January 2026

Advancing Electric Smelting for Sustainable Iron Production: Pilot-Scale Validation of Controlled Open-Arc DC Technology by Metix Pty Ltd. (SMS group) and Isabel Geldenhuys Consulting (AISTech 2025) 

CMC Fires Up Texas One and Brings EAF Performance to the Next Level by CMC Steel Texas and Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH (AISTech 2025)

Dynamic Heat Flow and Current Distribution Analysis in the Bottom Anode of an Electric Arc Furnace Using Fiber-Optic Sensors by Missouri University of Science and Technology and CIX Inc. (AISTech 2025)

Optimization of Alloy Addition Timing During BOF Tapping: A Model for Establishing the Minimum Required Steel Level by Ternium Brasil (AISTech 2025)

Modeling Scrap Melting in DC-EAF Operations Using CFD Simulations (AIST Transactions) by Purdue University Northwest and SSAB Americas (AISTech 2025)

Digital Transformations:

The New Way of Producing High-Quality Steel by Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH

February 2026

Improving EAF Meltshop Operations: Multiplant Transformational Consulting in Gerdau Long Brazil by Badische by Gerdau and Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH (AISTech 2025) 

Differentiating Performance in Water Glycol Fluids by Quaker Houghton (AISTech 2025)

Microstructural Evolution in HSS Work Rolls During Thermal Processing by ESW and Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH (AISTech 2025)

Circular Economy and 4.0 Industry: From the Emergence of Concepts to Practical Application in Brazil Steelmaking by PH&HpM Tecnologias em Economia Circular (AISTech 2025)

Design and Implementation of High-Performance Submerged-Entry Nozzle Designs for Thin-Slab Casters by RHI Magnesita and Nucor Steel–Indiana (AISTech 2025)

 Digital Transformations:

Magnetic Iron Sensor for Iron Concentration Measurement in Cold Rolling Coolant and Caustic Cleaner by ArcelorMittal Global R&D – Hamilton

March 2026

Effect of Coiling Temperature on Bainite Transformation in Hot-Rolled Automotive Sheet Steel by Missouri University of Science and Technology (AISTech 2025) 

Process Line Debottlenecking and Process Improvement Through an Empirical Data-Driven Model by Hatch (AISTech 2025)

Jet Vapor Deposition (JVD): The Obvious Future Choice for Zinc Coating of Steel by John Cockerill, ArcelorMittal Kessales and CRM  (AISTech 2025)

Skinpass Mill and Tension Leveler for Ultrahigh-Strength Steel by JP Steel Plantech Co. (AISTech 2025)

Ammonia Direct Reduction of Iron Oxides - Kinetics Aspects and Process Development (AIST Transactions) by Swineburne University of Technology and CSIRO Mineral Resources (AISTech 2025)

Digital Transformations: Coke and Coal Sizing With AI by Ripik AI

April 2026

On the Influence of Hot Reducing Gas Injection on Blast Furnace Performance by Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation, Purdue University Northwest; and Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor (AISTech 2025) 

Predictive Modeling of Iron Runner Wear in Blast Furnaces: A Machine Learning Approach by Shinagawa Refratários do Brasil Ltda (AISTech 2025)

Decarbonizing the Integrated Steel Mill With Efficient Hydrogen Integration by Hatch  (AISTech 2025)

Effects of Using Hydrogen in Metallurgical Tests for Blast Furnace Iron Ores by Instituto Argentino de Siderurgia and Ternium Argentina  (AISTech 2025)

Reducing EAF Carbon Emissions Through Input and Slag Analysis  (AIST Transactions) by Carnegie Mellon University (AISTech 2025)

Digital Transformations:

Development of a Method for Detecting Slag Spillage in Converter by JFE Steel Corp.