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SFI METAL PRODUCTION
IN 2016
The second year of the SFI Metal Production is over,
the first whole year of operation. Looking back, this has
been a year with new knowledge, several new PhD can-
didates and scientific highlights. We are very pleased to
see how a robust SFI Metal Production consortium of
academia and industry has developed through 2016 to
strengthen our future cooperation, in line with the vision
of SFI Metal Production: "Resource efficient metal pro-
duction from a clean industry".
During 2016, Fesil Rana Metal was acquired by Elkem,
and is now a plant within Elkem. So far, we have not in-
cluded new members to the consortium. This has not
been prioritised by the Executive Committee.
The SFI Spring meeting took place on the 26th to the
28th of April. The focus of the meeting was to introduce
the Scientific Committee to the SFI Metal Production
family, and to emphasise the importance of innovation
with the industrial partners. Strategic- and long term
goals for the centre were also discussed.
The members of the Scientific Committee contributed
with valuable and interesting presentations at the Spring
meeting. Topics for the presentations were "Solid state
reduction of Metal Oxides" by Professor Emeritus Oleg
Ostrovski, “Society and Metals – how it all started” by
CEO Jean-Pierre Birat, “Science for Technological
Innovation” by Professor Margaret Hyland, and “Circular
Economy” by Director and Professor Markus Reuter.
Aud Nina Wærnes (Centre Manager)
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SFI Metal Production in 2016