The Steelie Awards recognise member companies for their contribution to the steel industry over a one-year period.
The Steelies are awarded in six categories:
Excellence in low-carbon steel production:
- HBIS Group Co., Ltd. – Unique coke oven gas zero-reforming DRI process combined with EAF
Innovation of the year:
- Big River Steel, a US Steel Company Development of a high-strength, high-formable, lean, single-phase, nano-precipitation strengthened sheet steel for automotive applications with a minimum tensile strength of 780MPa
Excellence in sustainability
- POSCO – Fe-enhanced slag silicate fertilizer: How application of blast furnace slag reduces methane emissions in rice farming
Excellence in Life Cycle Assessment
- CITIC Pacific Special Steel Group Co., Ltd – Innovation practice in China’s first Product Category Rule (PCR) for special steel used in automotive components
Excellence in education and training
- Ternium – From conventional classroom training to high-engagement immersive training for operators using virtual reality – development of a continuous casting simulator
Excellence in communications programmes
- Gerdau S.A. – Infinite stage: with Gerdau, steel becomes key attraction at world’s largest music and entertainment festival.
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The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world, with members in every major steel-producing country. worldsteel represents steel producers, national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. Members represent around 85% of global steel production.