Season 3/Episode 13: Peter Kinzel, SMS Group
From The Green Steel Challenge by The Willy Korf Foundation
April 7, 2026 · 40 min
About this episode
Peter Kinzel discusses his work on reducing the CO2 footprint in steel production.
Peter Kinzel has a degree in chemical engineering and PhD in process engineering. Peter started his career at Paul Wurth (today SMS Group) in 1999, has been living for 11 years abroad in South America, Chile and Brazil enabling him to gain experience in several ferrous and non ferrous processes. Since 4 years Peter is working on reducing the CO2 footprint for the traditional BF/BOF route by introducing the BLUE blast furnace and EASyMelt concept. Fluent in 5 languages and having a strong process background. Participation in over 30 patent families as well as co author in many scientific publications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Guest: Peter Kinzel
Topics covered
- CO2 reduction
- blast furnace technology
- process engineering
- ferrous processes
- non ferrous processes
- patents
- scientific publications
Keywords
- chemical engineering
- process engineering
- BLUE blast furnace
- EASyMelt
- patents
- scientific publications
- CO2 footprint
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: SMS Group, Paul Wurth
Places: South America, Chile, Brazil
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