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Steel solutions in the green economy – Affordable social housing

Brussels, 19 August 2014 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the third booklet in the Steel Solutions in the Green Economy series titled Affordable social housing. This booklet illustrates the economic, environmental and social benefits of steel modular houses. Steel is lightweight compared to many other building materials used for the same purpose …

worldsteel calls for an industry-wide safety audit

Brussels, 14 April 2014 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) calls for an industry-wide safety audit across the steel industry on the occasion of the Steel Safety Day on 28 April. This safety initiative coincides with the World Safety Day held by the International Labour Organisation and aims to engage the entire steel industry as …

Sustainability Indicators: A decade of collective achievement by the steel industry

São Paulo, 08 October 2013 – worldsteel has published its 2013 Sustainability Indicators, providing the steel industry sustainability performance trend for the last decade.   Edwin Basson, Director General of worldsteel, said: “The steel industry established a set of eight sustainability indicators in 2003 to measure its environmental, social and economic performance, in recognition of …

World Steel Association elects new officers and welcomes new members

São Paulo, 07 October 2013 – The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) has elected the following new officers for 2013/2014: Chairman:                    Joon-Yang Chung, Chairman and CEO, POSCO Vice Chairmen:           Alexey Mordashov, CEO, Severstal JSC                                        Wolfgang Eder, Chairman and CEO, voestalpine AG Treasurer:                   Eiji Hayashida, President and CEO, JFE Steel Corporation …

New Publication from Worldsteel: Steel Solutions in the Green Economy

Brussels, 29 May 2013 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the second booklet in the Steel Solutions in the Green Economy series titled FutureSteelVehicle. This booklet details WorldAutoSteel’s latest FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) project, which features steel body structure designs that reduce the mass of the body-in-white to 188 kg and reduce total life cycle …

World Steel Association praises new ISO standard

Brussels, 21 March 2013 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) welcomes the publication of an ISO standard that defines a calculation method of carbon dioxide emission intensity from iron and steel production. The standard is based on the CO2 data collection methodology that has been used for the past five years in the steel industry. …