Selected Papers from 8th ICSTI 2018

Dear Colleagues,

Selected contributions of the 8^th International Congress on Science and Technology in Ironmaking—8^th ICSTI 2018 will be published in the Special Issue. The congress will be held form Sept. 25 to 27 2018 in Vienna and will bring together a wide range of experts, coming from plant operation and plant and equipment suppliers, as well as research institutes and universities, who share expertise in the field of ironmaking. The scope and topic of the contribution to the 8^th ICSTI 2018 covers the topics cokemaking, iron ore production and handling, sintering, pelletizing, blast furnace ironmaking, direct reduction, smelting reduction, environmental control in coke and ironmaking, CO₂ reduction and energy saving, recycling of in-plant residues, and automation and digitalization in coke and ironmaking, as well as modelling and simulation in coke and ironmaking.

Prof. Dr. Johannes Schenk
Guest Editor

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