Category Overview

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Open to companies operating in the Aluminum industry.

Judges will focus exclusively on performance and achievements since June 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open to companies active in base, minor, and specialty metals, such as copper, zinc, tin, nickel, lead, molybdenum, ferroalloys, light and battery metals (including silicon, lithium, cobalt, graphite and magnesium), stainless and tool steel.

Many of the base and specialty metals are coming off record or multi-year highs, buffeted by supply deficits, shipping constraints and cost increases. Producers and fabricators have also faced supply chain starts and stops that kept demand from meeting expectations, particularly from the automotive sector. This award recognizes companies that properly managed the volatility and external pressures, while pushing toward new markets and technologies. Award-worthy companies will have adapted quickly, contained costs, and taken advantage of the expansion cycle. Judges will identify companies that were reliable suppliers even as they adapted to the changing world.

Judges will focus exclusively on performance and achievements since June 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open miners of raw materials, producers, and firms operating in upstream inputs for metals making, including components essential to metals-making processes.

Investor and market emphasis on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors changing feedstock choices, and logistics challenges have required raw materials and mining companies to be nimble to navigate their way to profits. A shift among steelmakers' iron ore and pellet grade preferences, continued pricing volatility in iron ore and coal as APAC trade restrictions emerged and a lack of clarity regarding the extent of steel-making and aluminum-smelting production cuts in China made this year a challenging one for this sector.

Judges will look for firms that have made mining or processing raw materials more efficient and/or environmentally friendly, while positioning themselves for long-term growth and greater market share.

Judges will focus exclusively on performance and achievements since June 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open to all companies active in gold, silver and PGMs such as platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium and iridium.

Following an overall disappointing year for gold and silver markets, investors remain confident that precious metals prices will reflect broader inflationary pressures in 2022, but not without risk, such as a rising U.S. dollar index in anticipation of Federal Reserve monetary policy tightening. The industrial-driven PGMs were held in check in early 2021 but are poised to surge as demand comes back from the automotive sector.

Successful companies have been able to navigate not only the fluctuating equities markets, but also pandemic-driven production issues in South Africa and the chronic impact of semiconductor shortages on their major end users. This award recognizes companies that have attracted investors, successfully dealt with price volatility and diversified to maximize access to capital and market opportunities.  The independent judging panel will look at factors such as hedging strategies, cost management, government and labor outreach and use of sustainable technologies.

Judges will look for firms that have made mining or processing raw materials more efficient and/or environmentally friendly, while positioning themselves for long-term growth and greater market share.

Judges will focus exclusively on performance and achievements since June 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open to companies operating in the scrap and recycling sector, including firms ranging from brokers to collectors to processors, shredders and distributors.

Keeping a watchful eye on China's scrap metal potential, the metals recycling industry continues to face shifting trade flows , as changing consumer preferences, trade restrictions, greater competition for material and a rising profile for alternative metals-making inputs. All of these factors made navigating global recycling chains and profit-making more challenging than ever.

This award recognizes metals recycling companies of all sizes that have adapted and thrived in this changing environment by positioning themselves to take advantage of new opportunities. Judges will identify the company that exhibited the best all-around performance in executing growth initiatives, while maintaining high levels of financial performance and scrap-processing quality.

Judges will focus exclusively on performance and achievements since June 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open to all companies that produce finished carbon steel products.

As global steel demand returned and price levels for both finished products and raw materials touched new highs, keeping up with consumption made for another challenging year.

Trade barriers remained as everyday obstacles facing international steelmakers, already accustomed to volatility and economic uncertainty. New capacity started to emerge and decarbonization came to the forefront, while advances in alternative materials continued to pressure steelmakers to rely on innovation in order to succeed.

The independent judging panel will identify steelmakers that have led the way in industry advances such as new steelmaking processes, carbon reduction initiatives or improved labor relations. Companies that have forged alliances across competitive lines to improve technologies, distribution networks or other business aspects also will be considered.

Judges will focus exclusively on performance and achievements since June 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open to all firms operating in metals financial services, including traders, brokers, exchanges, clearing houses, banks and capital markets including private equity firms and hedge funds.

These service providers excel by delivering fast, efficient, transparent, safe, well-regulated and well-capitalized services that better meet the needs of their clients in the face of strong competition.  This also could be demonstrated, for example, by market share and rate of growth.

Among key considerations, judges will evaluate significant business volumes traded alongside integrity and financial security.

The independent judging panel will focus exclusively on performance and achievements since June 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open to service centers, brokers, ports and companies active in processing, warehousing, shipping, testing, logistics and transportation.

These service providers add value to their links in the metals chain on a daily basis. They offer superior customer service, consistently meeting quality targets and delivery deadlines, and exhibiting a commitment to both safety and the bottom line. Among key characteristics, the independent judges will also value inventory turn rates that significantly outpace those of their peers.

The independent judging panel will focus exclusively on performance and achievements since June 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open to all organizations active in the metals space, including end-users and financial entities such as exchanges and private equity firms.

Operating in uncertain economic times and everchanging geopolitical situations, metals leaders continued to conclude deals and take advantage of targeted growth opportunities over the past year. This category aims to reflect the changing landscape created by these global transactions, investments, divestitures, alliances or partnerships. Deal of the Year will recognize the significance and success of asset buyouts, joint ventures, strategic company alliances or full company mergers or acquisitions, as well as strategic spin-offs that strengthened organizations.

Note: This award is for a specific investment in the given time frame. Metal or steel investment portfolio businesses should not submit their whole portfolio for consideration.

In the interests of judging the financial success of an investment, judges will consider any investment made since January 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open to miners, producers, processors, equipment makers, exchanges, clearing houses, recyclers, technology providers, software creators, end-users and others contributing to the metals value chain.

This category acknowledges the work of an organization instrumental in taking a promising metals production technology or process, trading platform or software tool and expanding its use or impact. The award recognizes innovators or first movers, as well as those with the perseverance to transform an existing process or make it remarkably better.

Judges will focus on the research, development and commercialization of ingenious and cost-effective ways to enhance one or more of the following key objectives: greater efficiency, higher productivity, better quality and lower environmental impact. The scope of the award ranges from raw materials supply, through primary production and further processing, to the trading and end-user interface, including technologies, such as blockchain or fintech.

The independent judging panel will consider any metals or metals-related production technology or process launched, patented or fundamentally improved since January 2021. Technologies operating in pilot facilities or initial phases will be considered.

Judging Criteria

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Open to all organizations operating in the metals space.

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award illuminates the ever-important convergence between profitability and company values. CSR will recognize the organization that best demonstrates leadership, commitment to action and real-world impacts from across its business.

The judges will seek a high-performing organization that has evidenced its positive influence on surrounding communities in times of crisis, promoted teamwork toward sustainable, long-term impacts and/or demonstrated significant advancement of initiatives aimed at decarbonizing metals-making processes. The winning company will have encouraged active employee participation beyond mere financial contributions. Not only will this organization have established a commitment to society and its wellbeing, but also will have a compelling communications program that effectively presents the influence and commitment toward a more economically just and environmentally sustainable society.

The independent judging panel will consider any program implemented in 2021 or ongoing.

Judging Criteria

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Open to all organizations operating in the metals space.

Metals certification programs, tied to GHG emissions and ESG benchmarks, along with the development and adoption of standards are high on the agenda.

The assessment of companies' ESG metrics has moved from a simple corporate responsibility to an investment proposition, with increasing scrutiny around a range of environmental factors. Companies may also be recognized for working across their sector to advance emissions-reduction certification and processes or other environmental and social governance activities.

Judges will consider all sustained programs currently in operation and scheduled to continue through 2022.

*Social Responsibility projects should be submitting under the Corporate Social Responsibility Category

Judging Criteria

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Open to miners, metals producers, processors, equipment makers, exchanges, clearing houses, recyclers, technology providers, blockchain pioneers and any others contributing to the metals value chain since January 2014.

The world of metals is filled with companies that exhibit an entrepreneurial spirit of advancing new technologies, transforming markets and re-evaluating established traditions in order to move the industry forward.

The Rising Star Award recognizes the achievements of either a genuine startup business or an existing business that has moved into a new field. Disrupting a new space in an already crowded industry takes guts, vision, superior execution, marketing and a nimble organization.

Entrants might include, for example, companies with a regional or country focus that have successfully positioned themselves on the world stage, engineering or trading startups, businesses that have moved their entire focus upstream or downstream within a given industry, or those who have grown exponentially by pushing beyond the technological status quo.

In the interests of evaluating track records, judges will consider all companies contributing to the metals value chain created since January 2014.

Judging Criteria

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Open to any non-CEO or overall business unit leader who is focused on investment, strategy, commercial, projects, technology, HR, diversity and inclusion, policy, risk, trading, operations, and marketing. CEOs of an overall corporation, should apply for Chief Executive of the Year.

This award will highlight the recent contributions made by an individual within an organization. A transformational company that shifts the industry's focus must have a champion on the front line that can take a complex strategy and execute it with precision and deliver impressive results.

Judges will be looking for a leader who personifies innovation, creates opportunities and ultimately delivers results. While this individual may not be new to their industry, the Rising Star Individual will have made the most remarkable strides in their current role, inevitably impacting their industry.

Covering performance from January 2019 to June 2022. Judges will consider all non-CEO senior managers and executives.

Judging Criteria

• Company Profile
• Summary & Rationale
• Achievements
• Innovation
• Integrity
• Leadership
• Peer Recognition
• Results (non-financial)

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Open to all CEOs in and around the metals space.

For a CEO to win, he or she needs to have consistently demonstrated clarity of vision, sound judgment and superior motivational skills. He or she must be an effective communicator, articulating their ideals, vision and integrity; thus, transforming and empowering organizations. The winner will be a leader who is highly respected by both peers and competitors, admired and followed by employees, trusted by investors and welcomed by the community.

This award recognizes an individual who has taken decisive action when required, and who has best adapted to market shifts by balancing long-term growth with short-term challenges.

The independent panel of judges will consider a CEO's/Chairperson's entire track record, with particular attention focused on that individual's accomplishments since June 2021.

Judging Criteria

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Open to any member of the metals and mining industry who has made an outstanding contribution to the development and future of the metals sector in the course of his or her career. Nominees may include: business leaders, politicians, regulators, community activists, economists, analysts, engineers, trading and financial managers, technology specialists and others.

This award is for those who have consistently made the tough decisions that paid off for an entire organization or the industry at large. Entrants will have a deep dossier from all roles, consistently setting a new standard of industry excellence across all classifications and criteria.

Nominations from individuals' employers, customers, peers and colleagues will be accepted.

The winner's achievements will reflect a long and varied career of service, creativity, and insight. This individual will have won widespread recognition and respect on the global stage.

Judging Criteria

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The judges will select the recipient for the Metals Company of the Year from the entire list of this year's finalists. Companies that are fast-moving, adaptive, and concerned with the provision, production, logistics and trading of the metals complex as a whole are most eligible for this esteemed award.

In selecting the Metals Company of the Year, the judges are looking for all-around excellence in executing a total metals strategy. The range and extent of a company's activities—its diversity, scope, technological innovation, and environmental concern—are pivotal factors, as are the traditional values of concern for the end user and efficiency. Particular attention will be paid to each company's commitment to sustainability. The winner of the Metals Company of the Year will stand above all others.