The ESTEP Focus Group Circular Economy and the FEhS Institute are pleased to announce a two-days’ workshop on “The role of slags and other by-products within circular economy in the steel industry”. The RFCS InSGeP project will also be part of the workshop.

The slag workshop will take place from Wednesday 5^th to Thursday 6^th March 2025 in Duisburg, Germany.
The event location: Wyndham Duisburger Hof, Opernplatz 2, 47051 Duisburg, Germany

The European Union’s Green Deal sets ambitious targets to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, and the steel industry is pivotal in meeting these objectives. One critical focus area of focus is related to resource efficiency and circular economy practices within the steel sector, especially associated to the management and valorisation of by-products such as slag, but also dusts/sludges/mill scales. Steel production generates significant quantities of slag as well as other by-products, materials that, if not properly managed, can lead to environmental challenges. However, by treating slag and other by-products as a valuable raw material, the industry can reduce waste, lower carbon emissions, and align with the broader EU goals of decarbonization and sustainability.

This topic is fundamental to be understood during the decarbonization of the steel industry, because working solutions need to include valorisation of the by-products that will be produced, especially when they will differ from the currently understood by-products or when the processes which are used to currently valorise them will no longer be available.

1. Statistics of production and use of slag and other by-products in different EU countries/regions 
2. Industrial examples of slag and other by-products recycling 
3. Industrial symbiosis examples and potentiality for iron and steel by-products 
4. New technologies for internal and external slag and other by-products valorisation 
5. By-products quantities and characteristics in decarbonization of the steel process 
6. CO₂ allocation to steel by-products 
7. Regulations for slag and other by-products management 
8. InSGeP project workshop

Authors wishing to present a contribution are asked to prepare maximum 500 words abstract including figures and references (maximum 2 pages). Please submit the abstract by 15th January 2025 to FEhS via e-mail : a.morillon@fehs.de
In addition, please indicate the topic(s) for which you are submitting.

Key Dates and Deadlines 
Abstract submission: 15 January 2025
Abstract selection, sharing of presentation template and info: 30 January 2025
Programme publication: 1 February 2025
Presentation submission: 3 March 2025

Registration will open as of 18 January to 22 February 2025.

Registration fee: 200 euros
Speakers/Invited people: Free (only one speaker/invited person per contribution is free)

In case you need further information, please contact ESTEP via e-mail: D.Snaet@estep.eu