The IRE held its annual conference, training day and evening dinner at the Wildes Inns in Derbyshire, United Kingdom over two days in November. These events represent a gathering of refractory engineers, team members, decision makers and associates covering the highest quality subjects relating to our industry. We would like to thank all attendees and event organisers and members of the IRE council for making the two day event what it is, representing the pinnacle of our industry.

The UK Conference Day headlined with the topic “Sustainability for a Low Carbon World” with presentations covering the topics below:

• Sustainable use of refractory materials by increasing the lining life of core-less induction furnaces. Steven Reumschüssel, Saveway
• Zero-CO2 Refractories. Dave Bell
• Hydrogen resistance of refractories based on synthetic alumina raw materials. Sebastian Klaus, Almatis
• Alumina containing insulating materials for Refractory products and their contribution to a low carbon world. Chris Parr, Imerys
• Reduced downtime and energy saving in incinerator plants. Robert Coggin, Capital Refractories
• Exploring Liberty’s Ladles. Martyn Frith & Adam Bell, Liberty Steel
• Too dam hot, or is it? Chris Windle, DSF Refractories
• Sustainability of recycled refractories. Melvyn Bradley, Tech-Ref Services

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