The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has announced that Henrik Adam will succeed Edwin Basson as director general in the fourth quarter, Kallanish reports.
Basson will retire after over 15 years of leading worldsteel, with Adam expected to take the association helm around October. With more than 25 years of leadership in both steel and automotive, Adam is currently the executive chairman of Tata Steel Netherlands, president of Eurofer, and chairman of German steel institute VDEh.
Previously, Adam served as chief executive at Tata Steel Europe, as well as chief of electrical steel at thyssenkrupp.
Tata Steel and Tenaris have meanwhile been recognised as worldsteel’s sustainability champions for the ninth consecutive year since the initiative started in 2018. This year, 14 steelmakers received the title, including ArcelorMittal, Gerdau, Posco and EMSTEEL.
In addition, worldsteel has unveiled new steel producers as its regular members, which together represent roughly 85% of the global steel production. The new members include Egypt’s Almaadi Steel, South Korea’s Dongkuk Steel Mill, Spain’s Hydnum Steel, Turkey’s IÇDAŞ and US producer Steel Dynamics.
Author: Gabriela Farhangi
