World Steel Association Elects New Officers, Welcomes New Members
10/14/2011 - The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association announced the election of new officers for 2011/2012, and also welcomed four companies as new Associate Members of worldsteel.
The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced the election of new officers for 2011/2012. The new officers, who will serve a one-year term that ends in October 2012, include:
· Chairman — Xiaogang Zhang, President, Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corp.
· Vice Chairman — Hajime Bada, President & CEO, JFE Holdings Inc.
· Vice Chairman — Alexey Mordashov, General Director, Severstal JSC
· Treasurer — John Surma, Chairman and CEO, United States Steel Corp.
The Board of Directors met on the first day of worldsteel’s 45th Annual Conference in Paris, France.
Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors, World Steel Association Director General Edwin Basson thanked Hajime Bada, Chairman for 2010/2011, for his leadership and support over the past year.
“We welcome Xiaogang Zhang as the new Chairman, Hajime Bada and Alexey Mordashov as Vice Chairmen and John Surma as Treasurer,” said Edwin Basson. “We are also delighted to welcome our new members on board.
“We are particularly pleased to see the continued growing membership from emerging countries whose economic development has generated remarkable growth in the global steel industry over the last two decades,” continued Basson. “Our growing new membership is able to access key best practices in the areas of safety and health, technology and environment.”
The Board of Directors also elected the following individuals to the 2011/12 Executive Committee:
· Hajime Bada, JFE Steel Corp.
· Joon-Yang Chung, POSCO
· Daniel DiMicco, Nucor Corp.
· Wolfgang Eder, voestalpine AG
· Heinrich Hiesinger, ThyssenKrupp
· Sajjan Jindal, JSW Steel Ltd
· André Gerdau Johannpeter, Gerdau SA
· Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal
· Alexey Mordashov, Severstal JSC
· Shoji Muneoka, Nippon Steel Corp.
· Paolo Rocca, Techint Group
· John Surma, United States Steel Corp.
· Lejiang Xu, Baosteel Group
· Xiaogang Zhang, Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corp.
· Edwin Basson, World Steel Association
The Board of Directors has also welcomed the following companies as new Associate Members of worldsteel. Worldsteel’s associate membership includes steel companies that produce less than 2 million short tons per annum.
· Compañia Siderurgica Huachipato S.A. (CAP ACERO) represented by Iván Flores, General Manager
· Iran Alloy Steel Co. represented by Eng. Mohammad Mehdi Faghieh Khorasani, Managing Director
· Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Co. Ltd (SSI), represented by Win Viriyaprapaikit
· Sunflag Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (SISCO) represented by Vipul Jain, General Manager
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world. worldsteel represents approximately 170 steel producers (including 18 of the world's 20 largest steel companies), national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. worldsteel members represent around 85% of the world's steel.
