The World Association, together with the Chinese Association of ferrous metallurgy, held a one -day conference in Guangzhou according to the prospects of using steel in the world auto industry

The World Association became the World Steel Association (WorldSteel) together with the Chinese China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) Chinese Metallurgy Association with the Chinese International Trade Committee and the CCPIT-Auto Committee) The conference dedicated to the issues of use has become in the automotive industry entitled "Green Production. The future of steel and auto industry. ”

The conference was opened by the recently resigned from the post of Posco CEO, Worldsteel Chairman June Jan Chung. The chairman of CISA and the director of Baosteel Leyang Xui made a return word. Both speakers acquainted those present with the current position in the steel market and trends in the field of state policy at China ferrous metallurgy enterprises. More than 140 representatives of the automobile and steel industry in the world participated in the meeting.

The leitmotif of the speeches was the importance of joint work of steel manufacturers and cars to search for design and technological solutions aimed at reducing the weight of the car, in addition, the general director of Worldsteel Edwinbasson invited the conference participants to take the courage and begin to consider the amount of carbon emissions taking into account the entire life cycle, which is released 20 times less harmful substances than during the release aluminum products.

“We believe that the assessment of emissions throughout the life cycle is crucial for the full picture,” Basson said, “first of all, this is necessary to assess the real number of CO2 emissions during the life cycle of the car.”

The conference participants emphasized that the latest developments in the field of ultra of strong steels can be a breakthrough in the automotive industry and "is a step forward to green production." Steel provides an almost unlimited number of options for its use in the design of the car and no other material gives such flexibility in use.

In turn, China’s car manufacturers represented by the Automobile Industry Committee stated that steel in the coming decades would be an “optimal” choice for the world automotive industry. “We are pleased to see that our partners in the steel industry have achieved significant success in the production of new brands of steels, which will support the desire of the automotive industry towards green production,” the comments of CCPIT-Auto said.