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ESTEP Spring Dissemination event 2025

The European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP) Spring Dissemination Event 2025 took place in-person on 05 & 06 June 2025 in Krakow (Poland) at the Galaxy Hotel (Gęsia 22A, 31-535 Kraków).It was followed with an optional visit of the Ogniochron factory (located at Przemysłowa 42, Andrychów, Poland)on Friday 06 June 2025 (in the morning). 

The main purpose of this event was to share results and knowledge gained from research & innovation projects related to the steel sector (from RFCS, Clean Steel Partnership (CSP), other EU or national projects, etc.). Next to decarbonisation topics, this edition also covered topics focusing on digitalisation nd people aspects in the steel sector. 





Programme, Introduction & RFCS

Programme
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ESTEP
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Welcome & Introduction
Author
Klaus Peters
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1.6 MB
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Research Fund for Coal and Steel: future funding opportunities
Author
Sebastiano Fumero (European Commission, REA)
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691 KB
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Session 1 - Decarbonisation

Polish steel sector: main facts
Author
Marta Zagorska (Polish Steel Association)
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File Size
2.1 MB
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ArcelorMittal Poland: existing investments and decarbonisation plans
Author
Aleksandra Kania (ArcelorMittal Poland)
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File Size
2.3 MB
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Synergies between RFCS Projects on Hydrogen application in the Blast Furnace process
Author
Hauke Bartusch (BFI)
Date
File Size
3 MB
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Investigation of the use of hydrogen as reducing agent in the Direct Reduction of low-grade iron ore pellets
Author
Claudia Sergi (RINA-CSM)
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File Size
2.7 MB
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MaxH2DR - Maximise H2 Enrichment in Direct Reduction Shaft Furnaces
Author
Thorsten Hauck (BFI)
Date
File Size
2.6 MB
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Production of the highest quality cast steel using the AOD converter process
Author
Artur Zak (Łukasiewicz – GIT)
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1.6 MB
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Turning biowaste into steel-grade biocoal to decarbonize the steelmaking process
Author
Andrea Salimbeni (RE-CORD)
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3.3 MB
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Energy Balanced Technology for Recycling Iron Oxide Waste in the EAF Process
Author
Alicja Szemalikowska (Łukasiewicz – GIT)
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1.3 MB
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Session 2 - People

Empowerment and Recruitment of People in the Steel Industry
Author
Antonius Schröder (TU Dortmund)
Date
File Size
12 MB
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SUPER project: Sustainable future steel production and people recruiting and skilling
Author
Thorsten Hauck (BFI)
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958 KB
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Hubs for Circularity in Europe: focus on stakeholders
Author
Karina Maldonado-Mariscal (TU Dortmund)
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2.3 MB
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SkillMine : a dynamic AI-Powered Skills Mining Engine with industry specificity to identify emerging trends and changing skills needs
Author
Andrew Barker (Steeluniversity)
Date
File Size
1.7 MB
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Artificial Intelligence in steel production: Questions of augmentation, optimisation and accountability
Author
Dean Stroud (Cardiff University)
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1.2 MB
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Digitalisation: The Universal Environmental Data model - the PRISMA project
Author
Jerker Delsing (LTU)
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3.3 MB
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Session 3 - Decarbonisation

Power4Steel with MemKoWI – CO2- & H2-separation from process gases by advancing membrane technology R&D to pilot testing
Author
Susanne Bethlehem-Seidel (Dillinger)
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4.1 MB
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TransZeroWaste - Upgrading of low-quality iron ores and mill scale with low carbon technologies
Author
Gerald Stubbe(BFI)
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2.3 MB
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Safe H-DRI - Safe handling and transport of hydrogen-based direct reduced iron for a decarbonisation of the steel industry
Author
Melanie Leitner (K1-MET)
Date
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937 KB
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Eyes on Steel: AI-Powered Monitoring for Enhanced EAF Safety and Efficiency
Author
Marco Vannucci (SSSA)
Date
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2.1 MB
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Development of a technology of manufacturing of welding pipes made of multiphase steels CP and DP
Author
Lukasz Poloczek (Łukasiewicz – GIT)
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6 MB
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Overview of the first one and a half years of the Horizon EU project H2PlasmaRed
Author
Henri Pauna (University of Oulu)
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5.4 MB
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Effect of Hydrogen combustion atmosphere on the properties of steel surface scale
Author
Filippo Cirili (RINA-CSM)
Date
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1.5 MB
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HBI C-Flex – Reoxidation behaviour and stability of direct reduced and hot briquetted iron with variable iron and carbon content
Author
Melanie Leitner (K1-MET)
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1.3 MB
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Session 4 - Digitalisation

DIGREES - Demonstration of digital twins for a green steel value chain
Author
Madalina Rabung (Fraunhofer)
Date
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1.7 MB
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AI-Driven Copper Detection in Scrap Metal: Advancing Digitalization in Sustainable Steelmaking (PURESCRAP)
Author
Marco Vannucci (SSSA)
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2.7 MB
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Integrated modelling for sustainable and optimized steel manufacturing processes (ProcTwin project)
Author
Tania Irebo Schwartz (SWERIM)
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File Size
2 MB
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Enhanced Steel Production Efficiency Through Fuzzy Logic Aided Genetic Algorithms
Author
Marco Vannucci (SSSA)
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2.4 MB
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