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Former worldsteel Director General Receives Bessemer Gold Medal
10/27/2011 - Ian Christmas, former Director General of worldsteel, recently received the Bessemer Gold Medal from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) in London.
Ian Christmas, former Director General of worldsteel, recently received the Bessemer Gold Medal from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) in London. The medal presentation was part of IOM3's annual Sir Henry Bessemer Lecture and Dinner event.
Jan Lewis, President of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, presented the medal to Christmas, who also delivered the Sir Henry Bessemer Lecture. In his address, he focused on the critical importance of a sustainable steel industry for the future.
The Bessemer Gold Medal is awarded for outstanding services to the steel industry. In giving the award to Christmas, Lewis said that he had been instrumental in promoting the economic importance, value, and relevance of steel to the modern world.
Henry Bessemer was an inventor and engineer. He was responsible for the Bessemer steelmaking process.
