Steel Industry Expert Speaks at CIVS Seminar on Steel Transition

On Friday, February 21, CIVS welcomed Joe Morey of Morey Industrial Consulting, to give a seminar to over 40 CIVS staff, students, and PNW College of Engineering students and faculty. Joe’s presentation was very well received and was followed by a productive Q&A. His presentation was titled “Do Better Things! – What we all can do to help in the difficult steel transition”.

The talk focused on what we can do now to improve our most carbon intensive assets; our blast furnaces, cutting carbon while we are also cutting costs to set an international example. As the effects of global warming become more apparent, the push to decarbonize will gain more and more traction globally. Businesses are working to manage this along with the many other drivers that create value for customers. This is no different for the steel industry who is working to juggle these new demands.

Joe Morey has nearly 30 years in the steelmaking industry with over 28 years at US Steel. Joe has international experience in coke making, sintering, blast furnace, and oxygen steelmaking. He pairs these experiences with a strong lean manufacturing background with a focus on eliminating waste to improve the business. Joe is a current board member for the Association of Iron and Steel Technology and is very active in the Ironmaking and Decarbonization Technical Committees. Joe is the owner of Morey Industrial Consulting that focuses on ironmaking technologies while improving steelmaking through the elimination of waste.