A team from Tata Steel in India won in the category for young steel industry employees, and a team from Universidad Nacional del Sur inArgentina won in the student category.
 
The World Championship of the 8th steelChallenge took place in Brussels on 19 February 2014 with the regional champions from the first round competing for the global title. The task was to produce high strength steel billets at the lowest total cost using secondary steelmaking simulation tools at steeluniversity.org. An application of this steel is the cables of suspension bridges. To see the scoreboard, please click here.
 
Dr. Karl-Ulrich Köhler, chairman of worldsteel Education and Training Committee and CEO of Tata Steel Europe, announced the winners. Dr. Köhler said: “The steelChallenge is a key annual event organized by worldsteel. This global competition, simulating the manufacturing of steel, provides a unique opportunity to young professionals from steel companies and universities to test their skills. I am very pleased to meet these brilliant young men and women who will drive the steel industry to become even more competitive’.
 
Joon-Yang Chung, chairman of worldsteel and CEO and chairman, POSCO, presented the trophies and certificates to the champions. Mr. Chung said: “This is a fine assembly of talented young men and women from all around the world. It is a matter of great satisfaction that our industry hosts a brilliant pool of talent. The steel industry requires continuous innovation and creativity and, in exchange, offers a rewarding and challenging career. This industry boasts continuous technological innovations making a vital contribution towards the sustainable growth of society.”
 
Dr. Edwin Basson, director general of worldsteel, said: “In the successful first round in November 2013, over 2,000 entrants from 41 countries worldwide competed for the title of regional champion within 5 geographic areas. It is an impressive 76% growth in entries to this competition. I am particularly proud to provide this platform where young engineers and students meet industry leaders and experts and share knowledge and experience.”
 
Click here to watch a video of the challenge. Photos of the event are also available, click here.
 
The world champions of the Industry category:

Region	Team members	Affiliation	Country
Middle East-India-Africa	Kausik Tamuli, Animesh Kumar Singh	Tata Steel Ltd.	India

 The world champions of the Student category:

Region	Team members	Affiliation	Country
Latin America	Ezio Agustín Casalini, Francisco Brañas	Universidad Nacional del Sur	Argentina

 
The regional champions of the Industry category:

Region	Team members	Affiliation	Country
Latin America	Franco Andrés Göttig, José Ignacio Petean	Siderar SAIC	Argentina
North America	Jaclyn Howe, Alyssa Briere	U. S. Steel	Canada
Europe-CIS	Juha Erkkilä, Veli Vuorenmaa	Ruukki Metals	Finland
East Asia-Oceania	Shen Yongdai, Wang Dugang	Ansteel	China
Middle East-India-Africa	Kausik Tamuli, Animesh Kumar Singh	Tata Steel Ltd.	India

 
The regional champions of the Student category:

Region	Team members	Affiliation	Country
Latin America	Ezio Agustín Casalini, Francisco Brañas	Universidad Nacional del Sur	Argentina
North America	Seth Rummel, Allison Tengblad	Missouri University of Science and Technology	USA
Europe-CIS	Fabiano Da Silva Lima, Álax Jean Pereira Costa	DID Deutsch Institut	Germany
East Asia-Oceania	Zewei Liang, Jiafa Zhu	Wuhan University of Science and Technology	China
Middle East-India-Africa	Chandrahaasan Kattuputhur Soundararajan , Sethu Prasanth Shanmugam	PSG College of Technology	India