The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has announced the nominees for its 5th Steelie Awards. The winners were revealed at the annual dinner of the 48th worldsteel conference in Moscow on 6 October. The trophies, known as Steelies, are awarded in seven categories this year.

The categories and nominations were:

Steel industry website of the year

• ArcelorMittal (//corporate.arcelormittal.com)
• China Steel Corporation (//www.csc.com.tw/indexe.html)
• Essar Steel (//www.essar.com)
• Severstal (//www.severstal.com/eng/index.phtml)
• voestalpine (//www.voestalpine.com/group/en)

Winner: ArcelorMittal (//corporate.arcelormittal.com)

Innovation of the year

• ArcelorMittal Dofasco for spreader beam use
• POSCO for LNG tank design
• China Steel Corporation for radio frequency tagging of product inventory
• Ruukki for effective pellet use

Winner: ArcelorMittal Dofasco for spreader beam use

Excellence in sustainability

• ArcelorMittal Sonasid for responsible ship dismantling in Morocco for steel recycling
• JSW Steel for promoting vocational education through local training centres
• Gerdau for improving the sustainability of their scrap supply chain

Winner: Gerdau for improving the sustainability of their scrap supply chain

Excellence in Life Cycle Assessment

• ArcelorMittal for their contribution to LCA development through the organisation of the annual Society and Materials conference.
• Deacero for eco-efficiency assessment of three steel production plants and LCA of three products
• Tata Steel Europe for the use of LCA to demonstrate the benefits of steel in bridge designs versus alternative materials
• JSW Steel for creating a sustainable building with the use of materials that are recyclable and sourced from low carbon footprint resources

Winner: Tata Steel Europe for the use of LCA to demonstrate the benefits of steel in bridge designs versus alternative materials

Excellence in education and training

• Baosteel for its leadership development programme
• Tata Steel Europe for its skills profiler for developing personnel capabilities
• Tenaris for development of online learning courses with The University of Sheffield and edX

Winner: Tenaris for development of online learning courses with The University of Sheffield and edX

Journalist of the year

• Thomas Biesheuvel (Bloomberg)
• Vera Blei (SteelFirst)
• Joseph Innace (Platts)
• Wenyan Lu (China Metallurgical News)
• John Miller (Wall Street Journal)
• Tanya Powley (Financial Times)

Winner: John Miller (Wall Street Journal)

Industry communicator of the year

• Wolfgang Eder (voestalpine)
• John Ferriola (Nucor)
• Lakshmi Mittal (ArcelorMittal)
• Alexey Mordashov (Severstal)
• Wang Xiao Qi (China Iron and Steel Association)
• Lejiang Xu (Baosteel)

Winner: Alexey Mordashov (Severstal)