4, Keynote 2: 'Slag before and after Covid 19: Macroeconomic view of the world of GBFS and SCMS,' Charles M Zeynel, ZAG International PTE Ltd
11.50 Q&A
12.00 Paper 5: 'Better energy saving technology for slag grinding,' Wenhai Nie, Sinoma/Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd.
12.20 Q&A
12.30: Paper 6: ‘Bangladesh's transformation from OPC to blended cement and use of slag,’ Arusha Ahmed Khan, Shun Shing Group
12.50 Q&A
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
Session 3
14.00 Paper 7, Keynote 3: 'One European slag market as part of industrial Circular Economy? What to expect of the new world,’ Friedrich Fries-Henrich, Circulania Services GmbH
14.20 Q&A
14.30 Paper 8: 'Upgrading slag using dry processes: a case study on Ferromanganese,’ Marion Nicco, Eramet Ideas
14.50 Q&A
15.00 Paper 9: ’Steel slag roads: Valorisation of steel slag as road-making aggregates in India,’ Satish Pandey, Central Road Research Institute
15.20 Q&A
15:30 Coffee and networking in the Global Slag exhibition area
Session 4
16.00 Paper 10: 'Indirect cooling of hot slags for energy recovery from high temperature processes,’ Marcel Wettring, ALLGAIER Process Technology GmbH
16.20 Q&A
16.30 Paper 11: 'How to make substantial energy and CO2 savings processing slags with Coomtech’s non-thermal drying technology,' Philip Jarvis, Coomtech Ltd
16.50 Q&A
17.00 Paper 12: Closing Keynote 4: 'Low-carbon steel industry,’ David Algermissen, FEhS (Institut für Baustoff‑Forschung e.V.)
17.25 Q&A
17.35 Conference session ends
17.45 Assemble in the hotel lobby for departure by bus at 6pm to the Global Slag Awards Dinner (return at 10.00 approximately) - must be pre-booked
Wednesday 7 June
Session 5
08.55 Welcome back - Conference convenor
09.00 Paper 13, Keynote 5: 'Producing carbon-negative hydrogen from slag,’ Andrew Barron, Energy Safety Research Institute, Swansea University
09.20 Q&A
09.30 Paper 14: 'Heterogeneous slag measurement in less than 2 min, using LIBS technology,’ Amit Ahsan, SECOPTA analytics GmbH
09.50 Q&A
10.00 Paper 15: 'Using Laser Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES) to transform slag from 'waste' to valuable product,' Andreas Kunz, QuantoLux GmbH
10.20 Q&A
10:30 Speed-dating in the conference hall - Delegates have the chance to make many new 'real-world ' business contacts - bring your business cards!
11.00 Coffee and networking in the Global Slag exhibition area
Session 6
11.30 Paper 16, Keynote 6: 'Crystallisation of BOF slags under different cooling conditions,' Gerald Leonidas Haslinger, Lehrstuhl für Nichteisenmetallurgie, Montanuniversität Leoben
11.50 Q&A
12.00 Paper 17: 'Using GGBFS in cementitious materials more efficiently with C-S-H seeding,' Xuerun Li, BASF Construction Additives GmbH
12.20 Q&A
12.30 Paper 18: 'Make the conveyor belt your friend,' Wilfried Dünnwald, Scrapetec
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Session 7
14.00 Paper 19: Keynote 7: 'Steel slags as concrete aggregates,’ Volkert Feldrappe, FEhS (Institut für Baustoff‑Forschung e.V.)
14.20 Q&A
14.30 Paper 20: 'Steel slag: the Magsort solution for usage of BOF and EAF slag as cement raw materials,’ Niklas Tornkvist, Magsort Ltd.
14.50 Q&A
15.00 BLUE SKY BRAINSTORM Session - Form small groups to address some of the biggest challenges in the slag industry!
15:30 Coffee and networking in the Global Slag exhibition area
Session 8
16.00 Paper 21: 'The use of steel or BF slag as fine aggregate or slag sand in concrete in India,’ Jagabandhu Kole, JSW Cement Ltd
16.20 Q&A
16.30 Panel Discussion - The future of slag
17.00 Final comments
17:10 Farewell Reception and prizegiving
19.00 Conference close
