Noon

Opening Remarks — Abhishek Bhansali

Appoint Minute-Taker—

Antitrust Guidelines— Anna Voss

Membership and Attendance — Anna Voss

Review Previous Minutes — Abhishek Bhansali

AIST Staff Announcements — Anna Voss

Present Ladle & Secondary Refining Best Paper Award— Abhishek Bhansali

“Comparison of Lance and Plug Methods for Gas Purging in a Ladle on Mixing Efficiency”

 Xipeng Guo, Mohammed Abdul Razzak, Nihal Saji, Kiranchandru Lingeswaran, Nicolas Walla, Judy Li2, Bill King, Chenn Zhou

Review Mission Statement (From Website) — Abhishek Bhansali

Vote to approve or amend mission statement:

“To advance technical development of liquid steel handling and secondary refining through improved safety, quality, and productivity.”

Nominations for Board of Director Level Awards — Distinguished Member and Fellow, Sendzimir Award, Fairless Award and Steelmaker of the Year nominations — Abhishek Bhansali

Develop committee objectives for next year — Abhishek Bhansali

Meeting Locations:

Fall: Wednesday 14 October 2026, Kansas City, MO, with Steelmaking Refractories – A Practical Training Seminar

Spring: March 2027, joint meeting with someone? Safety & Health?, Maintenance & Reliability TC?

Technical Topic to be discussed and possible presenters

Conferences:

Steelmaking Refractories – A Practical Training Seminar– Karen Uffalussy & Jimmy Barrett

21-23 October 2025

Kansas City, MO

Tour: Nucor Sedalia

Elect New Officers — Abhishek Bhansali

Chair – 

Vice-Chair – 

Papers Chair – Judy Li, Nucor Berkeley

Education Chairs – Karen Uffalussy & Jimmy Barrett

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Liaison – 

Young Professionals Chair – 

Decarbonization Liaison – 

Karen Uffalussy to present Chair Plaque to Abhishek Bhansali for his year of service to the committee

Discussion Items—

Any items to discuss please contact the committee chair

Next Meeting— Wednesday 14 October 2026, Kansas City, MO, with Steelmaking Refractories – A Practical Training Seminar

Closing Remarks—

1:30 p.m.

Adjourn