INFACON XVIII: International Ferro-Alloys Congress

The congress is a forum for researchers and industry professionals in silicon and ferroalloy production, covering low-carbon technologies and CO2 emissions (new reductants, renewable energy integration and process electrification); manganese, ferrochrome and ferronickel alloys; silicon and ferrosilicon; other alloys, recycling and circularity; reductants and carbon materials such as biocarbon; control systems, modelling, big data and artificial intelligence; furnaces, electrodes and refractories; health, safety and environment; and markets and policy. The programme includes plenary lectures, keynote addresses, technical sessions and poster presentations, an industrial exhibition and tours of Icelandic smelters, and accepted peer-reviewed papers are published in the congress proceedings. The early-bird registration deadline is 1 February 2027. The organizing committee is chaired by Guðrún Sævarsdóttir with co-chair Yonatan Afework Tesfahunegn.