The winners of the 11th Steelie Awards were revealed on 14 October 2020.
Excellence in digital communications:
JSW Steel Limited
Metinvest Holding LLC
POSCO
Tata Steel Limited
Ternium
Winner - Tata Steel Limited
Innovation of the year:
Big River Steel – Development of Ultra High Strength (>100ksi yield) hot rolled steel up to 10mm thickness through a mini CSP mill with outstanding toughness
JFE Steel Corporation – Development of resource saving type Si gradient steel sheet for high-speed motors
JFE Steel Corporation - Extra-thick high arrest steel plate for ultra large container ships contributing to maritime logistics revolution (ARRESTEX)
POSCO – Manufacturing technology of high Mn steels for cryogenic LNG transportation; production, commercialisation and certification
Severstal (PAO) – The digitalisation of steelmaking
Winner - JFE Steel Corporation, Development of resource saving type Si gradient steel sheet for high-speed motors
Excellence in sustainability:
Gerdau S.A. – Gerdau Sustainable House
JFE Steel Corporation – JFE Steel’s contribution to improve marine environments using steel slag products
Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK Group) – Processing of a 5 Mt metallurgical slag dump and reclamation of the adjacent territory
POSCO - Triton Sea Forestation Project
Ternium – Natural gas replacement by the use of biomethane from a landfill at stationary combustion sources
Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (USIMINAS) - Diversity and Inclusion Programme
Winner - POSCO, Triton Sea Forestation Project
Excellence in Life Cycle Assessment:
Baosteel, China Baowu Group – Use of LCA on carbon trading market policy making
HYUNDAI Steel Company – Use of LCA to support Integrated Management System development
JSW Steel Limited – Use of LCA in new product development
Tata Steel Europe – Use of LCA to evaluate technologies for reduced greenhouse gas emission steelmaking
Tata Steel Limited – Use of LCA to assess new steel solutions in the construction sector
Winner - Baosteel, China Baowu Group - Use of LCA on carbon trading market policy making
Annalisa Villa, Team Leader News, EMEA, S&P Global Platts
Winner - Colin Richardson, Editor, Argus Media
Excellence in communications programmes:
JSW Steel Limited – Roof to Dream
Tata Steel Limited – Celebration of 100 years of India’s first planned industrial township
Tenaris – Tenaris communications response to COVID-19
Ternium – Ternium communications response to COVID-19
Ternium – The soul of Mexico
Winner -JSW Steel Limited – Roof to Dream
The selection process for the shortlist varies between awards. In most cases, the submissions are requested via the appropriate worldsteel committee. Entries are then judged by selected expert panels.