Synthesis of silicon carbide by carbothermal reduction of quartz in H2-Ar gas mixtures

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