The winners of the 2015 Steelie Awards ceremony were announced during the worldsteel-49 annual dinner in Moscow on 12 October 2015.
Steel industry website of the year
Nominees:
- TMK (www.tmk-group.com)
- Severstal (www.severstal.com/eng)
- Tata Steel Europe (www.tatasteeleurope.com)
- ThyssenKruppSteel Europe (www.thyssenkrupp-steel-europe.com/en)
- voestalpine (www.voestalpine.com/group/en)
Winner: TMK (www.tmk-group.com)
Innovation of the year
Ohjoon KWON, CEO, POSCO (L) receives Innovation of the Year Steelie
Nominees:
- POSCO for lean duplex stainless steel with super ductility using a strip-casting process
- ArcelorMittal for hot-stamped laser-welded blank door rings
- Erdemir for a new approach to the risk of premature wear of copper staves in blast furnaces
- voestalpine for optimisation of the burden charging & distribution equipment in blast furnaces use
Winner: POSCO for lean duplex stainless steel with super ductility using a strip-casting process
Excellence in sustainability
Nominees:
- ArcelorMittal for their 10 sustainable development outcomes
- China Steel Corporation for the development of an industrial park using by-product fuel gases
- Tata Steel Europe for the certification of 19 construction products for responsible sourcing
Winner: ArcelorMittal for their 10 sustainable development outcomes
Excellence in Life Cycle Assessment
Nominees:
- Tata Steel Europe for the use of LCA to demonstrate the impact of the reuse of steel in a world class circular economy building in Holland
- ArcelorMittal for the use of sustainable charcoal to replace coke in blast furnaces in Brazil
- JSW Steel for using slag to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cement manufacture
- ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe for their InCar®plus ‘Solutions for automotive efficiency’ project
Winner: Tata Steel Europe for the use of LCA to demonstrate the impact of the reuse of steel in a world class circular economy building in Holland
Excellence in education and training
Nominees:
- Tata Steel Europe for developing a blended learning course for young people transitioning to management: Steelie Award winner
- ArcelorMittal for its corporate Learning Week programme
- Baosteel for training workers using advanced computer-based process simulations
- Nucor for partnering in development of an online game to enhance business acumen in the steel industry
- Tenaris for delivering the massive open online course ‘Introduction to Steel’
Winner: Tata Steel Europe for developing a blended learning course for young people transitioning to management: Steelie Award winner
Journalist of the year
Nominees:
- Maytaal Angel (Thomson Reuters)
- Vera Blei (SteelFirst)
- Sonja Elmquist (Bloomberg)
- Joseph Innace (Platts)
- Wenyan Lu (China Metallurgical News)
Winner: Joseph Innace, Editorial Director (Platts)
Industry communicator of the year
Nominees:
- Wolfgang Eder (voestalpine)
- John Ferriola (Nucor)
- Sajjan Jindal (JSW)
- Hans Jürgen Kerkhoff (German Steel Federation)
- Liu Zhenjiang (China Iron and Steel Association)
Winner: John Ferriola (Nucor)