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World Steel Association Elects New Officers, Welcomes New Members

 The new chairman takes office from 8 October 2014. The new officers are elected for one year, until October 2015.
 
Chairman:
Wolfgang Eder, chairman and CEO, voestalpine AG
Vice Chairmen: 
Alexey Mordashov, CEO, Severstal JSC
André Gerdau Johannpeter, president and CEO, Gerdau SA
Treasurer:
Eiji Hayashida, president and CEO, JFE Steel Corporation
 
On behalf of the Board of Directors, director general of the World Steel Association, Edwin Basson said; “We thank Joon-Yang Chung, chairman for 2013/2014 for his leadership and proactive involvement over the past year. We welcome Wolfgang Eder as the new chairman, Alexey Mordashov and André Gerdau Johannpeter as vice chairmen, and Eiji Hayashida as treasurer. We are also delighted to welcome our new members on board.”
 
The Board of Directors also elected the 2014/15 Executive Committee:
Wolfgang Eder, voestalpine AG
John Ferriola, Nucor Corporation 
Eiji Hayashida, JFE Steel Corporation 
Heinrich Hiesinger, ThyssenKrupp AG
Sajjan Jindal, JSW Steel Ltd
Oh-joon Kwon, POSCO 
André Gerdau Johannpeter, Gerdau S.A.
Mario Longhi, United States Steel Corporation 
Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal 
Alexey Mordashov, Severstal JSC
Paolo Rocca, Techint Group
Kosei Shindo, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation 
Lejiang Xu, Baosteel Group Corporation
Xiaogang Zhang, Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corporation
Edwin Basson, World Steel Association
 
The Board of Directors also welcomed the following companies as new members of worldsteel:
Regular members (steel companies producing more than 2 million tons (1.8 metric tons) per annum)
  • ACERINOX Group, represented by Bernardo Velazquez (Associate to Regular)
  • Hebei Iron and Steel Group, represented by Yong Yu
  • Magang (Group) Holding Co., Ltd. (Maanshan Steel) represented by Haijian Gao
  • Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Co. Ltd. (SSI) represented by Win Viriyaprapaikit (Associate to Regular)
Associate Members (steel companies producing less than 2 million tons (1.8 metric tons) per annum)
  • Elmarakby for Metallic Industries, represented by Hassan Mohamed Saad
  • SIJ - Slovenska Industrija Jekla, d.d., represented by Anton Chernykh
  • United Metallurgical Company (OMK), represented by Anatoly Sedykh