L N Mittal, elected chairman of World Steel Association

ArcelorMittal CEO L N Mittal has been elected chairman of the World Steel Association, the representative body of 180 steel producers from across the globe, on the first day of its 42nd annual conference in Washington.

Mittal was also elected as member of the worldsteel executive committee.

Ku-Taek Lee, Chairman and CEO, POSCO, Paolo Rocca, Chairman and CEO, Techint Group and John Surma, chairman and CEO, US Steel, were elected vice presidennts.

The new officers will hold office for one year, until October 2009.

Ian Christmas, director general, World Steel Association, welcomed Mittal as the new chairman and expressed gratitude on behalf of the board of directors,to outgoing chairman Ku-Taek Lee, while welcoming Mittal.

We are delighted to welcome our new members on board," Christmas said.