Non-hydrogen ironmaking
FREE PUBLIC WEBINAR
Join us for an illuminating discussion on non-hydrogen ironmaking.
Professor Geoff Brooks from Swinburne University of Technology will provide insights into technologies that are helping to decarbonise the iron and steel industry. The webinar will explore approaches employing:
- Electrolysis: using electrical energy to directly reduce iron ore without fossil fuels
- Biomass: sustainable carbon sources as alternatives to coal and coke
- Metallothermic reduction: using metals with higher affinity for oxygen than iron to reduce iron oxide to metallic iron.
Professor Brooks will also delve into associated carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies essential for transitioning to low-carbon steelmaking, focusing on recent trials such as Steelanol in Belgium.
HILT CRC board member Neil Goodman, director and former CEO at Magnum Mining & Exploration, will provide an industry perspective.
This webinar offers valuable insights for industry professionals, researchers and policymakers interested in decarbonisation strategies for hard-to-abate sectors.
A Q&A session will follow the presentation, providing an opportunity to engage directly with one of Australia’s leading experts in metallurgical engineering and sustainable steelmaking.
Agenda
- 1:35pm – 2:05pm: Welcome and Introduction – Jenny Selway, CEO, HILT CRC
- 1:35pm – 2:05pm: Professor Geoff Brooks
- 2:05pm – 2:10pm: Neil Goodman
- 2:10pm – 2:30pm: Q&A moderated by Adrien Guiraud – Minerals Processing Lead, CSIRO, and Co-Research Lead of HILT CRC Program 1 (Process Technologies).
Watch the webinar recording:
SPEAKERS
Professor Geoff Brooks, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor Geoff Brooks has published over 250 papers on fundamentals aspects of iron and steelmaking, 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 Medal by the IOM3. He is a fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
Neil Goodman, Magnum Mining & Exploration
Neil Goodman is a director and former CEO at Magnum Mining & Exploration, an ASX-listed mineral exploration company that aims to become the first pig iron producer for electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers on the US west coast. Neil has formerly provided consulting services to organisations with plans to develop iron ore downstream processing opportunities worldwide.
For over 20 years, Neil was involved in the design and commissioning of ironmaking plants in Europe, America and Asia for Davy McKee, based in the UK and the US. Following this, he was General Manager of Rio Tinto’s HIsmelt Corporation for more than 10 years, responsible for the design and operation of the first commercial scale HIsmelt plants in Western Australia and China.
Neil has worked in the steel industry for more than 40 years with a strong emphasis on the research, development and commercialisation of new technologies to improve efficiency and reduce environmental emissions. He brings to the HILT CRC Board experience in the development, management and commercialisation of intellectual property.
Neil graduated from Imperial College London with a degree in Metallurgy and was the recipient of the Charles Salter prize for excellence in metallurgy from the Royal School of Mines.