The World Steel Association (World Steel) announced the shortlist of nominees for the 17th Steelie Awards, which aim to honor member companies for their outstanding contributions to the steel industry over a full year across multiple categories that directly impact the steel sector. The winners will be revealed on Monday, October 12th.
The awards are distributed across six main categories:
Excellence in Clean Steel Production:
- Ansteel Group: Clean, carbon-free production practice using green hydrogen.
- ArcelorMittal: Circular economy for clean air at ArcelorMittal Differdange.
- China Baowu: Significant improvement in air quality through the development and deployment of low-temperature hydrothermal dry desulfurization technology for blast furnaces.
- HBIS Group: Integrated set of technologies to reduce pollution and consumption of sintering flue gas.
- JSW Steel Ltd: Renewable green hydrogen and oxygen system for clean steel production.
- Tenaris: Tenaris's decarbonization strategy relying on renewable electricity.
- Ternium: From dust to trust: self-limiting emissions and intelligent dust suppression.
Innovation in Operations and Products:
- Ansteel Group: Intensive blast furnace smelting technology for titanium and vanadium magnetic ores rich in titanium dioxide.
- EMSTEEL (UAE): From metallic challenge to industrial achievement: high-strength, high-durability large sections inhibited by silicon without the need for vacuum degassing.
- HBIS Group: Key technological innovation and application of ultra-high strength 2400 MPa hot stamping steel.
- JFE Steel Corporation: Innovative surface engineering technology based on rolling, enabling whiteness and image clarity.
- Nippon Steel Corporation: Steel sheet coated with zinc-aluminum-magnesium-silicon alloy with subsequent colored treatment, enabling production without post-painting.
Excellence in Sustainability:
- China Baowu: Hydrogen reduction and electric smelting process: a solution for sustainable development approaching carbon neutrality.
- China Steel Corporation: From industrial waste to green infrastructure: measured carbon reduction and sustainable application of basic oxygen furnace slag road paving.
- JFE Steel Corporation: JFE Blue Infrastructure Platform: achieving circular economy, biodiversity restoration, and blue carbon through steel industry by-products.
- Mobarakeh Steel Company: People First, Planet Better, Industry Stronger.
- Nippon Steel Corporation: Marine forestation project.
Excellence in Life Cycle Assessment:
- ArcelorMittal: Scaling up digital governance for life cycle assessment across ArcelorMittal.
- EMSTEEL (UAE): From plant data to carbon decisions: EMSTEEL's LCA-powered program.
- Hyundai Steel: Standardizing LCA methodologies for improved comparability of steel products.
- Jingye Group: Digitizing the carbon footprint of the entire steel product lifecycle to enable high-quality trade development.
- JSW Steel Ltd: Life Cycle Assessment in practical application.
Excellence in People:
- China Baowu: Digital intelligence engineer talent development system initiative.
- InfraBuild: Building the future steel workforce: InfraBuild's workforce renewal system.
- Jindal Steel Ltd: Safety engineering, site by site.
- Tata Steel: Building an AI-ready organization: transforming workforce capabilities into business value.
- Usiminas: Steel minds, fiercer and stronger future: Usiminas's mental health program.
Excellence in Communication Programs:
- ArcelorMittal: Healing Domes for repurposing weapons into safe spaces for children through material metaphor.
- Gerdau: Gerdau steel forms the world's largest skate ramp and sets new world records.
- Hyundai Steel: Hyundai Steel collaboration in the music video 'Dirty Work'.
- POSCO: POSCO Studio.
It should be noted that the nomination selection process varies for each award, with specialized and selected judging committees evaluating submissions based on pre-agreed performance criteria.
