**6. Further Work**

A continuation of the present study is to systematically evaluate the EE consumption of each scrap category by performing controlled experiments. This would require a similar approach taken to achieve the experiments in this study. Specifically, modeling according to the methodology presented in this study, categorizing the scrap according to one of the provided scrap representations, and cooperating with the steel plant engineers. As a final step, the resulting EE prediction model should be implemented in the existing EAF process control system. Only then can the true effect by the model on the resulting, actual, EE consumption be investigated.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, L.S.C. and P.B.S.; methodology, L.S.C. and P.B.S.; software, L.S.C.; validation, L.S.C. and P.B.S.; formal analysis, L.S.C. and P.B.S.; investigation, L.S.C. and P.B.S.; resources, P.B.S. and P.G.J.; data curation, L.S.C.; writing–original draft preparation, L.S.C.; writing–review and editing, L.S.C. and P.B.S.; visualization, L.S.C.; supervision, P.B.S. and P.G.J.; project administration, P.B.S. and P.G.J.; funding acquisition, P.G.J. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research was funded by "Hugo Carlssons Stiftelse för vetenskaplig forskning" in the form of a scholarship granted to the corresponding author.

**Acknowledgments:** We want to thank the plant engineers Patrik Undvall and Jan Pettersson at the Ovako Steel Hofors mill for their support and data provisioning during this project.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
