Ram Pravesh Bhagat served the Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad as professor after superannuation from the service of the CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory as Chief Scientist in 2014. He has over 40 years of R&D experience in organizations such as R&D Centre for Iron & Steel, SAIL, Ranchi, and CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur, specializing in beneficiation, agglomeration, and blast furnace ironmaking. He has initiated and pursued several R&D projects funded by private and public enterprises, also by government bodies.He has published several national and international research papers, and book chapters. He has recently authored a book titled Agglomeration of Iron Ores, published by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.

• Preface. Acnowledgements. About the Author. Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Blast Furnace Ironmaking: Processes. Chapter 3. Blast Furnace Zones. Chapter 4. Blast Furnace Aerodynamics. Chapter 5. Chemical Reactions in Blast Furnace Ironmaking. Chapter 6. Physico-Chemical Phenomena in Blast Furnace Ironmaking. Chapter 7. Blast Furnace Operations and Practices. Chapter 8. Liquid Metal and Blast Furnace Slag. Chapter 9. Blast Furnace Productivity and Coke Rate. Chapter 10. Blast Furnace Burdens and Characteristics. Chapter 11. BF Coke, Characteristics, and Degradation. Chapter 12. Agglomerates in Blast Furnace Ironmaking: Sinter and Sinter Making. Chapter 13. Agglomerates in Blast Furnace Ironmaking: Pellets and Pelletization. Chapter 14. Blast Furnace Modelling, Visualization, and Control. Chapter 15. Energy and Environment in Blast Furnace Ironmaking. Chapter 16. Raw Materials and Coal in Blast Furnace Ironmaking. Chapter 17. Miscellaneous Topics. Index.