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09 November 2022

Pioneers Talk #13: Leaping Toward Green Ironmaking

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Dr. Gerald Wimmer

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Green Steel

Ironmaking

What is green ironmaking, and what are the technologies that will get us there? In this session of Pioneers Talk, Gerald Wimmer and Tom Widter discuss a new and groundbreaking project that points to the future of sustainable steel production. On December 19, 2022, Primetals Technologies, together with partners voestalpine and Fortescue, took the first step toward building an industrial-scale plant for green ironmaking that will include the revolutionary HYFOR technology and the newly developed Smelter. The partnership will cover everything from raw-material procurement to the final link of the ironmaking production chain.

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Pioneers Talk #13: Leaping Toward Green Ironmaking

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Dr. Gerald Wimmer

Dr. Gerald Wimmer knows all there is to know about green ironmaking and converter steelmaking. Since joining Primetals Technologies in 2009, his R&D initiatives have resulted in many innovative solutions such as the Vaicon Link converter-suspension system and the Vaicon AOD Damper. Gerald holds a PhD with the University of Technology of Vienna and a master’s degree in international economics, enabling him to take the entrepreneurial view of a steel producer in addition to understanding the technology at work in a plant.

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Green Steel

Ironmaking

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