Special Issue on ‘Advances in Steel Technologies’, edited by Carlo Mapelli, Silvia Barella and Riccardo Carli

Role of vanadium in welding of flat products in high strength low alloyed steels: microstructure and mechanical properties 101

Andrea Di Schino, Michelangelo Mortello, Bryan Ramiro Rodriguez-Vargas, Rolf Schmidt, Giulia Stornelli and Anastasiya Tselikova

Published online: 30 January 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2025030

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Determining of iron oxide pellet porosity using image analysis and its effect on the reduction behavior 102

Eduardo Borges Matos, Tero Vuolio, Timo Fabritius, Pasquale Cavaliere and Maycon Athayde

Published online: 09 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2025026

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Review

Recent achievements of Industrial Symbiosis in the steel sector based on the Symbio-Steel project: a review 103

Valentina Colla, Teresa Annunziata Branca, Alice Petrucciani, Claudia Sergi, Daphne Mirabile, Filippo Cirilli, Agnieszka Morillon, David Algermissen, Chuan Wang, Erland Nylund et al. (5 more)

Published online: 24 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2026002

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Improving sustainability of cold rolling of low-carbon steels via oil free lubricants 104

Valentina Colla, Orlando Toscanelli, Tommaso Grossi, Alice Petrucciani, Monia Niero, Delphine Reche, Andreas Ban, Martin Hubrich, Leon Jacobs, Martin Raulf et al. (8 more)

Published online: 06 March 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2026009

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Advancing hydrogen plasma smelting reduction: Experimental insights from a pilot plant 105

Bernhard Adami, Manuel A. Farkas, Johannes Schenk and Michael A. Zarl

Published online: 11 March 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2025029

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Environmental issues of materials and material production

Valorization of agricultural waste: green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles from artichoke stem (Cynara scolymus) and cardoon extract (Cynara cardunculus) for photocatalytic applications 106

Soukaina Nehhal, Souad El Hajjaji, Meryem Bensemlali, Najoua Labjar and Younes Abrouki

Published online: 27 February 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2025024

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