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CBMM to provide rich contribution at TMP 2026 in Vienna
Bringing together researchers, steelmakers and technology partners from around the world, the conference addresses how thermomechanical processing shapes the properties of modern steels — and how it must evolve to meet today's demands for sustainability, digitalization and new material systems. CBMM will contribute several presentations, from a plenary talk to applied case studies, sharing work developed together with steel producers and research institutes on how Niobium microalloying widens the processing window, reduces cost and CO₂, and enables higher-performance steel.
The talk frames Niobium microalloying as a prominent lever in TMP, essential to widening the processing window for reproducible, economical production. It also sets out CBMM's sustainability agenda: reducing emissions in ferroniobium production toward net zero by 2040, and rebalancing steel compositions with Niobium to cut steelmaking emissions — with real cases saving between 30 and 100 kg of CO₂ per tonne of steel, alongside cost reduction.
Integrated Niobium microalloying and temperature–microstructure modeling to expand the processing window for infrastructure, wind-tower and line-pipe plates.
Controlling austenite grain size and weld-zone toughness in API X70 heavy-gauge plates.
Reaching yield strength above 460 MPa with improved processing robustness for construction steels.
• Recrystallization and Texture Evolution of a Hot Rolled Nb-Bearing Ferritic Stainless Steel — using Niobium's solute-drag effect to refine grain and improve toughness.
• Alloy design for heavy plate, line pipe, rebar and stainless steel;
• Precipitation, recrystallization and grain-size control;
• Decarbonization and cost of operation;
• AI and metallurgical simulation for hot rolling.