Calderys/FR is raising the bar for sustainable manufacturing with its new plant in Odisha, India. The CAPES facility which is a major greenfield project focused on refractories and steel casting fluxes, is designed to significantly reduce environmental impact while meeting India’s growing industrial needs. The CAPES plant exceeds basic environmental standards by adopting a comprehensive … Weiterlesen …
ArcelorMittal Europe announced it cannot proceed with its previously announced DRI and EAF plans for the decarbonisation of its flat steelmaking sites in Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt. ArcelorMittal had already stated in November 2024 that it was unable to take final investment decisions on constructing new DRI-EAF assets in Europe, given that the policy, energy and … Weiterlesen …
Plans continue at pace for UNITECR 2025 – the 19th Biennial Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories that will take place at the JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa from 27-30 October. Registration opened recently and delegates from all around the world are securing their spots at the event. UNITECR 2025 President, Daniel Llaguno, commented: … Weiterlesen …
The new STARS research project started with a kick-off in March with the aim of making steel mill slag usable as a raw material for the production of high-quality end products for solar thermal processes over the next three years. The project partners German Aerospace Center (DLR) (lead), thyssenkrupp MillServices & Systems GmbH and LWK-PlasmaCeramic … Weiterlesen …
The ECerS-FIRE Summer School “Mining the future of refractories and high temperature materials: the impact of sustainability, AI, computing tools and advanced techniques” will be co-organized by ECerS and FIRE at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, Dresden, Germany, the week before the next ECerS conference, from Thursday 28 to Friday 29 … Weiterlesen …
IPCOM/BE, the leading European specialist in the distribution and fabrication of technical insulation, announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Unistara S.p.A./IT. Unistara is the leading distributor of high temperature refractories and insulation in Italy. This strategic move will further strengthen IPCOM’s high-temperature business unit, the INSULCON Group. Unistara was founded in 1984 and … Weiterlesen …
According to a release, Intocast/DE will take space at Silo Studios. The office will support Intocast’s presence in the region and its expansion in North America, as the company is planning to open a refractory plant in West Tennessee in Huntingdon. The release does not include the number of employees to work from the office. … Weiterlesen …
Germany and Australia are jointly driving forward the decarbonization of the steel industry – one of the key levers for the global energy transition – with an innovative research project. Led by the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), the international consortium SuSteelAG is developing a technology that uses green hydrogen to refine even low-grade … Weiterlesen …
JFE Steel Corporation announced that it will construct and operate an advanced, high-efficiency, large-scale electric arc furnace at the Kurashiki facility of its West Japan Works, aiming to contribute to carbon neutrality in Japan. The move follows the Japanese government’s approval to provide JFE Steel with a grant to support the introduction of an electric … Weiterlesen …
Experts from academia, research and development, refractory companies, raw material suppliers, and plant or furnace construction are invited to contribute to the upcoming International Colloquium on Refractories (ICR) with a Call for Papers. Submission Deadline is 15 May 2025, the ICR will take place from 17-18 September 2025 in Aachen/DE. Contributions should highlight the latest … Weiterlesen …