Cokemaking Technology Committee Meeting

1 October 2025 • Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel •  Burlington, Ontario, Canada

►Agenda (PDF)
►Register or contact ldlugopolski@aist.org

Tour of Dofasco, Stelco Lake Erie, Stelco Hamilton Coke Batteries

Arrangements

Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel & Conference Centre
3063 S Service Rd
Burlington, ON L7N 3E9
Canada

Reserve by August 28, 2025 for AIST Room Rate of $169
For reservations, call +1 905-639-2527 and mention group code AIS

Monday 29 September 2025            Dofasco Coke Tour     1:00 pm

                                                            Return To Hotel           3:30 pm 

 

Tuesday 30 September 2025           Stelco Hamilton Coke Tour  8:00 am

                                                            Leave Hamilton - Lake Erie / Lunch   11:00 am

                                                            Lake Erie Coke Tour     1:00 pm

                                                            Return To Hotel             3:30 pm

PPE Required: Safety Glasses, Long Pants, Short Sleeves, Safety/Steel tip Boots

Northern Chapter Committee Dinner / Meeting

                                                            Networking Reception   5:30 pm

                                                            Committee Dinner  6:30 pm

AIST technology committee members are asked to print out the latest revised meeting agenda from our website one week prior to this meeting.

Wednesday 1 October 2025

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST   8:00 am

  1. Chair’s opening remarks – Scott Pisula      9:00 am 
  2.  Appoint minute-taker
  3. Antitrust guidelines – Scott Pisula
  4. Membership and attendance – Charlie Bender
    1. Current Members -  
    2. New Members -   
    3. Members in Attendance –
  5. Review minutes of previous meeting – Scott Pisula

AISTech May 2025 Nashville, TN

  1. AIST Staff Announcements – Charlie Bender
  1. AISTech 2026 – Pittsburgh, PA May 4-7, 2026
  2. Housing opens December 2025
  1. Steel Industry Fatalities – Charlie Bender
  2. Main agenda items
    • AISTech session development – Steven McKnight
      • Selection of Abstracts (Due by 16 Sept) – (Handle via conference call if necessary)
      • Determine session structure (Due by 28 Oct) including session titles & session chairs
      • Review Papers Chair and Session Chair instructions
      • Session Chair Volunteers - TBD
    • Finalize AISTech call for papers for next (2027) year – McKnight/Bender
    • See:  https://www.aist.org/Conferences-Expositions/AISTech/Technology-Conference/Program-Topics
    • Technology committee award planning

2025 Josef S. Kapitan Cokemaking Award – Steven McKnight

“This award was established in 1953 as the Journal of Metals Award by the Blast Furnace, Coke Oven and Raw Materials Committee of AIME. The name and award rules were changed in 1960 to the Ironmaking Conference Award. The name and award rules were again changed in 1982 to the Josef S. Kapitan Ironmaking Conference Award, then divided into the Josef S. Kapitan Ironmaking Best Paper Award and the Josef S. Kapitan Cokemaking Best Paper Award in 2005. The award is presented to the authors of a technical paper judged by the committee to be the best submitted for the conference at which it was presented.” 

2027 Joseph Becker Cokemaking Award – N/A

“Established in 1961 by the Blast Furnace, Coke Oven, and Raw Materials Committee of AIME, through a gift of the Koppers Company to honor Joseph Becker, a pioneer in the design of coke ovens. This award recognizes distinguished achievements in coal carbonization and coal technology. These achievements have improved the design, operation and productivity of coke plants and coal chemical recovery equipment and have led to greater efficiency in the use of coke in ironmaking. The recipient of the award must be over forty (40) years of age.” 

  • Finalize committee roundup – Deadline Update by February 2026 Roundup

Chairs: James Hosfield & Thiago Mazzeu/Jerry Scott

BREAK     10:30 am

  • Technology Training conference: Training Calendar
  • South America Study Tour planning (Brazil/Argentina) – Dick Randolph / Ternium / AIST
  • AIST Steel Wheel Link • The AIST Resource Center – AIST is 

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Indianapolis, IN Registration 

  • Digital Transformation Updates – Buddy Lee
  • AIST/NETL Decarbonization Updates – Jose Alfaro

 

LUNCH AT NOON      12:00 pm

  1. Technical Presentations     1:00 pm

“Coke & Coal Quality”

1. TBD

2. TBD

3. TBD

4. TBD

5. TBD

If anyone has a technical presentation that you feel will be of interest please reach out to the following: Scott Pisula or Steve McKnight at spisula@uss.com or sjmcknight@uss.com, respectively.

BREAK       2:30 pm

  1. Possible Future Meeting Tour/Location(s) 

• Glidewell Foundry, Birmingham, Al (Tentative Fall 2026) 

• Carbon Capture Process In-Service (Nucor Louisiana) 

▪ Dr. Hardarshan S. Valia (Coal Science Inc.) Hvalia@comnetcom.net

• Coal Mine & Prep Plant / Princeton, WV 

• Indiana Harbor 

• Byproduct Coke Facilities / DTE Energy 

• Refractory Supplier 

  1. Next Meeting – Feb 2026, Pittsburgh, PA w/ Eastern States Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Association 
  2. Chair Conclusion – Scott Pisula 

Adjourn