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Emile Hiertz (* 1857 in Heinerscheid, Germany) was a Luxembourgian chemist, metallurgist and pioneer of blast furnace technology.

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Emile Hiertz visited the Atheneum in Luxembourg. Subsequently, he studied chemistry and metallurgy at the Polytechnic School Aachen. In 1879 he became a member of the Academic Association of Chemists and Metallurgical Students at the Aachen Polytechnic School, the later Corps Montania Aachen. In 1881 he began his professional career as a laboratory manager at the metallurgical works in Monceau-sur-Sambre near Charleroi. After a year he was appointed a blast furnace engineer. In 1884 he moved to the works of Karcher & amp; Westermann in Ars-sur-Moselle.

In the industrial crisis of 1886 he returned to Belgium and became a blast furnace engineer at the Société de Sclessin in Tilleur. In 1889 he became head of the blast furnace department of Société Cockerill in Seraing. There, he built the first large-scale kiln in Belgium and began the production of cement and bricks from blast furnace slag. He also promoted the use of the gouty gas as a secondary energy source. He was one of the internationally recognized experts of the ironworks industry of his time. Edit the source text Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext Single-level Edit source text

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