Dissolution of silica in slag in silicomanganese production

The slogan of our fourteenth Congress is ‘Energy efficiency and environmental friendlinessare the future of the global Ferroalloy industry’, and we hope that this will be the key approach inthe Congress subject area to be discussed within plenary meetings and workshops in the days tocome. The same topic will be raised during such events as traditional Technical exhibition and techtours to leading ferroalloy plants of Ukraine.The present book contains 102 reports which will be heard during 2 plenary sessions and 24break-out sessions of 14 sections of the Congress. All reports have been peer-reviewed, for thispurpose the large team of international experts has been involved. Program and Organizingcommittees express sincere thanks to all authors and reviewers for their work.