ESTAD 2023: Highlighting the Challenges and Opportunities for Steel Producers

18 Aug 2023, Industry 4.0, Energy, Technology

Efficient Heat Scheduling Combined with Energy Management in a Hybrid Steel Plant

26 Jun 2023, Energy, Sustainability, Technology

METEC is the world’s leading event for metallurgical technology. Held every four years, this year’s METEC, the 11th International Metallurgical Trade Fair, saw about 18,000 experts and key decision makers visiting the event. With exhibitors and visitors from various sectors in the industry, the recurring topics of discussions were unsurprisingly green steel and artificial intelligence.

A Peek Into the North American Steel and Aluminum Industries

25 May 2023, Sustainability, Technology, Production

In recent years, metals producers are actively working towards decarbonizing the industry. This has led to breakthroughs in the use of hydrogen, renewable energy and digital transformation in producing green steel.This brings about numerous questions like, how can green steel and aluminum produced in the US be protected against imported ones with high CO₂ footprint? How can producers leverage renewable energy for cheaper and optimized production? Furthermore, how can aluminum producers achieve the net zero target? These are some of the issues discussed at AISTECH in the US and Future Aluminum Forum, Canada in May 2023.

Digitalization Enables Decarbonization of Steel Production

28 Nov 2022, Production, Technology, Energy, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence

Steel plant’s operations are complex because all production steps are interdependent. This makes it challenging to simultaneously optimize production processes, save energy and comply with CO₂ regulations while staying competitive with changing market demands. Steelmakers are investing in transformation to net-zero production, which needs to go hand-in-hand with process digitalization and innovating software systems for efficient production management of planning, scheduling and execution of processes.