Presentation title: Hydrogen Metallurgy in European Steelmaking Industry: Challenges and Opportunities

Prof. Yongxiang Yang is the group leader for Metals Production, Refining and Recycling (MPRR) at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). His recent activities cover the fundamental studies in blast furnace and new ironmaking technologies in supporting green steel transition, and technology innovations in recycling of critical metals from e-waste and other secondary resources. Dr. Yang has initiated and participated a large number of EU and Dutch national funded projects for REE recycling, critical metals recovery, and sustainable ironmaking and steelmaking. He is leading the education and research program in extractive metallurgy and metal recycling at TU Delft (the only program in the Netherlands), and supervised more than 20 PhD students. Dr. Yang is actively involved in the EIT RawMaterials program and research projects. He is a scientific committee member of PROMETIA – Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy for Mining and Recycling Innovation Association in Europe. He has been part-time professor at NTNU (Norway), and guest professors at NEU, AHUT and WUST (China). Dr. Yang has published more than 220 papers in refereed international journals and international conferences.