Scientific-technical support for innovation at companies, research institutes, and other organizations in the metallurgical sector

A recent seminar explored new innovations in metallurgical technology and provided a forum for discussing how companies and research organizations manage and plan activities in this area. Two of the specific cases examined were the work done by the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys to find new ways to develop the Udokan copper deposit and the efforts of the institute Stal'proekt to provide engineering-technical support to companies interested in modernizing their furnaces. Among the other topics covered were technical consulting on the use of technogenic materials, the recycling of such materials by the Romelt process, an energy-saving method of producing cast iron and ferroalloys in a new type of furnace-an oxygen reactor-and the development and introduction of automated production units in metallurgy. Reports were also given on new high-strength corrosion-resistant steels, the possible use of new protective coatings on steel plates and tubes, and aspects of micro-metallurgy.