Blast Furnace Ironmaking Course is an in-depth, week-long course held every second year. It covers every aspect of blast furnace ironmaking, making it invaluable for managers, operators, engineers, researchers and suppliers of equipment, refractories and raw materials. It is officially recognized by the American Iron and Steel Institute. The lecturers in the course are acknowledged experts in their fields and the delegates come from diversified industrial backgrounds. The week-long course consists of 24 lectures given by experts in the field, supplemented by a computer game, and plant tours.

Cokemaking Course is designed to present knowledge of the coke plant to operators, researchers and suppliers to the industry. It is patterned after the Blast Furnace Course. The week-long course held every second year consist of 18 lectures given by international experts in the field, supplemented by two case study workshops, a computer game, and plant tours.

Modern Structural Steels and their Mechanical Properties In the past decade there have been many developments in new structural steels aimed at a variety of applications such as automotive applications pipelines and building applications. This course will be aimed at linking a fundamental understanding of the compositions and heat treatments required to produce a variety of materials such as Dual Phase steels, TRIP and TWIP steels, nanograined steels, high strength bainitic steels and new martensitic grades to their mechanical properties.

The course is open to academic and industrial participants.

The McMaster University Symposia on Ironmaking and Steelmaking are discussion-oriented vehicles for technology transfer to the steel industry. The objective of the symposia is to bring together manufacturing managers and technical personnel to discuss major issues.