This book addresses the timely topics from a multi-faceted and interdisciplinary angle. The steel industry remains the backbone of industrial development across the world, especially in emerging economies. With changing market conditions, environmental regulations, limited resources, and advancements in technology, there is an urgent need to look into the feasibility and liabilities of operating and expanding steel and allied industries. This book is a useful point of reference for technocrats, policy experts, project planners, consultants, professionals as well as other academic researchers and students in the metallurgical, materials, and allied fields. The book aims to bring engagement of conversations about a common agenda for a sustainable future with knowledge-based decisions and actions about sustainability in an important industry sector.

Arghya Majumder is Author of the world’s first comprehensive sinter plant book (Springer Nature, Singapore). He is currently serving as Director, School of Mines and Metallurgy, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, a state-owned university, Govt. of West Bengal. He is Formerly Deputy General Manager (Quality Assurance and Technology Development) at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam, Sri Arghya Majumder, and did his graduation in Metallurgical Engineering and Master degree in Industrial Metallurgy from Jadavpur University. He is Ph.D. Holder from Jadavpur University. He had been instrumental in ensuring the quality of steel through stringent process control over raw material handling plant, sinter plant as well as blast furnace for more than two decades. He also has a post-graduate diploma in computer application (PGDCA) from Pondicherry University. He was part of the team in commissioning and stabilization of Cold Rolling Mill of M/s Walzen Strips Pvt. Ltd., Biradingi, Howrah.

Professor Ray is currently “Prof. S. S. Pani Chair Professor” at the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, India. He has been working at NIT Rourkela since 1989. Prof. Ray’s research centers on the impact of extreme environmental conditions on fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites. Dr. Ray has been selected by UNESCO and the Australian Expert Committee for Industries in the Asia-Pacific region based on SCI. He has been serving as Technical Advisor to TATA Steel Limited (New Materials Business). He has been serving as Editor of a SCI Journal-Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals (TIIM) Journal. Prof. Ray holds many distinguished chairs in reputed institutions and committees across the country. He has also supervised 20 Ph.D. scholars. Prof. Ray has published more than 200 SCI journals and 7 books (CRC, Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley publishing houses).