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2nd Steelies Awards Winners Announced

10/19/2011 - At the farewell dinner to close the 45th annual steel industry conference in Paris, the World Steel Association (worldsteel) hosted its second Steel Awards ceremony. The trophies, known as Steelies, were awarded in seven categories.

At the farewell dinner to close the 45th annual steel industry conference in Paris, the World Steel Association (worldsteel) hosted its second Steel Awards ceremony. The trophies, known as Steelies, were awarded in seven categories.
 
voestalpine won two Steelies in the categories “Steel Industry website of the year” (www.voestalpine.com) and the “Industry communicator of the year,” which is dedicated to CEO Wolfgang Eder.
 
Other final nominations for the website-of-the-year category were AISI, Dongkuk Steel, Rautaruukki, Severstal, and Tata Steel.
 
Other finalists for industry communicator of the year were Hajime Bada, Lakshmi Mittal, Paolo Rocca, and John Surma.
 
The other categories, nominations, and winners were:
  
  • worldsteel activity of the year: LCA Methodology report
    (Other nominations: SteelComm5 in London, Water Management report, SRO and Economic Forecasting 2010/2011, Safety Excellence Recognition Program, Launch of new Chinese extranet and public website)
 
  • Innovation of the year: Ansteel – Waste heat and gas recovery regeneration
    (Other nominations: ArcelorMittal – Energy/CO2 balance model; Baosteel – Waste heat and gas recovery regeneration; JFE – Super-SINTER process)
 
  • Excellence in sustainability reporting: Rautaruukki
    (Other nominations: ArcerlorMittal and Posco)
 
  • Journalist of the year: Alex MacDonald, Dow Jones
    (Other nominations: Silvia Antonioli, Thomson Reuters; Henry Cooke, SBB/Platts; Yuko Inoue, Thomson Reuters; Martin Ritchie, Metal Bulletin)
 
  • Life cycle assessment leadership: ArcelorMittal
    (Other nominations: Baosteel and Rautaruukki)
  
The Steelies winners were selected through nominations by member companies to the relevant worldsteel committees followed by final selection by expert panels. Journalist of the year and communicator of the year were selected by direct vote.
 
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world. worldsteel represents approximately 170 steel producers (including 18 of the world's 20 largest steel companies), national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. Its members represent around 85% of the world's steel.