The 19th Middle East Iron and Steel Conference involving 870+ delegates returned to Dubai in December 2015 for the largest gathering of iron and steel professionals in the region to discuss the regional and international markets, not just from the Middle East and North Africa region but also from around the world.

UNICOIL participated as a Gold Sponsor of this international conference, and presented the following paper:

“Lead: Time to Retire from Continuous Galvanizing and Organic Coating in the Flat Steel Industry”
Mr. Sanjay Roychoudhury – Head of Operations Department

This paper focused on the following subjects:

• Historic and present applications of lead in the steel industry
• What effect does lead have on process and product performance?
• Standards, regulations and legislation’s – what restrictions and alternatives are there to lead usage?
• UNICOIL initiative – “Lead-Safe” products.