Metallurgy conferences

INFACON XVIII, the International Ferro-Alloys Congress, takes place in Reykjavík from 23 to 27 May 2027, hosted by Reykjavik University with the University of Iceland, IceTec and Aluminium Cluster Iceland and organised in cooperation with the International Committee on Ferro-Alloys (ICFA). 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.