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Jindal Steel Limited wins worldsteel's 2026 Steelie Award for 'Excellence in People'

15-10-2026 · English

Jindal Steel Limited wins worldsteel's 2026 Steelie Award for 'Excellence in People'

Topics: Awards · 15 October 2026 Current Affairs (UPSC / TNPSC / SSC / RRB)

News

The World Steel Association's (worldsteel) 17th Steelie Awards were presented in New Delhi on 12 Oct 2026. Jindal Steel Limited (formerly Jindal Steel & Power – JSPL) won in the 'Excellence in People' category for its 'Dakshata Engineering Safety' programme. Another Indian firm, JSW Steel, won 'Excellence in clean steel production' (for its green hydrogen–oxygen ecosystem). Japan's Nippon Steel won in two categories.

Key facts

Awards17th Steelie Awards – 12 Oct 2026, New Delhi
Jindal Steel'Excellence in People' – 'Dakshata Engineering Safety: One Duty Position at a Time'
JSW Steel'Excellence in clean steel production' – green hydrogen and oxygen ecosystem; worldsteel 'Sustainability Champion' for the 8th year
Other winnersNippon Steel (2 categories), JFE Steel, Hyundai Steel, Aceros AZA (Chile)
Jindal SteelChairman Naveen Jindal; main plants – Angul (Odisha), Raigarh (Chhattisgarh)

Background

  • World Steel Association: founded 10 July 1967 in Brussels as the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI); renamed 'worldsteel' in 2008; HQ Brussels (Belgium); members make about 85% of the world's steel. The Steelie Awards began in 2010.
  • India is the world's second-largest crude steel producer (China first). The Draft National Steel Policy 2047 targets 604 million tonnes of capacity (12.10.2026 set, item 14).
  • 'Dakshata' means 'skill / efficiency' in Sanskrit. Jindal Steel's Raipur Machinery Division recorded a lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) of 0.00 in 2025–26.

Tamil Nadu link: JSW Steel has a plant at Salem (formerly Southern Iron & Steel); SAIL's Salem Steel Plant makes stainless steel.

Source: AJOT (winners list), ThePrint (ANI), Nippon Steel release, Oct 2026; worldsteel; Wikipedia

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