Lucas Melton

Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor

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Lucas Melton is a Papers Co-Chair for AIST’s Ironmaking Technology Committee and is listed with Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor. Melton received AIST’s J.E. Johnson, Jr. Award in 2022.

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Ironmaking Technology Committee Meeting
In-Person · Granite City (St. Louis), MO
Engineering
Sustainability
Technology
Cement & Building Materials

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.