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| WSA Elects Xiaogang Zhang, President, Anshan Iron & Steel Group As New Chairman |
| = Alexey Mordashov elected as new Vice Chairmen = |
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The Board of Directors of the World Steel Association (WSA, worldsteel) met on the first day of worldsteel's 45th annual conference in Paris, France and announced the election of the following new officers for 2011/2012: - Chairman : Xiaogang Zhang, President, Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corporation - Vice Chairmen : Hajime Bada, President & CEO, JFE Holdings Inc Alexey Mordashov, General Director, Severstal JSC - Treasurer : John Surma, Chairman and CEO, United States Steel Corporation The new officers were elected for one year, until October 2012. Also the Board of Directors welcomed the following companies as new members (associate members producing less than 2 million short tons per annum) of worldsteel. - Compañia Siderurgica Huachipato S.A. (CAP ACERO) - Iran Alloy Steel Company - Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Company Ltd (SSI) - Sunflag Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (SISCO) On behalf of the Board of Directors, the Director General of the World Steel Association, Edwin Basson thanked Hajime Bada, Chairman for 2010/2011, for his leadership and support over the past year. Edwin Basson said, "We welcome Xiaogang Zhang as the new Chairman, Hajime Bada and Alexey Mordashov as Vice Chairmen and John Surma as Treasurer. We are also delighted to welcome our new members on board." [Executive Committee] <>Hajime Bada, JFE Steel Corporation <>Joon-Yang Chung, POSCO <>Daniel DiMicco, Nucor Corporation <>Wolfgang Eder, voestalpine AG <>Heinrich Hiesinger, ThyssenKrupp <>Sajjan Jindal, JSW Steel Ltd <>André Gerdau Johannpeter, Gerdau SA <>Lakshmi Mittal, ArcelorMittal <>Alexey Mordashov, Severstal JSC <>Shoji Muneoka, Nippon Steel Corporation <>Paolo Rocca, Techint Group <>John Surma, United States Steel Corporation <>Lejiang Xu, Baosteel Group <>Xiaogang Zhang, Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corporation <>Edwin Basson, World Steel Association [Associate Members (steel companies producing less than 2 million short tons per annum] <>Compañia Siderurgica Huachipato S.A. (CAP ACERO) represented by Iván Flores, General Manager <> Iran Alloy Steel Company represented by Eng. Mohammad Mehdi Faghieh Khorasani, Managing Director <>Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Company Ltd (SSI), represented by Win Viriyaprapaikit <>Sunflag Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (SISCO) represented by Vipul Jain, General Manager |
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