The World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced that it has opened registration for the 15th edition of steelChallenge- the steel industry’s biggest competitio involving students and industry employees.
The competitio will take place over two rounds. The online Regional Champioship is scheduled to take place on 25 November 2020 from 12.00 UTC. The top student and industry participant from each of the five regions – Americas, Asia-East and Oceania, Asia-North, Asia-West and Europe & Africa- will be eligible to take part in the World Champioship, which will be held on 12 April 2021. The award ceremony will be held on 13th April, 2021.
The eligible candidates can participate in the Regional Champioship by accessing the competition from the steeluniversity website. Each participant will be granted 24 hours to record at least three successful runs of the electric arc furnace and secondary steelmaking simulations, producing the required steel at the lowest cost.
The Regional Champios will be given a cash prize, a regional champioship certificate and an invitation to the World Champioship. In addition, they will be featured on steeluniversity’s website as the global industry’s promising new generation of metallurgists. The World Champios will receive the prestigious steelChallenge trophy, in addition to cash prize and World Champio certificate.