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This work deals with the development of metalurgy in the world whose beginnings date 7 000 years B.C. On the teritory of today s Croatia metalurgy has been present for 6000 years. Three civilizations have left evidence the Celtic, the Roman and civilization of Vučedol. After the arrival of the Cratis to this teritory, metalurgy developed more intensively in the region of Sisak and Banovina as well as Samobor and Gorski Kotar. Bells and guns were cast in Dubravnik and Zagreb. The industrial production starte din 1853 (Foundry in Rijeka), production of ferroalloys, Šibenik 1900 y, also Dugi Rat 1906 y, and in 1937 the production of aluminium and Al – alloys in Lozovac (continuo by 1905) as with the construction of the blast furnace in Caprag in 1939. In the period after 1945 until 1990, Croatia had several metallurgical companies and acceptable production coke, iron, steel, fero-alloys, electrodes, casting, reinforced concrete steel, seamless and welded tubes, strips, billets, aluminium etc. Total production in Croatia in 1990 was ~ 3 000 000 tons of various metallurgical products (without castings). Per year in 1990 until 2012 plants of over 2 600 000 t of metallurgical per year were torn down or put out of operations. Total metallurgical production in Croatia in was 2011 y 248 910 tons i.e. level 8,3 % (comparison with the production in 1990 y), what is significant of the destruction of Croatia metallurgy for 22 years. The Article give also several press notices to the public information by members of the Croatian Metallurgicall Society and Apprentices in order to sustain and revitalize of the Croatian metalurgy (supplements). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this article is to give an overview of the foundation and development of Croatian Metallurgical Society (CMS) from the Society of Engineers and Technicians of Steelworks Sisak 1952 – 2012 With monitoring of goals and tasks of CMS, the main activities of the Society are also set out: publishing of the magazine Metalurgija, international symposium „Materials and Metallurgy“, and productive cooperation with an array of institutions in Croatia and abroad but also difficulties in the activities (over 70 institutions from 50th countries). The overview includes also several futile press notices to the public made by the member of the Society of their own initiative, in order to sustain and revitalize the Croatian metallurgy. The Society and the Journal survives on the base of modest financial support by the Ministry of Science and Education and Sport (in 2020 y only for Metalurgija Journal 10 000 EUR and cca 3 000 EUR for activities of Society), of Participation Fees from Symposium and exclusively to volontary work all in Society, without any permanent empoloyees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The beginnings of the world metallurgy date back to the 7000 years B.C. On the territory of today's Croatia, metallurgy has been present for 6000 years. Three civilizations have left the evidence of this: Vucedol, Celtic, and Roman civilization. After the arrival of the Croats, metallurgy has been more intensively present in the Sisak-Banovina and Samobor regions, as well as Gorski Kotar region. Casting of bells (and cannons) was developed in Dubrovnik and Zagreb. The industrial production start date was in 1853 (Foundry in Rijeka), in 1937 (the production of aluminium and Al-alloys in Lozovac) as well as in 1939 with the construction of the blast furnace in Caprag. In the period after 1945, until 1990, Croatia had several metallurgical companies and acceptable production of coke, iron, steel, ferroalloys, electrodes, casting, reinforced concrete steel, seamless and welded tubes, strips, billets, aluminium, etc. In 1990, total production of various metallurgical products in Croatia was 2.670.000 tons of which up to 2.000.000 t/y came from Steelworks Sisak. From 1990 to 2012, over 2.600,00 t/g of metallurgical products were demolished or discontinued, which represented the collapse of Croatian metallurgy. The paper cites more important publications on the Steelworks Sisak, which was a long-standing carrier of metallurgical production in Croatia. There is also a review of the last published Proceedings of the Sisak Ironworks (2019). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]