Abstract: A killed steel is stirred in a ladle with the aid of gaseous carbon dioxide. Before the beginning of the stirring in the ladle, there is added to the quantity of deoxidizer usually employed, a supplementary quantity of deoxidizer in the molten metal, the rate of supply of carbon dioxide, bearing in mind the capacity of the ladle and the duration of the stirring, remaining less than or equal to the maximum rate of supply corresponding to the oxidation of the supplementary quantity of deoxidizer at the end of the stirring.

Abstract: Method for slag chemistry control in a refractory lined vessel during the process of refining metal by the injection of oxygen gas during a period of oxidation and by the injection of nonoxidizing gas or gases during a period of reduction and melt specification adjustment such that the slag at the completion of the refining process will have a preselected composition consisting essentially of A% alumina (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3), B% silica (SiO.sub.2), C% CaO and D% MgO and a ratio X of alumina to silica equal to a preselected value of between about 0.1 to 10. The preselected slag chemistry at the completion of refining is achieved by using a combination of aluminum and silicon to achieve as completely as possible the preselected ratio of alumina to silica in the slag while at the same time satisfying the fuel, reduction, and specification silicon requirements of the bath at the given intervals corresponding to the end of the oxidizing period, the reducing period and the final trim.