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The September 2021 issue is now available to read online packed with in-depth features, articles, market analysis and high-profile interviews.
Read our past issues here or continue scrolling to see our awards finalsts.
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September 2021
Kudumane Manganese Resources CEO Thembelani Gantsho is passionate about the opportunities for South African mining. He spoke with Janie Davies about his first-hand experience of funding and operating a new mine and the outlook for the nation’s mining industry.
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June 2021
With responsibilities across Tata Steel’s diverse international portfolio of steelmaking assets, CEO and managing director TV Narendran has a wide-ranging view of, and experience in, the global steel industry. He told Kunal Bose about the company’s strategy to thrive in a changing world for major steel producers.
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May 2021
GEM chairman Kaihua Xu has worked on building a path for recycling in China since the mid-1990s. He recalls the key steps along the way and discusses the growth and outlook for one of China’s leading recycling businesses with Susan Zou.
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April 2021
Midrex Technologies, owned by Kobe Steel Ltd. of Japan, sets great store by the development of the major DRI and HBI production plants that it designs, supplies, and helps to maintain globally. President & CEO Stephen Montague tells Richard Barrett that he is passionate about the importance of people in his company’s success and the attitude and focus needed to have a positive impact in a decarbonizing steel industry.
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March 2021
‘The family is at the service of the company and not the other way around’ In her early career, La Farga CEO Inka Guixà had not considered working for the business founded by her father and grandfather, but in her late-20s she accepted an invitation to join the company and assist in its expansion. She recounts her route to the top of the business and discusses the outlook for copper with Andrea Hotter.
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February 2021
‘We have come a long way in ten years’ Masan High-Tech Materials CEO Craig Bradshaw succeeded in his early career in mining as a trouble-shooter fixing underperforming parts of businesses, but for the past ten years he has relished the opportunity to help to build a new mining company, he told Fastmarkets’ Ewa Manthey
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January 2021
Holman Head retired from his role as president and chief operating officer of O’Neal Industries, Inc. at the end of September. He recalls the substantial growth of the business during his 40-year career with the company and discusses likely future trends with Bette Kovach
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Nov-Dec 2020
Alba CEO Ali Al Baqali worked long and hard to get the qualifications and experience he needed to lead the major aluminium producer in Bahrain. Andrea Hotter discusses his path to the top with him and the company’s strategy now in challenging global markets for primary aluminium producers
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October 2020
In this issue, we talk strategy with Trafigura CEO, Jeremy Weir. Trafigura’s revenue was $171.5-billion in 2019, with group businesses in metals, oil, power & renewables and shipping.
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September 2020
In this issue, we speak with Hilde Merete Aasheim who has faced many challenges and seized multiple opportunities as CEO of major Norwegian aluminium and energy company Norsk Hydro.
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July/August 2020
In this issue, we cover the global crisis, new ways of working, China’s infrastructure spending, 5G technology plus so much more.
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June 2020
In this issues, we speak with Cleveland-Cliffs’ chief Lourenco Goncalves, plus we reveal the Annual Fastmarkets Top steelmakers award winners.
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May 2020
In this issue, we speak with AISI president and CEO Tom Gibson, plus we unveil all of the Global Awards for Steel Excellence finalists.
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April 2020
In this issue, we had an exclusive interview with Vedanta Zinc International CEO Deshnee Naidoo, as well as global market reporting.
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March 2020 Issue
In this issue we do an annual summary review of key insights from leaders interviewed for our cover profiles over the past 12 months.
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Global Awards for Steel Excellence - 2020 Finalists
Best Innovation - Product
- Sennebogen LLC
- Majestic Steel USA
- Big River Steel
- Metal Networks.ai
- Trinity Products
Best Innovation - Process
- ArcelorMittal Hamilton Research & Development
- Prospect Steel Company
- Cronimet Envirotec
- Reynolds Services Inc.
- Metal Networks.ai
- ArcelorMittal Dofasco
- Marcegaglia Ravenna
Best Mergers & Acquisitions
- Aveva
- Lock Joint Tube
- Target Metal Blanking
Best Operational Improvements
- Majestic Steel USA
- Marcegaglia Ravenna
- Target Metal Blanking
- Fives and Marcegaglia Ravenna, joint submission
Technology/IT Provider of the Year
- Aveva
- Metal Networks.ai
- BM Group Polyec SPA
- Dassault Systems
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Canvas Analytics
- Fero Labs
Financial Services Provider of the Year
- Steel Hedge
- BMO Harris Bank N.A.
- Sennebogen LLC
- Weissenrieder & Co. AB
- Global Principal Partners
- Bank of America
Legal Services Provider of the Year
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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
- Morris, Manning & Martin LLP
- Wiley Rein LLP
Information Technology Services
- Noodle.ai
- Canvas Analytics
- Fives and Marcegaglia Ravenna, joint submission
- Fero Labs
Logistics/Transportation Provider
- PLS Logistics Services
- Ports of Indiana
- Ryder System Inc
- Port of Brownsville
Scrap Company of the Year - large
- Ferrous Processing & Trading
- OmniSource
- Schnitzer Steel Industries
- W. Silver Recycling
Scrap Company of the Year - small to midsize
- ICD Alloys & Metals
- Southern Recycling
Scrap company of the year – EMEA
- Sharif Metals Group
- RKG International FZC
Scrap Equipment Company
- Sennebogen LLC
- Stahlwerke Bochum GmbH
- Wendt Corporation
Tube & Pipe Manufacturer
- Corinth Pipeworks
- Webco Industries
- Borusan Mannesmann
- Nucor Tubular Products
Best Service Center - large
- Alro Steel
- Leeco Steel
- Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
- Kloeckner Metals
Service Center of the year - small-midsize
- Jemison Metals
- Target Steel
- Klein Steel Service
- Flack Global Metals
- Majestic Steel USA
Production/Processor/Fabricator of the Year
- Ferragon Corporation
- Precision Strip
- PJ Tube
- Prospect Steel Company
Steel Producer of the Year
- Nucor Corp.
- SSAB Americas
- Steel Dynamics Inc.
- Outokumpu Americas
Raw Materials/Consumables/Ferroalloys
- Lhoist
- Metalloinvest
- Sibanthracite LLC
- Largo Resources Ltd
- Cronimet Envirotec
Workforce Diversity
- Hatch
- Majestic Steel USA
- SSAB Americas
Automotive Supplier of the Year
- Nucor
- Target Steel
- Gerdau Special Steel North America
Ferrous Futures Trading Company of the Year
- FIS Ltd
- Flack Global Metals
- Theme International Trading
Exchange Company of the Year
- Shanghai Futures Exchange
- Singapore Exchange
- The London Metal Exchange
Environmental Responsibility/Stewardship
- Cronimet Envirotec GmbH
- SSAB
- Linde plc