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worldsteel Elects New Officers; Welcomes New Members
10/06/2010 - The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association has elected new officers for 2010/2011 as well as the 2010/11 Executive Committee. The Board also welcomed several companies as new members of worldsteel.
The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) has elected the following new officers for 2010/2011:
- Chairman—Hajime Bada, President & CEO, JFE Holdings
- Vice Chairmen—Paolo Rocca, Chairman and CEO, Techint Group; and Xiaogang Zhang, President, Anshan Iron & Steel Corp.
- Treasurer—John Surma, Chairman and CEO, United States Steel Corp.
The new officers will serve in their respective roles until October 2011.
The Director General of the World Steel Association, Ian Christmas, thanked Paolo Rocca, Chairman for 2009/2010, for his leadership and support over the past year.
“We are particularly pleased to see this continued growing membership from China where nearly half of global steel is produced and consumed,” said Christmas. “This is important for the industry as a whole as so much of our work involves key global issues from safety and health to technology advancement and climate change.”
The Board of Directors also elected the 2010/11 Executive Committee:
- Hajime Bada, JFE Holdings
- Joon-Yang Chung, Posco
- Daniel DiMicco, Nucor Corp.
- Wolfgang Eder, voestalpine
- Sajjan Jindal, JSW Steel Ltd.
- Andre Gerdau Johannpeter, Gerdau
- Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal
- Alexey Mordashov, Severstal
- Shoji Muneoka, Nippon Steel Corp.
- Paolo Rocca, Techint Group
- John Surma, United States Steel Corp.
- Sakari Tamminen, Rautaruukki
- Lejiang Xu, Baosteel Group
- Xiaogang Zhang, Anshan Iron & Steel Corp.
- Ian Christmas, World Steel Association.
The Board of Directors also welcomed several companies as new members of worldsteel. New regular members (steel companies producing more than 2 million short tons (1.8 mmt) per annum):
- Hebei Steel Group, represented by Yifang Wang, Chairman
- Vallourec, represented by Philippe Crouzet, Chairman of the Management Board.
New associate members(steel companies producing less than 2 million short tons per annum):
- Dongbu Steel Co., represented by Kwang-Hee Han, Vice Chairman and CEO
- Votorantim Siderurgia, represented by Albano Chagas Vieira, CEO.
New affiliate members(steel industry associations, federations, and steel research organizations):
- Malaysian Iron & Steel Federation, represented by Chong Long Chow, President
- Russian Steel Consortium (Russian Steel), represented by Eduard Potapov, Vice-President and Chairman of the management Committee.
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one of the largest industry associations in the world, representing approximately 180 steel producers (including 19 of the world's 20 largest steel companies), national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. worldsteel members produce around 85% of the world's steel.
