Alcoa Snags Metals Company of the Year and Industry Leader-Aluminum

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CEO of the Year, one of the program's most coveted awards, went to Mario Longhi, head of United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), an integrated steel producer with major production operations in North America and Central Europe, since 2013. Judges were inspired by Longhi's clarity of vision, sound judgement and powerful motivational skills as he steered the company out of bloated costs and financial malaise and back to profitability.

Tadeu Nardocci, senior vice president of Novelis and president of Novelis South America, nabbed this year's Lifetime Achievement Award, with judges impressed by his diverse career touching every aspect of the metals industry. With a metallurgy degree, Nardocci joined Novelis, a global producer of rolled aluminum, as an engineering intern. Judges said he is now one of the few metals executives in the world who has made significant contributions to both his company and the industry across four continents.

The winner of the Rising Star Award, which recognizes vision, growth and ambition in a newer company, went to Egyptian Steel. Established in 2010 and described as an emergent leader of "New Egypt," the company earned praise from judges for its ability to distinguish itself from competition through eco-friendly technology, cost-effective transportation location and teaming with one of the top global suppliers of steel production lines to build out its plants.

Full details of the judges' rationale for its selections of the 2015 winners may be found in the Platts Global Metals Awards' Insight Magazine (http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/aboutplatts/mediacenter/mediakits/gma-2015-winners.pdf) and at this link. Following are the 2015 Platts Global Metals Awards 2015 winners:

• Breakthrough Innovation of the Year: New Steel
• CEO of the Year: United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) – Mario Longhi
• Corporate Social Responsibility Award: Teck Resources
• Deal of the Year: International Coal Venture Pvt. Limited (ICVL)
• Industry Leadership Award – Aluminum: Alcoa
• Industry Leadership Award – Base Metals: Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
• Industry Leadership Award – Raw Materials & Mining: NMDC Ltd.
• Industry Leadership Award – Scrap & Recycling: NEMAK (Premium Alloys Unit)
• Industry Leadership Award – Steel: JSW Steel Ltd.
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Novelis – Tadeu Nardocci
• Metals Distributor of the Year: Klein Steel Service Inc.
• Rising Star Award: Egyptian Steel
• Metals Company of the Year: Alcoa

For additional information, as well as the full list of finalists from which the winners were selected, see the Platts Global Metals Awards website (http://gma.platts.com/) and the media kit (http://www.platts.com/media-kits/mediagma2015).