December 2025

Investigation of Decarburization of Spring Steel During Hot Rolling by KARDEMİR A.Ş. (AISTech 2025) 

Analysis of Penetrators Formed in the Welding Line of Electric-Welded Pipes by Tenaris (AISTech 2025)

Effect of Mold Electromagnetic Stirring Parameters on Segregation Level of a Medium-Carbon Steel by Vallourec South America, Vesuvius NV, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Escola de Engenharia Industrial Metalúrgica de Volta Redonda - Universidade Federal Fluminense (AISTech 2025)

Effects of Mn and Mo on Microstructures and Properties of High-Strength and Heavy-Gauge Line Pipe Steel by Interpro Pipe and Steel and CanmetMATERIALS, Natural Resources Canada (AISTech 2025)

 Digital Transformations:

Redefining Industrial Performance in the Era of Digital Twins by ENACOM and GJD Consulting

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