Decarbonisation Options for Steel

This course is designed for staff working in the mining and metallurgical industry who would like to better understand the decarbonisation options facing the steel industry. The course does not assume a metallurgical background. The course will cover the current processes for steel production, combustion and reduction of iron ores, consider the different ways hydrogen could be used to replace carbon in iron and steel production but also examine other options not involving hydrogen.

Fundamental and techno-economic aspects of these options will be discussed, as well as some of the social/political implications of decarbonisation. The course will take four hours with another hour provided for discussion of the implications to the Australian scenario. Lecture notes will be provided for attendees.

• Topic 1: Decarbonisation Challenges and Options facing Steel Producers
• Topic 2: Current Steelmaking Processes
• Topic 3: Hydrogen usage in Blast Furnace and DRI Processes
• Topic 4: Decarbonisation Options Outside Hydrogen Reduction
• Topic 5: Summary of the Likely Scenarios
• Topic 6: Discussion of the Implications in the Australian Context
  
  

Workshop Presenter

Professor Geoff Brooks

Geoff has published over 300 papers on fundamentals aspects of iron and steelmaking, including technoecnomic aspects, has been invited to speak at many leading Universities around the world and has worked closely with steel companies in Europe, Asia and North America.

He is currently the Joint Swinburne/CSIRO Professor of Sustainable Mineral Processing. Geoff has been previously an Associate Professor at McMaster University in Canada and a Senior Lecturer at University of Wollongong. In 2013, Geoff was awarded the prestigious John Elliott Lectureship Award by the AIST. He was also awarded the 2018 EPD Distinguished Lecturer by the TMS and the 2023 Bessemer Gold Medal by the IOM3. He is a fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.