Introduction

The Steelie Awards recognise World Steel Association (worldsteel) member companies for their contribution to the steel industry over a one-year period. The selection process for nominations varies between awards. In most cases, nominations are requested through the appropriate membership committee and the worldsteel extranet. Entries are then judged by selected expert panels using agreed performance criteria. The winners of the 2022 Steelie Awards were announced on Monday, 17 October 2022.

Nominations overview

Excellence in low-carbon steel production

Ansteel Group Corporation Limited Low CO2 emission blast furnace charge solution based on low basicity high silicon pellets and its application
Ansteel Group Corporation Limited The R&D of digitisation and networking energy management system at the Bayuquan site
ArcelorMittal CO2 reduction by means of coke oven gas co-injection in blast furnace
JSW Steel Limited Project SEED (Sustainable Energy Environment and Decarbonisation)
Tenaris Smart furnace for scrap use optimisation based on mathematical models and data science
Ternium Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) in Ternium Mexico

Innovation of the year

Big River Steel, a U. S. Steel Company Development of a single phase (SP) nano-precipitation strengthened batch-annealed SP590 sheet steel with outstanding formability: a low-cost, greener DP590 alternative?
HYUNDAI Steel Company Development of materials for electric vehicle reducer
HYUNDAI Steel Company Development of 1.5 GPa hot stamping steel in conjunction with high toughness performance
JFE Steel Corporation Novel arc welding process for heavy-thickness steel plates with ultra-narrow groove weld joints
POSCO STS high-speed extended width AC electrolytic pickling technology

Excellence in sustainability

Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited An innovative project for utilising 100% induction furnace slag to replace unsustainable fired clay bricks and stone chips in Bangladesh.
Gerdau S.A. BIOCOKE
JFE Steel Corporation Refractories for hot metal transport vessels contributing to a sustainable society
JSW Steel Limited Development of construction sand from waste steel slag
POSCO Recycling shell waste for sustainable steelmaking

Excellence in Life Cycle Assessment

ArcelorMittal Carbon footprint of cold stamping and hot stamping components
HBIS Group Co., Ltd. Using LCA to promote the carbon emission reduction in the whole value chain of hydrogen-based DRI projects
JSW Steel Limited Developing and implementing an Environment Product Declaration (EPD) programme and promoting it in market communications
Nippon Steel Corporation EPD development for steel products
Tata Steel PACI – a tool to support innovation and customer engagement through life cycle thinking in the steel value chain
Tata Steel Using LCA to identify environmental hotspots to drive decarbonisation

Excellence in education and training

Emirates Steel Arkan Career Aspirations Programme
HBIS Group Co., Ltd. High Skilled Talents Training Centre
JSW Steel Limited TalenTech
Tata Steel Capability Building for Agile Transformation (UDAAN)
Ternium Competences Certification Programme for Risky Tasks (CCRT)

Excellence in communications programmes

Gerdau S.A. How the century-old Gerdau transformed its image and became the steel company with the highest global engagement
HYUNDAI Steel Company Children’s Vocational Experience Center
JSW Steel Limited ‘Always Around’ campaign
POSCO Programme designed to bring the steel industry closer to the social media-savvy MZ generation
Tata Steel Communication on diversity and inclusion
Tenaris New way of working and new offices
Ternium Ternium Safety Day

 

And the winners are…

Excellence in low-carbon steel production

Innovation of the year

Excellence in sustainability

Excellence in Life Cycle Assessment

Excellence in education and training

Excellence in communications programmes