HomeSteelSteel Archive PEOPLE MOVES: Kobe Steel to appoint Mitsugu Yamaguchi as president, CEO Japan’s Kobe Steel will appoint Mitsugu Yamaguchi as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the company from April 1, the steelmaker, which also produces aluminium and copper products, announced on Friday March 9. Yamaguchi, who is currently executive vice president of the company, will replace current president and CEO, Hiroya Kawasaki, who has decided step down as of April 1. Kawasaki, along with... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Vivian Teo March 09, 2018 07:05 GMT Singapore Keywords Kobe Steel Mitsugu Yamaguchi Hiroya Kawasaki aluminium products copper products Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}