World Steel Association Announced its 17th Steelie Awards Finalists, Including 2 HBIS Projects

September 28, the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) announced the finalists for the 17th Steelie Awards. HBIS project of Complete set of technology for reducing pollution and consumption of sintering flue gas won the Award of Excellence in Clean Steel Production and HBIS project of Key Technological xingkong星空体育 and Application of 2400 MPa grade ultra-high strength and toughness hot stamping steel won the the Award of xingkong星空体育 in Process and Product xingkong星空体育.

HBIS is advancing green transformation through industry-academia-research collaboration, developing an integrated sintering flue gas xingkong星空体育 that cuts pollution and energy use. By combining large-proportion selective flue gas recirculation, CO catalytic oxidation heat recovery, and data-driven prediction models, it achieves source reduction, waste heat recovery, and intelligent dynamic response—offering a new path to resolve the "pollution control increases carbon emissions" dilemma in sintering.

HBIS has launched the industry's first 2400MPa ultra-high-strength and high-toughness hot-formed automotive steel, targeting core customer needs and cutting-edge technology. This breakthrough overcomes the traditional design limits of hot-formed steel and the industry challenge of balancing high strength with high toughness. The product offers excellent formability, weldability, and delayed fracture resistance, with comprehensive performance verified through multi-spec industrial production and parts manufacturing. It establishes a full technical chain—from composition xingkong星空体育 and micro-structure control to industrial production and parts safety application—providing a high-performance, lightweight, and scalable material solution for premium automotive safety structural components, driving material upgrading in the automotive steel industry and supporting high-quality development of the auto sector.

The Steelie Awards recognize member companies for their contribution to the steel industry over a one-year period in a series of categories impacting the industry. The Steelies are awarded in six categories: Excellence in clean steel production for winner’s swift action and effectively cutting their carbon footprints in production, including the climate impact and other material emission to environment. The Award of xingkong星空体育 in process and product xingkong星空体育 is for the member companies that develop new processes and products to improve their efficiencies, yields and equipment stability through technological upgrades.