The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has announced the nominees for its 5th Steelie Awards. The winners were revealed at the annual dinner of the 48th worldsteel conference in Moscow on 6 October. The trophies, known as Steelies, are awarded in seven categories this year.

The categories and nominations were:

Steel industry website of the year

  • ArcelorMittal (http://corporate.arcelormittal.com)
  • China Steel Corporation (http://www.csc.com.tw/indexe.html)
  • Essar Steel (http://www.essar.com)
  • Severstal (http://www.severstal.com/eng/index.phtml)
  • voestalpine (http://www.voestalpine.com/group/en)

Winner: ArcelorMittal (http://corporate.arcelormittal.com)

Innovation of the year

  • ArcelorMittal Dofasco for spreader beam use
  • POSCO for LNG tank design
  • China Steel Corporation for radio frequency tagging of product inventory
  • Ruukki for effective pellet use

Winner: ArcelorMittal Dofasco for spreader beam use

Excellence in sustainability

  • ArcelorMittal Sonasid for responsible ship dismantling in Morocco for steel recycling
  • JSW Steel for promoting vocational education through local training centres
  • Gerdau for improving the sustainability of their scrap supply chain

Winner: Gerdau for improving the sustainability of their scrap supply chain

Excellence in Life Cycle Assessment

  • ArcelorMittal for their contribution to LCA development through the organisation of the annual Society and Materials conference.
  • Deacero for eco-efficiency assessment of three steel production plants and LCA of three products
  • Tata Steel Europe for the use of LCA to demonstrate the benefits of steel in bridge designs versus alternative materials
  • JSW Steel for creating a sustainable building with the use of materials that are recyclable and sourced from low carbon footprint resources

Winner: Tata Steel Europe for the use of LCA to demonstrate the benefits of steel in bridge designs versus alternative materials

Excellence in education and training

  • Baosteel for its leadership development programme
  • Tata Steel Europe for its skills profiler for developing personnel capabilities
  • Tenaris for development of online learning courses with The University of Sheffield and edX

Winner: Tenaris for development of online learning courses with The University of Sheffield and edX

Journalist of the year

  • Thomas Biesheuvel (Bloomberg)
  • Vera Blei (SteelFirst)
  • Joseph Innace (Platts)
  • Wenyan Lu (China Metallurgical News)
  • John Miller (Wall Street Journal)
  • Tanya Powley (Financial Times)

Winner: John Miller (Wall Street Journal)

Industry communicator of the year

  • Wolfgang Eder (voestalpine)
  • John Ferriola (Nucor)
  • Lakshmi Mittal (ArcelorMittal)
  • Alexey Mordashov (Severstal)
  • Wang Xiao Qi (China Iron and Steel Association)
  • Lejiang Xu (Baosteel)

Winner: Alexey Mordashov (Severstal)