SCHEDULE
MOnday, 1 fEBRUARY 2027
4–6 p.m.
Registration
5–6 p.m.
Welcome Reception
TUESday, 2 fEBRUARY 2027
7 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
8 a.m.
Introductions
8:05 a.m.
Safety Presentation
9:05 a.m.
Chemistry of EAF Steelmaking — Chemistry Background and Introduction to Steel
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Chemistry of EAF Steelmaking — Oxidation, Carbon and Slag
Noon
Lunch
1 p.m.
EAF Efficiencies and Slag Fundamentals
2:30 p.m.
Break
2:45 p.m.
EAF Designs and Operations
Pedro Quiroga, EAFab Corp.
This discussion will focus on electric arc furnace technologies, evolution and solutions in an industry of challenges.
3:45 p.m.
LMF Metallurgy and Secondary Steelmaking
5 p.m.
Adjourn
WEDNESday, 3 fEBRUARY 2027
7 a.m.
Breakfast
8 a.m.
Chemical and Electrical Energy Inputs and EAF Performance
Jeremy Jones, CIX Inc.
A review of energy inputs to the EAF.
9 a.m.
Break
9:10 a.m.
EAF Technologies — The Path to EAF Optimization
Jeremy Jones, CIX Inc.
This session will discuss various approaches to optimizing EAF operations.
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:40 a.m.
Environmental Operations for the EAF
Noon
Boxed Lunch
12:30 p.m.
Plant Tours of Big River Steel 2 or Hybar LLC
4:30 p.m.
Reception and Roundtable Discussion
Panelist: Bob LaRoy, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Butler Division
6 p.m.
Adjourn
THURSday, 4 fEBRUARY 2027
7 a.m.
Breakfast
8 a.m.
Utilization of Fe Metallics in the EAF
Zane Voss, CIX Inc.
The choice of metallics for the EAF is critical in optimizing performance and minimizing costs. This presentation will cover the different types of scrap, their impact on EAF operations and how to use them effectively.
9:45 a.m.
Break
10 a.m.
EAF Maintenance Requirement
Stephan Ferenczy, Steel Infinity
An overview of maintenance approaches will be presented along with typical EAF steelmaking mechanical, electrical and ancillary components, as well as a deep dive into water cooling fundamentals. Real-world failures will be shared along with lessons learned.
Noon
Lunch
1 p.m.
The U.S. EAF Steelmaking Industry: Enduring, Artistic, Foundational
Becky E. Hites, Steel-Insights LLC
EAFs have transformed the face of U.S. steelmaking in the past half-century, displacing the perception of steelmaking in industrial decline struggling to compete in a more transparent market with increasingly volatile raw material costs to a cost-competitive, environmentally responsible and community-friendly industry, blending art with manufacturing, much like the blues transformed the music of its day. Surviving the economic cycles, moving up the product value chain, responding to changing metallics requirements and now incorporating greener power and production options, EAFs continue to push the envelope to make U.S. steelmaking ever more competitive. Included in this presentation will be a highlight of economic indicators shared in AIST’s Iron & Steel Technology publication and how they relate to steel demand.
2:15 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Process Control and Automation in the EAF
Robert Oldroyd, Nucor Steel–Decatur LLC
3:45 p.m.
Break
4 p.m.
Practical EAF Regulation and Electrode Handling
Billy Bryant, SimOpTech
This session covers the fundamentals of AC EAF power and regulation systems in simple, practical terms, including the main components and how they work together. An overview of electrode handling procedures rounds out the session.
5 p.m.
Adjourn
FRIday, 5 fEBRUARY 2027
7 a.m.
Breakfast
8 a.m.
Gas/Carbon/DRI Usage Fundamentals for EAF Performance and Lower Carbon Footprint
Michael GK Grant, American Combustion International
This presentation will discuss the theory, practical aspects and strategy of use of oxygen, natural gas and carbon injection in the EAF, as well as the technologies used to apply these. The use of direct reduced iron (DRI), its advantages and challenges, as well as the necessary operational adjustments to DRI use will be presented. The important contribution that EAF steelmaking will have on the steel industry's journey toward CO2 minimization will be discussed. A strong emphasis on oxygen safety and its precautions will be presented.
9:15 a.m.
Break
9:30 a.m
EAF Steelmaking Fundamentals
10:30 a.m
Break
10:45 a.m
EAF Steelmaking Fundamentals (cont’d)
Noon
