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Galala University at the Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy

A valuable exchange at the Chair of Ferrous  Metallurgy: We were pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elsayed El-Shinai Mohamed Selim, President of Galala University, Cultural Attaché Prof. Dr. Khaled Aboshanab and Prof. Dr. Taha Mohamed Mattar. Dr. Daniel Ernst and Dr. Kathrin Thiele presented the research focus and activities of our Chair, followed by [...]

Congratulations on the successful Defensio

We are delighted to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dipl.-Ing. Dr. mont. Lea Luznik on the successful completion of her PhD thesis. She has defended her doctoral thesis on the topic "Development of a sustainable zinc process for recycling of cemented carbides using gaseous zinc" with success. Picture Credit: Chair of Nonferrous Metallurgy/ Lerchbammer

INTECO ASMET Awards 2026

Das Department Metallurgie wurde mit fünf INTECO ASMET Awards ausgezeichnet. Kategorie Masterarbeiten: • Platz 1: Dipl.-Ing. Daniela Pircher (Lehrstuhl für Eisen- und Stahlmetallurgie) – „Untersuchung des Einsatzes oxidischer Legierungselemente im Wasserstoffplasma-Schmelzreduktionsprozess (HPSR)“ • Platz 2: Dipl.-Ing. Lukas Höcher (Lehrstuhl für Eisen- und Stahlmetallurgie) – „Influence of the material and hydrogen injection point on the [...]

EEC & EMECR 2026

From 11 to 13 May 2026, the 14th European Electric Steelmaking Conference (EEC) and the 5th International Conference on Energy and Material Efficiency and CO2 Reduction in the Steel Industry (EMECR) took place in Milan, bringing together leading professionals from the steel industry to discuss innovative pathways toward CO2-neutral metallurgy and sustainable steel production. [...]

AISTech 2026 – The Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

AISTech 2026 — The Iron & Steel Technology Conference and Exposition — took place from 4th to 6th of May 2026 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The event once again demonstrated the strong international relevance of the iron and steel community, bringing together more than thousands of participants from [...]

Das waren die MetalDays 2026!

Die MetalDays 2026 setzten ein starkes Zeichen für die Zukunft der Metallurgie. Aus ganz Österreich reisten engagierte Schüler*innen und Studieninteressierte an die Montanuniversität Leoben, um das Studium „Metallurgie & Metallkreisläufe“ aus nächster Nähe kennenzulernen – aktueller, praxisnäher und interaktiver denn je. Im viertägigen Programm standen zukunftsweisende Themen im Mittelpunkt: nachhaltige Prozessketten, Kreislaufwirtschaft, „Green [...]

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