Natural Gas: strategic input for the steelmaking

Date: June 09, 2022

Time: 14:00 - 15:40

Place: Room 11

Technical Committee:

Energy and Utilities

Coordinators:

Eder Quental - Energy and Utilities Specialist at Gerdau

José Carlos D’Abreu - Professor emeritus at PUC-RJ - Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Objective: 

This roundtable aims at debating the current natural gas scenario in Brazil by addressing changes that have been taking place in the market and price expectations in the medium and long term. Moreover, the potential for increasing consumption of natural gas in the steel industry will be discussed, taking into consideration the existing plants/processes and the core role played by natural gas in steelmakers’ transition into a low-carbon industry in view of NG-based direct reduction technologies

Honoree:

André Frias - Ternium

Moderator:

Eder Quental - Energy and Utilities Specialist at Gerdau

Lectures:

Flavio Mota - Head of the Department of Base and Extractive Industries of the BNDES - National Bank for Economic and Social Development

Jean Philippe Santos Gherardi de Alencar - Customer Service Solutions Analyst at Vale

Juliana Rodrigues de Melo  Silva - Energy specialist at ABRACE - Brazilian Association of Large Industrial Energy Consumers and Free Consumers