On April 25th and 26th, the International Conference 2024 on Cokemaking Technologies of the VDKF (Verein Deutscher Kokereifachleute e. V., https://vdkf-ev.de/) took place at the Triple Z in Essen (ZukunftsZentrumZollverein, https://www.triple-z.de/).

Within the conference the chair of VDKF Mr. Kopietz announced that the Institute of Thermal, Environmental and Resources’ Process Engineering (ITUN) of TUBAF will be funded in 2024 by the "Deutsche Kokerei Stiftung" (German Coking Foundation) for the ongoing development of lumpy carbon carriers for metallurgy from alternative feedstocks as biomass and agricultural waste materials.

We cordially thank the "Deutsche Kokerei Stiftung" for their recognition and financial support!