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Tata Steel Ijmuiden Site Visit
Tour of Tata Steel Ijmuiden Works in Amsterdam

Bus Tour Agenda

  • 12.45 - 17.00 Monday 15th September 2025
  • Pick up visitors from Steinberger Airport Hotel (Schiphol Oost)
  • Arrival at Tata Steel IJmuiden
  • Welcome and introduction by Tata Steel IJmuiden
  • Start the bus tour
  • Stop at Coke and Gas plant
  • Stop at HIsarna
  • End of visit and return to the hotel
  • Arrive back at Steinberger Airport Hotel
  • Pre-conference reception drinks (open to all paying delegates)

The bus tour will follow the process route from coal and ore to steel on the IJmuiden site. Stops at the coke plant and HIsarna will be made at a safe distance* to share process and development details.

* It is not possible to have inside plant visits due to safety restrictions.

Welcome Reception
End of Welcome Reception
Registration and welcome refreshments
Chair's opening remarks
SESSION 1 – Global market insights: Trends, forecasts, and emerging opportunities in steel, coal, and coke
Global met coal market outlook
  • Diverging demand: How decarbonisation and growth economies are reshaping consumption
  • Long-term outlook: Supply risks, pricing trends, and forecasts through 2050
  • Shifting trade flows: The impact of protectionist policies on global met coal markets

Chris Bandmann | Senior Analyst, Metallurgical Coal, Wood Mackenzie
The European steel market outlook amidst multiple challenges
  • Outlook for European steel production and demand, and the economic and industrial trends shaping the market

Alessandro Sciamarelli | Director of Economic and Market Research EUROFER, European Steel Association (EUROFER)
Rapidly evolving outlooks for coking coal and other steelmaking feedstocks
Networking break
Sponsored by
Coal, carbon, and competition: Navigating a changing global met coal landscape
  • Assessing the impact of rising regulatory costs in Australia on future met coal production
  • Comparing global competitiveness: Australia vs. US resurgence and EU’s CBAM implications
  • Exploring the evolving roles of Russia, Mongolia, and China in the seaborne met coal market

Mark Gresswell | Director, Commodity Insights
Circular economy and decarbonization strategies in Indian coke production
Presentation tbc
Networking lunch

 
CONTINUED SESSION 1 – Global market insights: Trends, forecasts, and emerging opportunities in steel, coal, and coke
Challenges and opportunities in anthracite export: Global market trends with a focus on Peru
  • Overview of current global trends impacting anthracite demand and pricing.
  • Key challenges facing anthracite exporters in today's shifting market landscape.
  • Opportunities for growth and expansion with a spotlight on emerging markets.
  • Strategic insights into Peru’s role and competitive advantages in the global anthracite supply chain.
  • Future outlook: how exporters can adapt to evolving environmental and regulatory standards.

Anand Mohan | CEO, Andean Anthracite Ace
Global steel markets: Short term challenges and long-term opportunities
Current status and outlook for the Ukrainian steel industry
•    Crude steel production and market balance (export/import/consumption)
•    Challenges that faced out industry
•    Met coke and met coal needs and their import structure
•    Future production capacities and volumes for next decade
Stanislav Zinchenko | CEO, GMK Center
Networking break
Sponsored by
Panel discussion: What’s next for coke & steel? Opportunities in a carbon-conscious era
  • Balancing ambitious decarbonisation targets with actual resource availability and technology readiness
  • Exploring the commercial viability of alternative carbon inputs (e.g. biocoke, hydrogen) and strategies for scaling their adoption
  • Navigating divergent regional policies – comparing Europe’s stringent carbon agendas with Asia/Americas’ approaches – and their impact on industry competitiveness

Siew Hua Seah | Senior Editor for Ferrous Markets , Argus Media Ltd
Chair's summary and end of day one
Networking drinks reception
Registration and welcome refreshments
Chair's opening remarks
SESSION 2 - Biocoke and Beyond
A new era for coke: How Outokumpu is driving the green transition
  • Designing circular carbon strategy  
  • Building the biocarbon supply chain
  • Requirements for scaling the biocarbon market

Timo Huhtala | General Manager, Outokumpu EvoCarbon
Biocoke - a profitable business or temporary hit for researchers?
  • Technologies reducing CO2 emissions in the steelmaking industry, due to global warming effects and political pressure especially in EU, are being necessary.
  • Decrease of reported CO2 emissions from steelworks operations may be substitution of some fossil based materials with “bio” materials.
  • Is it technically viable? Is it balance sheet worth to fight for? When and on under what conditions it can be profitable?

Bartosz Mertas | Head for the Department of Cokemaking Technologies, Institute of Energy and Fuel Processing Technology
SESSION 3 – Coke Production and Maintenance
Keynote Presentation: Pushing the coking limits, determining the minimum temperature to make coke
  • Find the minimum temperature to make metallurgical coke
  • Investigate emission potential of coke made at low temperature
  • Define limits for ‘green’ pushes

Bert Gols | Principal Scientist, Tata Steel in IJmuiden
Unveiling China's decarbonisation
  • Optimizing coke oven heating reduces fuel consumption and improves energy efficiency
  • Recovering waste heat from coke production and gas treatment helps lower energy use and emissions
  • Enhancing heat utilization in coke oven gas treatment further reduces the plant’s carbon footprint
  • These solutions play a crucial role in decarbonizing the coking industry while improving sustainability

Huang Yunlai | Vice General Manager, ACRE Turkey Engineering Ltd., ACRE Coking & Refractory Engineering Consulting Corporation, MCC
Networking break
High-capacity stamp charging coke oven batteries – The future in coke making
Michael Neumann, Thyssenkrupp Uhde
Impact of additive in coke making and on coke properties
Speaker tbc, Abhitech Energycon Limited
Cooling strategies for optimized maintenance of coke oven batteries
  • Investigating the production and environmental consequences of running coke ovens below 70% capacity
  • Exploring the long-term benefits and trade-offs between hot and cold repair strategies
  • Understanding how modelling tools support decision-making for complex repair operations
  • Examining the challenge of replacing coke oven gas during cold repairs
  • Assessing synthetic gas strategies and thermal modelling to maintain operations during maintenance

Dr. Anton Skyrda Veríssimo | Chief Research and Development, THERMOJET
Utilizing Regulatory Compliance Requirements to Achieve Improved Operational Performance
  • USEPA Method 303 developed to limit fugitive emissions from coking operations
  • Limiting fugitive emissions enhances operational efficiency
  • USEPA Method 303 and similar regulatory programs focus on best management of plant operations
  • Compliance with most rules is a cost to the bottom line
  • Compliance with USEPA Method 303 and similar programs improves performance overall

Mack Overton | Senior Vice President, EHS Compliance Services, KERAMIDA
Chair's closing remarks
Networking lunch
End of conference

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