oxygen steelmaking Technology Committee Meeting

thursday, 22 October 2026 • Salzgitter, Germany


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this meeting, please email Lauren Dlugopolski
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TOUR INFORMATION

Additional tours will take place prior to the meeting on Sunday, 18 October. Please see schedule for more information.


meeting Agenda

Please print agenda one week prior to this meeting.

thursday, 22 October 2026

9 a.m.

Tour Salzgitter Flachstahl AG Steelmaking Operations

11:30 a.m.

Lunch at Salzgitter Flachstahl AG

13:00

  1. Chair’s opening remarks – Fernando Guerra    
  2. Appoint minute-taker
  3. Antitrust guidelines Fernando Guerra
  4. OSTC Membership  Aaron Strelbisky
    1. Remembering Gunther Staudinger and Hans Pronk
  5. AIST Staff Announcements
  6. Steel Industry Fatalities and Safety Roundtable (All attending)
    1. New in-plant Safety Procedures, Technologies or related improvements
    2. Recent Safety Incidents or Near Miss Incidents and resulting Improvements
    3. OSTC to nominate a Liason to the AIST Safety & Health Tech Committee
  7. Main agenda items
    • Technical Presentations:
      • Topic to be Determined by Salzgitter Flachstahl
        • Potential Topics (to be confirmed):
          • Taphole solutions for slag carryover prevention
          • Raw Material Strategy for the Future
          • Latest AI Implementations at the BOF
        • Presentations scheduled:
          • European Producer 
          • European Producer 
          • North American Producer 
          • South American Producer 
          • Supplier 
          • Other
        • Open discussion and contributions
    • 2027 Charles Herty Award Review (Dave Runner)
    • AISTech 2027 Session Update (Hoyong Hwang)
      • Overview of Sessions
      • AISTech Presentation Availability Discussion
      • Solicit Additional Papers
      • Session Chair Volunteers
    • Discussion items
      • Members to bring items of concern for discussion
    • Next meeting
    • Chair conclusion (Fernando Guerra)

18:00

Adjourn

19:00

OSTC Group Dinner