Brian Black
SMS group Americas
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Brian Black is affiliated with SMS group Americas and serves as a papers co-chair for AIST’s Ironmaking Technology Committee. McMaster University listed Black as the lecturer for its 2026 “Blast Furnace Design I” course session.
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AISTech session development covers abstract selection, session structure, chair assignments, and award planning. Technical topics include blast furnace operations, environmental programs, ironmaking raw materials, waste oxide recycling, hydrogen-based ironmaking, refractory and cooling systems, equipment design, injection, control, and modeling. The program includes a discussion of pathways to blast furnace-based decarbonization, including a blast furnace physics, cost, and decarbonization model demonstration. Technical presentations address Granite City BF B startup, ceramic burner optimization, natural gas delivery strategies and blast furnace performance, and unplanned castable repairs to hot blast stoves. A Granite City tour is also included.