The Steelie Awards recognize member companies for their contribution to the steel industry over a one-year period.
The Steelies are awarded in six categories:
Excellence in low-carbon steel production:
- HBIS Group Co., Ltd. – Unique coke oven gas zero-reforming DRI process combined with EAF
Innovation of the year:
- United States Steel Corporation – Development of a high-strength, high-formable, lean, single-phase, nano-precipitation strengthened sheet steel for automotive applications with a minimum tensile strength of 780MPa.
Excellence in sustainability
- POSCO – Fe-enhanced slag silicate fertilizer: How application of blast furnace slag reduces methane emissions in rice farming
Excellence in Life Cycle Assessment
- CITIC Pacific Special Steel Group Co., Ltd – Innovation practice in China’s first Product Category Rule (PCR) for special steel used in automotive components
Excellence in education and training
- Ternium – From conventional classroom training to high-engagement immersive training for operators using virtual reality – development of a continuous casting simulator
Excellence in communications programmes
- Gerdau S.A. – Infinite stage: with Gerdau, steel becomes key attraction at world’s largest music and entertainment festival.
