1. Fourth International Congress of Blast-Furnace Operators

   • Yu. V. Serov

   Announcement Pages: 363 - 364

2. Greeting to Participants in the Fourth International Congress of Blast-Furnace Operators from V. F. Rashnikov, general director of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine

   Announcement Pages: 365 - 365

3. Prospects for the development of blast-furnace smelting

   • V. A. Shatlov

   BriefCommunication Pages: 366 - 368

4. Analysis of the current status and future growth of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine

   • S. K. Nosov

   BriefCommunication Pages: 369 - 371

5. The Blast-Furnace Shop at the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine from Congress to Congress

   • V. I. Sedinkin

   Announcement Pages: 372 - 374

6. Smelting pig iron at metallurgical plants operating under unstable conditions

   • G. G. Gavrilyuk
   • N. V. Tret'yakov
   • V. A. Zavidonskii

   BriefCommunication Pages: 375 - 377

7. Relationship between physico-chemical processes in tuyere hearths and coke behavior in the hearth

   • V. G. Druzhkov

   BriefCommunication Pages: 378 - 378

8. Maximum use of reducing gas in the blast furnace

   • S. K. Sibagatullin

   BriefCommunication Pages: 379 - 379

9. Refining the combustion mechanism in the tuyere hearths of blast furnaces

   • I. E. Prokhorov

   BriefCommunication Pages: 380 - 381

10. Mechanism of skull formation in hot-metal-car ladles

    • M. N. Kurbatskii
    • K. N. Vdovin
    • S. I. Trofimov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 382 - 383

11. Optimum sulfur content of pig iron for desulfurization outside the furnace

    • A. N. Shapovalov
    • V. K. Kropotova

    BriefCommunication Pages: 384 - 384

12. Reduction of thin layers of oxides of iron in a gas flow

    • V. I. Ishimov
    • E. V. Dyul'dina

    BriefCommunication Pages: 385 - 385

13. Determination of the loss of pig iron with slag

    • N. S. Polyakov
    • A. A. Stolyar
    • A. S. Korshikov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 386 - 386

14. Partial replacement of coke by coal in blast-furnace heats

    • A. K. Gusarov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 387 - 388

15. Study of the charge and gas-flow distributions in a large blast furnace with a bell-less charging apparatus

    • V. I. Bol'shakov
    • S. T. Shuliko
    • V. N. Loginov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 389 - 390

16. Fuel-oil-like products of the destructive hydrogenation of coal—A promising fuel for blast-furnace smelting

    • V. I. Bol'shakov
    • N. M. Mozharenko
    • A. D. Dzhigota

    BriefCommunication Pages: 391 - 391

17. Replacing natural gas by coal-gasification products in blast-furnace smelting

    • I. G. Tovarovskii
    • V. V. Severnyuk
    • A. Ya. Zausmanovskii

    BriefCommunication Pages: 392 - 392

18. Smelting on a combination blast with the replacement of natural gas by coke-oven gas alone or in a mixture with producer gas

    • N. G. Boikov
    • M. T. Buzoverya
    • V. I. Dichko

    BriefCommunication Pages: 393 - 393

19. Effect of coke strength on blast-furnace performance indices

    • A. D. Dzhigota
    • N. M. Mozharenko
    • I. A. Fedotov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 394 - 394

20. Forcing blast-furnace operation under current conditions

    • V. P. Lyalyuk
    • V. V. Severnyuk
    • A. Ya. Zusmanovskii

    BriefCommunication Pages: 395 - 395

21. Blast-furnace operation with alternation of tuyeres of different diameters

    • V. P. Lyalyuk
    • V. V. Severnyuk
    • R. D. Kamenev

    BriefCommunication Pages: 396 - 396

22. Blast-furnace heats made with a zinc-bearing charge

    • Yu. P. Shchukin
    • V. I. Sedinkin
    • V. A. Gostenin

    BriefCommunication Pages: 397 - 397

23. Analysis of the operation of blast furances at the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine on unfluxed pellets from the Kachkanar Mining-Concentration Combine

    • V. I. Sedinkin
    • G. V. Monetov
    • B. A. Marsuverskii

    BriefCommunication Pages: 398 - 398

24. Blast-furnace smelting at the “mechel” factory with pellets from the Kachkanar Mining-Concentration Combine

    • N. I. Vorob'ev
    • A. V. Denisov
    • B. A. Marsuverskii

    BriefCommunication Pages: 399 - 399

25. Processing and use of metallurgical slags

    • M. N. Kurbatskii
    • V. I. Sedinkin
    • N. K. Gladyshev

    BriefCommunication Pages: 400 - 401

26. Use of secondary resources in the production of pig iron

    • V. V. Severnyuk
    • V. I. Drachev
    • A. Y. Zusmanovskii

    BriefCommunication Pages: 402 - 402

27. Ways of reducing harmful emissions in sinter production

    • E. F. Begman
    • A. N. Pyrikov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 403 - 404

28. Study of the relationship between the macrostructural parameters and processing characteristics of sinter

    • A. V. Malygin
    • E. A. Khopunov
    • N. S. Shumakov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 405 - 406

29. Briquetting iron-ore materials for blast-furnace smelting

    • V. N. Letimin

    BriefCommunication Pages: 407 - 408

30. Use of schungite rock from karelia in blast-furnace smelting

    • S. M. Grunin
    • I. Sh. Tuktamyshev

    BriefCommunication Pages: 409 - 410

31. Key design changes in the modernization of the blast furnace

    • R. G. Ivanov
    • V. I. Sedinkin

    BriefCommunication Pages: 411 - 413

32. High-temperature stoves for blast furnaces: New designs

    • Ya. P. Kalugin

    BriefCommunication Pages: 414 - 416

33. Reconstruction of a blast-furnace cast house and its ventilation system

    • M. F. Buinachek

    BriefCommunication Pages: 417 - 418

34. Rotary charging apparatus

    • G. V. Abramin
    • A. V. Koshel'nikov
    • V. A. Lesnikov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 419 - 420

35. Modern equipment for the blast furnace

    • P. Heinrich
    • H. Hill

    BriefCommunication Pages: 421 - 423

36. New method of transporting molten metal in an ascending electromagnetic trough

    • N. V. Dolmatov
    • A. A. Dolmatov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 424 - 424

37. Providing modern blast furnaces with equipment for continuous tapping

    • M. N. Suvorov
    • V. G. Druzhkov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 425 - 425

38. Methods of mathematical modeling for the analysis of blast-furnace smelting

    • N. A. Spirin
    • V. S. Shvydkii
    • V. V. Lavrov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 426 - 427

39. Use of mathematical models of blast-furnace smelting in computer systems for monitoring, analyzing, and displaying data

    • S. R. Zel'tser

    BriefCommunication Pages: 428 - 428

40. Determining extrema to help improve the efficiency of blast-furnace smelting

    • V. M. Parshakov
    • S. K. Nosov
    • A. D. Nikonorov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 429 - 429

41. Improving the automatic control of blast-furnace smelting

    • N. N. Izyumskii
    • A. G. Baibuz
    • E. D. Vyshinskaya

    BriefCommunication Pages: 430 - 431

42. Use of computer technology for real-time control of blast-furnace smelting

    • A. I. Vaganov
    • B. K. Senichkin

    BriefCommunication Pages: 432 - 432

43. Automation of blast furnaces—An effective means of maximizing efficiency in smelting

    • H. Druckentanner
    • K. Stoll
    • B. Schurtz

    BriefCommunication Pages: 433 - 434

44. Automatic monitoring of wear of the hearth lining in blast furnaces

    • Yu. V. Serov
    • V. G. Makienko
    • A. E. Koshelev

    BriefCommunication Pages: 435 - 435

45. Ultrasonic diagnosis in control of the slag crust

    • D. E. Zamoskovtsev
    • A. Yu. Lednov
    • A. A. Chaplouskii

    BriefCommunication Pages: 436 - 436

46. Use of equipment for continuous recording of the lateral pressure of the stock on the blast furnace

    • B. A. Marsuverskii
    • A. F. Avtsinov
    • Yu. M. Denisov

    BriefCommunication Pages: 437 - 437

47. Complementary operation of the mobile top slabs and the revolving distributor based on a programmable controller

    • N. S. Polyakov
    • N. P. Sysoev
    • Yu. A. Yurchenko

    BriefCommunication Pages: 438 - 438

48. Analytical quality control in the metallurgical industry

    • Barry W. Adamson

    BriefCommunication Pages: 439 - 440

49. Monitoring processes in the blast furnace and evaluating the condition of the tuyere hearths

    • S. M. Grunin
    • N. N. Yurin
    • A. A. Tretyak

    BriefCommunication Pages: 441 - 442

50. Evaluating the thermal state of the hearth by a thermoelectric method

    • E. M. Kurbatskaya
    • Yu. P. Kochkin
    • M. E. Polushkin

    BriefCommunication Pages: 443 - 443