IRE UK Conference 2025 – Black is the New Green – The Refractory Industry in a Changing World

The IRE held its annual UK Conference and Training days in November 2025. This included the annual dinner which was on the evening of the UK Conference day.

UK Conference Day 2025 Overview

• Conference: Black is the New Green – The Refractory Industry in a Changing World
• Date: Wednesday 19th November 2025 – 09:00 – 16:30
• Location: The Quays Hotel, Victoria Quays, Furnival Road, Sheffield, S4 7YB, United Kingdom

Confirmed Conference Presentations

• Devdutt Shukla, Thermal efficiency of Precast dryers in refractory shapes manufacturing – a data driven approach
• Richie Hart, Green steel strategy and transition
• David Bell, Black is the new Green – Alumina-carbon filters for molten steel
• David Hollott, Fully Optimised Design of Refractory Linings
• Individual from AMRC, paper about hydrogen fuel

UK Dinner 2025 (After UK Conference as separate event)

• Date: Wednesday 19th November 2025 – 19:00 – 23:00
• Location: The Quays Hotel, Victoria Quays, Furnival Road, Sheffield, S4 7YB, United Kingdom

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