Laboratory of Process Metallurgy has completed a process to determinate Strategical Guidelines to our activities for well past the changing of the century. We complete our mission with innovativeness in education and in research activity in co-operation with other research institutes and metallurgical industry. Laboratory also produces actively different further education events and participates other such activities. Center consists of several independent units of the University of Oulu working in numerous joint research projects.
Main work is done in the field of iron, steel and ferroalloys metallurgy.
Center s competence in high temperature chemistry is however applied in all industrial high temperature processes also other that those of metallurgical industry. Lic and Ph.D.Tech - degrees and activity in continuos education events. Undergraduate students are employed as research assistants to lab s research groups. Process development via physical and numerical modelling. Choosing, usage and cooling technology.