📅15-17 September 2025
📍Steigenberger Airport Hotel • Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eurocoke 2024 was attended by over 300 delegates, due to it's unrivalled face-to-face networking opportunities, excellent speakers and lively debates.
As Europe's leading met coke, coal, and steel industry event, Eurocoke attracts experts from across the industry, including senior decision makers from the global coke, coal, and steel markets.
Eurocoke delegates:
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With its Plant Technology business thyssenkrupp Uhde is one of the world's leading designer and supplier of engineering, equipment and complete plants for the chemical, petrochemical and the coke making industries. For coke plants thyssenkrupp Uhde offers proprietary technology as well as individual engineering services. The portfolio includes efficient slot type coke oven batteries including the corresponding gas treatment plants as well as heat recovery coke plants. Our technology reflects the experience of the construction of more than 100,000 coke oven worldwide. Numerous inventions and developments, which are today recognized standards in modern and environmental friendly coke making, were taken forward by our company. Our customers benefit from cost-effective high-tech solutions in construction of new production units, improvement of existing plants and the entire range of services for the full life cycle of their plants and equipment.
Hislop International are an international trading company, based in Mauritius with the primary focus on the trade and physical supply of various commodities.
Hislop International was founded as a joint venture company between Hislop Anderson Commodities and Mauritian based Afrimat Offshore.
Our purpose is to develop and maximise markets for physical commodities from the African continent.
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Chris Bandmann joined Wood Mackenzie in January of 2023. He is responsible for delivering comprehensive research coverage of the Atlantic basin’s metallurgical coal sector including supply, demand, pricing and costs, with a primary focus on Europe.
Prior to joining Wood Mac Chris worked at CRU, performing market analysis on the European steel markets.
Chris holds an MSc and a BSc in Economics from the University of Exeter in the UK.
Shri Shrawan Kumar Verma is the Executive Director of the Centre for Engineering & Technology (CET), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) since 15 July 2023. A Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, SAIL produces more than 12% of Crude Steel produced in India. With over 36 years of experience, he specializes in conceptualization, design & engineering, and supervision during erection and commissioning of large-scale projects in the steel industry.
A graduate in Production Engineering (B.Sc.) from BIT Sindri, Jharkhand, Shri Verma joined SAIL in 1988 and has made significant contributions across various plants, notably Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL). His expertise spans project management, utilities & services, and engineering consultancy for major expansion and modernization programs.
Under his leadership, CET has emerged as a key driver of SAIL’s growth, contributing to projects worth several thousand crores. Key achievements include the new Bar Mill and Blast urnace-03 upgradation at DSP, Stamp Charge Batteries at ISP and RSP, and the Brownfield Expansion Pre-Feasibility Report of BSL.
Shri Verma is steering CET towards modernization, decarbonization, and operational excellence, reinforcing its role as the engineering backbone of SAIL and cementing his position as a prominent leader in India’s steel project consultancy and engineering domain.
In 1986 he graduated Faculty of Technology and Chemical Engineering of the Silesian Technical University - Gliwice (Poland) and obtained Ph. D. at the same University in 1993. The main interest of his research works include coke making technology and thermal processing of solid fuels and wastes.
At present he is Director of the Institute of Chemical Processing of Coal in Zabrze. He is a member of Polish Standardisation Commission, expert of Polish Ecological Chamber and member of European Coke Committee.
He is the author of more than 100 scientific and technical papers and 10 patents.
Erdal Unal is the R&D Manager for Raw Materials and Ironmaking at ERDEMIR, Turkey’s largest flat steel producer. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and, Master's degree in Mining Engineering. He has over 10 years of experience in raw material technologies, ironmaking processes, and carbon reduction strategies for the steel industry.
Mr. Unal’s research focuses on sustainable steel production, including hydrogen-based reduction, biochar utilization, low-carbon briquetting and pelletizing technologies, and the development of advanced process optimization techniques in blast furnace and sinter operations. He also leads ERDEMIR’s participation in several EU-funded innovation projects, collaborating with international partners to advance green transformation in metallurgy.
Dr. Rameshwar Sah is a distinguished Metallurgist and Researcher with over 30 years of experience in the steel industry and academia. His core research interests include Process Metallurgy, Beneficiation & Agglomeration, Ironmaking and Waste Recycling.
Awards & Achievements:
1. Awarded the prestigious National Metallurgist Award (NMA-2022) for R&D in the Iron & Steel Sector by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India (presented in Nov 2023 at Bhubaneswar).
2. Recipient of IIM Steel Eighties Award-2013 at IIT BHU, Varanasi.
3. Won First Prize for Best Paper Presentation in Ferrous Metallurgy three times, awarded by the Indian Institute of Metals.
He has authored over 80 technical papers published in international journals, filed 38 patents and co-authored three books in the field of Materials and Metallurgy, which serve as valuable resources for engineering students and practicing professionals.
Pushpa Ambrose holds a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, an MBA in Finance, and a PG
Diploma in Industrial Safety and Fire Safety. Currently serving as the General Manager Safety at the new Steel Melting Shop-3 of Bhilai Steel Plant, a part of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). With expertise in managing thermal and hydraulic regimes of 7m tall Coke Oven Batteries, she has also led the construction and rebuilding of battery complexes. Pushpa's strategies have ensured 100% safety in gas line network maintenance through introducing U seals and in steel melting shops through innovative approaches. Recognized with numerous awards including the National Young Women Trainer Award, IIM’s MECON Award, Best paper award in 77th Annual Technical Meeting of The Indian Institute of Metals and International Conference on Metals, and Best Safety Officer Award at BSP 2023, her contributions extend to numerous paper presentation on coke making improvements, decarbonisation strategies, and steel safety. As a distinguished faculty, Pushpa imparts knowledge on management, technical,
and safety topics at BSP.
