World Steel Association elects new officers

The board of directors for the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has elected Wolfgang Eder, chairman and CEO of Voestalpine AG, as its new chairman. The elections were held during Worldsteel’s recent annual meeting.

In addition to Eder, Worldsteel’s board of directors also announced the election of Alexey Mordashov, CEO of Seveerstal JSC, and André Gerdau Johannpeter of Gerdau SA, as vice chairmen; and Eiji Hayashida, president and CEO, JFE Steel Corp., as treasurer.

During the conference Worldsteel’s board of directors also elected the following members to its executive committee for 2014/2015:

• Wolfgang Eder, Voestalpine AG
• John Ferriola, Nucor Corp.
• Eiji Hayashida, JFE Steel Corp.
• Heinrich Hiesinger, ThyssenKrupp AG
• Sajjan Jindal, JSW Steel Ltd.
• Oh-joon Kwon, POSCO
• André Gerdau Johannpeter, Gerdau S.A.
• Mario Longhi, United States Steel Corp.
• Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal
• Alexey Mordashov, Severstal JSC
• Paolo Rocca, Techint Group
• Kosei Shindo, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.
• Lejiang Xu, Baosteel Group Corp.
• Xiaogang Zhang, Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corp.
• Edwin Basson, World Steel Association

The organization’s board also welcomed the following companies as new members:

Regular members (steel companies producing more than 1.8 million metric tons per year):

• 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 1.8 million metric tons per year):

• Elmarakby for Metallic Industries, represented by Hassan Mohamed Saad
• Slovenska Industrija Jekla, d.d., represented by Anton Chernykh
• United Metallurgical Company (OMK), represented by Anatoly Sedykh