Members area English 中文 About us Our stories Media centre Steel by topic Publications Home About us Who we are The World Steel Association (worldsteel) was founded as the International Iron and Steel Institute on 10 July 1967. It changed its name to the World Steel Association on 6 October 2008. The association is celebrating its 50th year anniversary in 2017. worldsteel is a non-profit organisation with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. A second office in Beijing, China, opened in April 2006. worldsteel represents over 160 steel producers (including 9 of the world's 10 largest steel companies), national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. worldsteel members represent around 85% of world steel production. Our goals: To act as the focal point for the steel industry providing global leadership on all major strategic issues impacting the industry, particularly focusing on economic, environmental and social sustainability Deliver benchmarking analysis and drive global improvement initiatives in the areas of environmental protection, technology, safety and people development Promote global market development opportunities for steel and promote steel to the world at large Provide on a timely basis world-class economic data and analysis on the global steel industry and its value chain, as well as assessments on life cycle aspects of steel Increase awareness, understanding and support for the steel industry amongst all external stakeholders and key target audiences worldwide Promote market competition that is free of government interventions preventing fair trade Our activities focus on: Automotive Climate change Communications Construction Life cycle assessment Raw materials Safety and health Steel market analysis steeluniversity Sustainability Technology and environment. To find out more about our activities click here. Links Areas of activity Our people Governance History Positions vacant Profile 2016/2017 Download publication and find out more. More on worldsteel membership Contact us If you have a specific question you would like to ask us, please complete our contact form. Brussels office Rue Colonel Bourg 120 - B-1140 Brussels - Belgium T: +32 2 702 89 00 - F: +32 2 702 88 99 - E: steel@worldsteel.org Beijing office C413 Office Building - Beijing Lufthansa Center - 50 Liangmaqiao Road Chaoyang District - Beijing 100125 - China T: +86 10 6464 6733 - F: +86 10 6468 0728 - E: china@worldsteel.org steeluniversity.org | worldautosteel.org | worldstainless.org | worldsteel.org worldsteel news Sign up to receive our e-newsletter. You can easily unsubscribe at any time. Sign up © 2017 worldsteel