The Indian Institute of Metals, Jamshedpur Chapter and Tata Steel are jointly hosting a two-day workshop on Agglomeration of Ore Fines at Shavak Nanavati Technical Institute (SNTI), Jamshedpur starting from Thursday.
Addressing the media, Binod Kumar Das, vice president, coke sinter & iron, Tata Steel, who is also the chairman of the workshop panel, said that the meet aims to bring together intellectuals from academia and industry on a common platform for knowledge dissemination on agglomeration.
Total 100 delegates, including representations from steel making companies — SAIl, JSW, JSPl, Vizag Steel, Essar Steel, Usha Martin & RINl, Research Institutes — TRDDC, RDCIS, NMl and IMMT and suppliers — MN Dastur Co, Jamipol, Outotec, FlSmidth, l&T, TCE and Thermo Fisher Scientific are participating. Among the educational institutions, IIT Bombay, which is carrying out studies in the field of Agglomeration, will also join.
This session will witness a speech from distinguished personalities like Bhaskar Roy, secretary general, The Indian Institute of Metals and Ashwani Kumar Saxena, chairman, Jharkhand State level Expert Appraisal Committee.
The workshop will have a total of six sessions, followed by a feedback and valedictory session. Each of these six sessions has a theme related to the raw materials and the sintering-pelletising techniques and technologies. There will be a total of 20-paper presentation from different participants including Tata Steel. Each session will have a session speaker, a feted personality from India or abroad.