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> Global News ArcelorMittal and complete acquisition of Essar Steel

ArcelorMittal has completed the CEO of ArcelorMittal. “Essar has acquisition of Essar Steel sizeable, profitable, well-located Limited (ESIL) and simultaneously operations and the long-term established a joint venture with growth potential for the Indian Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon economy and Indian steel demand Steel), called ArcelorMittal Nippon are well known.” Steel India Limited (AM/NS India), “We are also delighted to be which will own and operate ESIL. embarking on this together with ArcelorMittal holds 60% of Nippon Steel, with whom we have AM/NS India, with Nippon Steel a trusted, long-term relationship. holding the balance. Our combined strengths and Aditya Mittal, President and technology will bring many CFO of ArcelorMittal, has been new opportunities which will appointed Chairman of AM/NS allow us to make a positive India, and Dilip Oommen has been contribution to India’s target to appointed AM/NS India’s CEO. grow steelmaking capacity to Commenting, Lakshmi 300 million metric tons per year Mittal, Chairman and CEO of by 2030, and for its manufactur- ArcelorMittal, said: ing sector more broadly.” “The acquisition of Essar AM/NS India is an integrated Steel is an important strategic flat steel producer and the largest step for ArcelorMittal. India has steel company in western India. long been an attractive market Its current level of annualized for our company and we have crude steel production is about been looking at suitable opportu- 7.5 million metric tons. It also has nities to build a meaningful pellet facilities in the east production presence there for of India, with a current annual more than a decade,” stated capacity of 14 million metric , chairman and tons per year. AM/NS India, formerly Essar Steel India Limited

> Global News ArcelorMittal’s Olympic hopeful Multi-talented Danil Polyanskiy is an ArcelorMittal miner and a competitive pole vaulter. Here he shares his journey to the cusp of Olympic qualification, giving us a glimpse into his life underground and in the sky:

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Our 10 sustainable development outcomes are how we will contribute to making a more sustainable future, from the way we make steel and use resources, Multi-talented Danil Polyanskiy, an ArcelorMittal miner and a competitive pole vaulter, shares his journey to the cusp of Olympic qualification. With the company’s support, he has traded mine for gym, as he trains full-time in the hope of carrying the dreams of a nation in Japan this summer. to how we develop new products, and support our people and our communities. You’re either born with a talent and without a wristwatch or rest of my time at the gym. opportunity to do my favorite for pole vaulting, or you’re not. mobile phone, just some of the My personal life was almost thing in the world. Now every- 1 To be a world-class pole measures taken across the board non-existent and I was only thing is different: I have two Safe, healthy, quality working lives vaulter, you need to be fast and to reduce the risk of electrical getting four or five hours of sleep training sessions a day rather than for our people well-coordinated. You also need spark, which we must avoid a night. This schedule was very one and have time to rest properly to be a natural risk-taker – and because methane is highly hard on my family and on me. in between. I also get a full night’s 2 Products that accelerate more sustainable start training by the age of combustible. Thanks to the extra For instance, last April, I sleep every night and have twelve. methane detectors the company missed the birth of my daughter weekends off to spend with my lifestyles Pole vaulting, as I see it, and has installed, I can more accu- because I was at a training camp family. I think only about training my career as a foreman of route rately monitor the gas levels in in Turkey preparing for the Asian and competitions, so I am entirely 3 Products that create sustainable control in Tentekskaya mine are the air and pump in the right Championship in Doha the focused on achieving my goal and infrastructure like yin and yang. For me, these amount of fresh air from the following week. (Elizaveta was I feel the support of my family. seemingly opposite activities are surface, together with some two weeks old before I could It takes nerves of steel to run 4 resources complementary, interconnected chalk dust – a natural neutralizer. get home to meet her.) I finished with and launch yourself from a Efficient use of and high and interdependent, each giving In problem areas, we carry out a respectable 9th place in that pole that can be up to 5.3 meters recycling rates rise to the other. additional drilling to release competition, but to secure long. And although the pole only At work, I go into an enclosed methane gas. myself a trip to Tokyo this year, weighs a few pounds, when held 5 Trusted user of air, land and water space that’s up to 500 meters I have a responsibility to I’m aiming higher. from the end, it effectively weighs deep, with few routes in and myself and my colleagues to make To support me in achieving 20 pounds or more, so all in all, 6 Responsible energy user that helps out, to fulfill a crucial role in sure everyone is safe. Shouldering my ambition to make the it’s a sport that’s not only a a workplace with unique and this responsibility every day builds Kazakh Olympic team this year, physical feat but also a mental create a lower carbon future extreme challenges. My job is in me a resilience set in courage ArcelorMittal has generously and emotional one. I love the to monitor the safety of the and strength. given me a year off to train courage I feel in the run-in. When 7 Supply chains that our customers trust mine’s roadways, as well as its In my pole vaulting, I draw while paying my wages and I push into the pole, it throws me gas levels and ventilation system. on those attributes to fly. guaranteeing my job for me so high it takes my breath away. 8 Active and welcomed member There are two reasons my Since my university days on my return. Since June, I Whatever happens with my community job is critical: firstly, because at Karaganda State Technical have been focusing on my Olympic ambitions this year, I will of the safety is the company’s top University, my life’s ambition pole vaulting so I can maximize go back to the important job I do 9 priority, and secondly, because has been twofold: to represent my chances of qualifying. at ArcelorMittal, because I enjoy Pipeline of talented scientists and engineers methane is released as a direct Kazakhstan at the Olympic Games Between August 2019 it and because I will always be for tomorrow result of the physical process of and to follow in my father and and this September, I have grateful for the support they have coal extraction. As layers of the grandfather’s footsteps to be a 15 competitions; 15 chances given me in achieving my dreams. 10 Our contribution to society measured, coal face are removed, the coal miner. What I didn’t plan on was to show my best result. To I will also keep competing. Who releases methane previously doing both at the same time. get to Tokyo, one of those knows, I may even make it to shared and valued trapped within the coal seam Securing the sponsorship attempts must be “golden.” the next Olympics in Paris come into the air inside the mine, thus necessary to concentrate on my For me, as a pole vaulter, that 2024! In any case, I want to set All underpinned by transparent good governance. creating a potential safety hazard. sport proved extremely difficult, means conquering heights of an example for my daughter, to It’s my job to manage this so, to support myself, I joined at least 5.8 meters. That is reach for her dreams as I have Look for “The 10” symbol in 1 Magazine to see how risk, often in utter darkness, ArcelorMittal earlier than I’d my objective for the year. done. Even if she doesn’t follow save for the light from the planned, in 2016. I worked full I’m so grateful to the me into the mines, I do hope she our company works toward a more sustainable future. lamp attached to my helmet time and spent virtually all the company for giving me this follows me into sport! 3 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | March/April 2020 A challenging market environment

So far this year, steel John Brett demand from the automotive and construction sectors appears steady and we’re seeing a modest Looking back at 2019 and uptick in business from our ahead to the remainder of HVAC and appliance customers. 2020, it has been, and is likely Energy is a mixed story with to continue to be, a challenging transmission projects using line market environment for the steel pipe continuing to be approved industry. There was a sizeable and constructed at a good pace, disconnect between the overall but demand for OCTG is down. economy and the market demand Most encouraging, customers for our products. While GDP have started replenishing their grew at 2.3% in 2019, apparent inventories supporting the steel consumption for flat rolled announced price increases which products decreased approximate- began late in 2019 and continued ly 3%. The overall economy is in the onset of 2020. These expected to continue expanding, increases certainly give us some albeit at a slower pace, but the much-needed traction entering forecast for manufacturing is, the new year, but prices remain at best, lackluster. For 2020, flat below pre-Section 232 levels. rolled apparent steel consumption The Section 232 trade forecasts range from a slight measures did continue to have decrease in demand to no growth. the effect of reducing steel In 2019, we experienced imports. Finished steel imports lower demand across all major declined by more than 18% in steel-consuming sectors, much 2019. The continuation of the of which stemmed from inventory Section 232 measures is critical destocking. U.S. auto sales were to the overall health of the U.S. higher than anticipated reaching steel market. With soft global 17 million units for the fifth markets, we will be on the consecutive year, but North lookout, as always, for unfairly American production dropped traded steel in the market. John Brett, CEO, ArcelorMittal USA nearly 5%. The destocking was The slowdown in imports is even more pronounced in the positive for domestic mills, but steel service center segment. the impending capacity increase resulted in a substantial increase on a year-over-year basis. We Safe Sustainable Steel video will Workers Memorial Day/Health Flat rolled shipments declined in both steelmaking and galvaniz- in our delivery performance. We must all rededicate ourselves also focus on slips, trips and falls, and Safety Day on April 28. 6% year-over-year, but much ing will heighten competition. need to institutionalize the gains to practicing Shared Vigilance, and they are the focus of an Please recommit to working more impactful was the 10% This is why it is imperative that we made and build upon the following every safety protocol article on page 4 of this edition as safely as possible on that decrease in steel receipts. we continue to operate our assets operational momentum exhibited and stopping to identify potential of 1 Magazine. day and to helping ensure the The combination of sluggish in the safest and most efficient in the second half of the year hazards before every task. ArcelorMittal USA observes safety of your co-workers. demand and lower input prices, way possible while meeting our while commercially, we cultivate We continue to see far most notably scrap, resulted customers’ expectations each new customers and opportunities. too many slips, trips and falls in a significant decrease in and every time. In addition to Unfortunately, our safety in our workplaces. That’s why ArcelorMittal observes Health transactional prices. The cost maintaining good cost control, performance in 2019 was both ArcelorMittal USA has initiated and Safety Day and Workers’ of hot band, as reported by CRU, we made meaningful improve- disappointing and unacceptable. a special campaign to increase averaged about $230 per ton ments in some key operating Regrettably, we experienced awareness of these dangers. Memorial Day on April 28. less in 2019 than 2018. Although parameters in 2019. We reduced three fatalities, two of which This campaign includes a trifold, This international observance the price deterioration occurred both our internal rejects and occurred in Q4. We cannot be containing general reminders is to remember co-workers throughout the year, it culminated additional processing. These key pleased with any results until we and prevention practices, as well early in Q4 and, consequently, enablers, along with improved are fatality-free. Additionally, as a risk assessment checklist who have been killed, injured had a substantial negative impact reliability and outstanding for the first time since 2015, our that can be used during audits or disabled on the job. on our financial results. cross-functional cooperation, LTI frequency rate deteriorated or special assignments. April’s

> Raw Materials Efficient raw materials planning requires year-round team effort

year-end inventory target for injection coal are 30 days on hand the upper Midwest causes target inventories of stone are from many companies and teams Gary Norgren each raw material for the next while scrap and coke targets are these locks to close every year closer to 150 days at the end of within ArcelorMittal USA. Even two winters. Once established, closer to two weeks on-hand. for 70 days, usually from January the season in late November. during the 70-day lock closure, both procurement and our Iron ore pellets are the 15 through March 25. This closure The coordination between the mills are careful to use pellets Manufacturing integrated steel logistics departments jump one raw material that requires provides a significant challenge the mines, railroads, vessel in the proper ratio with other in the Great Lakes region has into action. Procurement finalizes the most planning. The pellet for our company. We need to carriers and steel plants is charge metallics to make sure some unique challenges. As raw the purchase volumes with our mines that supply our plants are deliver enough pellets to our exceptional during the nine- the pellets are not depleted materials division manager for key suppliers for the following located in Northern Minnesota. steel plants by January 15 that month shipping season. Loading quicker than planned. It has our USA operations over the past year. Logistics works diligently We operate two plants there, will last until early April without and unloading equipment at our been rewarding to work with several years, I’ve worked with with truck, railroad, barge and Minorca and Hibbing Taconite. any deliveries of pellets to our docks must be fully operational the various teams to manage our facilities, procurement and vessel carriers to ensure we We also purchase pellets from USA steel facilities. We receive our with little downtime during the and improve the flow of pellets logistics teams to ensure we are delivering the necessary two other Cliff’s owned mines, first vessel of pellets for the new shipping season. Planned to our U.S integrated facilities. specify, purchase, deliver and raw material, based on our United Taconite and Northshore season between March 27 and maintenance is performed both The spring of 2014 is still consume the raw materials year-end target. . These mines blast the April 1. Typically, on April 1, we at the docks and on the vessels remembered as the most needed to produce our high- There are more than 30 raw ore from the ground in large are left with just 10 days of pellet during the 70-day lock closure challenging year, by far, due quality integrated steel products. individuals within ArcelorMittal open pits, then separate the iron inventory. April also proves to be to ensure high reliability during to harsh winter weather. We, The primary raw materials we USA involved in the raw materials ore from the waste rock, then a challenge with ice still present the shipping season. The mines as a company, are ready to use are iron ore pellets, coal, supply chain. Total raw material form the iron ore into the small on Lake Superior, slowing the continue production during this minimize the impact to our coke, limestone and scrap. movements and consumption balls about the size of gumballs vessel transit times. We can time, delivering ore material to operations when we are faced With our major steel are 32 million tons-per-year. called pellets. typically deliver the same number the dock stockyards during the with the next 2014-like winter. manufacturing operations That includes roughly 18 million Boats transport the pellets, of pellets that we consume in April lock closure. located in Northwest Indiana tons of iron ore pellets, two carrying anywhere from 15,000 and do not actually start to build For the first time in many Gary Norgren was recently named and Cleveland, the winter weather million tons of other iron-bearing to 60,000 gross tons per vessel. up the pellet inventory level at the years, vessel shipping companies general manager of mining for can be quite harsh from mid- materials, four million tons of The vessels then travel across mills until early May. With roughly have announced the manufacture ArcelorMittal USA, with responsi- December through late March. coal, and two million tons each Lake Superior and through the less than 150,000 gross tons of and commissioning of new vessels bility for mining operations at We need to ensure we have of coke, stone and scrap. Soo Locks located at the east end pellets on the ground in April, we in the coming year to replace ArcelorMittal Minorca, Princeton adequate inventories of all While the coal, coke and of Lake Superior. From there, they spend from May until mid-January some of the aging fleet currently and Hibbing Taconite Company. these materials on-hand at scrap inventory levels are come down through either Lake growing the inventory to close to moving pellets. There is also work Most recently, Gary served as each location to be ready for relatively constant throughout Michigan or Lakes Huron/Erie to 1.5 million tons of pellets when underway to design and build division manager of raw materials the tough winter cold weather, the year, the year-end inventories our steel facilities. The average the locks close. This equates to a new Soo Lock to replace the for ArcelorMittal USA. high winds and snowstorms are typical 10% to 20% higher time for pellets to arrive is three about 100 days of inventory on aging, but crucial current lock. that occur each year. to account for supply interrup- days. With the unloading and hand. Stone for the blast furnaces The process of supplying This article was originally Planning for the winter tions that may occur due to return trip, it takes six days per have a shorter shipping season pellets to our mills is a year-round published in ArcelorMittal USA’s starts as much as 18 months in winter weather. Summer target full roundtrip. due to the impact of cold weather effort that requires significant “Raw Materials” blog. advance. Our operations set the inventory levels for coal and Unfortunately, the weather in in both the fall and spring, so planning and implementation

An adequate supply of iron ore is needed to feed the blast furnaces The Stewart Cort makes frequent iron ore deliveries to ArcelorMittal at our three integrated facilities of Burns Harbor, Cleveland and Burns Harbor almost year-round, even when winter has started. Indiana Harbor throughout the year, and especially during the Processed taconite iron ore pellets from ArcelorMittal’s mining Sometimes an icebreaker ship is needed to help vessels like the shipping offseason when the Soo Locks are closed from January 15 facilities are needed year-round to feed the blast furnaces used Cort make their way when the Great Lakes freeze. through March 25. to make liquid iron as part of the steelmaking process. 4 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | March/April 2020 Three things that can change your life: slips, trips and falls Slips, trips and falls are the second most common injury in the workplace and the most common injury at home. As we get older, we become more susceptible to these potentially devastating injuries.

A simple thing can change your But don’t let a fear of or problems with your thyroid, your risk of falling. Falls are a common reason for health include quitting smoking life – like tripping on a rug or falling keep you from being active. nerves, feet, or blood vessels Confusion can sometimes trips to the emergency room and and limiting alcohol use, which slipping on a wet floor. If you fall, Overcoming this fear can help you can affect your balance. Some lead to falls. For example, if hospital stays among older adults. can decrease bone mass and you could break a bone. A break stay active, maintain your physical medicines can cause you to feel you wake up in an unfamiliar Many of these hospital visits are increase the chance of fractures. can be the start of more serious health, and prevent future falls. dizzy or sleepy, making you more environment, you might feel for fall-related fractures. You can Also, try to maintain a healthy problems, such as a trip to the Doing things like getting together likely to fall. Other causes include unsure of where you are. If you help prevent fractures by keeping weight. Being underweight hospital, injury, or even disability with friends, gardening, walking, safety hazards in the home or feel confused, wait for your mind your bones strong. increases the risk of bone loss – especially for older people. The or going to the local senior center community environment. to clear or until someone comes Having healthy bones won’t and broken bones. risk of falling – and fall-related helps you stay healthy. The good Scientists have linked to help you before trying to get prevent a fall, but if you fall, it Osteoporosis is a disease problems – rises with age. news is, there are simple ways to several personal risk factors to up and walk around. might prevent breaking a hip or that makes bones weak and prevent most falls. falling, including muscle weakness, Some medications can other bone, which may lead to a more likely to break. For people Many older adults fear falling problems with balance and gait, increase a person’s risk of falling hospital or nursing home stay, with osteoporosis, even a minor The fear of falling becomes Causes and risk factors and blood pressure that drops too because they cause side effects disability, or even death. Getting fall may be dangerous. Talk to more common as people age, for falls much when you get up from lying like dizziness or confusion. The enough calcium and vitamin D your doctor about osteoporosis. even among those who haven’t Many things can cause a fall. down or sitting (called postural more medications you take, the can help keep your bones strong. fallen. It may lead older people Your eyesight, hearing, and hypotension). Foot problems more likely you are to fall. So can physical activity. Try to Source: U.S. National Institutes to avoid activities such as walking, reflexes might not be as sharp that cause pain and unsafe get at least 150 minutes of of Health shopping, or taking part in social as they were when you were footwear, like backless shoes Keep your bones strong to physical activity per week. activities. younger. Diabetes, heart disease, or high heels, can also increase prevent falls Other ways to maintain bone

Take the right steps to prevent falls If you take care of your overall health, you may be able to lower your chances of falling. Most of the time, falls and accidents don’t “just happen.” Here are a few tips to help you avoid falls and broken bones:

Wear non-skid, slip-resistant, low- heeled shoes, or lace-up shoes with non-skid soles that fully support your Use an assistive feet. It is important device if you need that the soles are not Be very careful when walking on help feeling steady too thin or too thick. wet or icy surfaces. Spread sand when you walk. or salt on icy areas. Appropriate use of canes and walkers can prevent falls.

Always tell your doctor if you have fallen since your last checkup, even if you aren’t hurt when you fall. A fall can alert your doctor to a Stand up slowly. Getting new medical problem or prob- up too quickly can cause lems with your medications or your blood pressure to eyesight that can be corrected. drop, which can make you feel wobbly.

Stay physically active. Plan an exercise program that is right for you. Regular exer- cise improves your muscles and makes you stronger. It also helps keep your joints, ten- Get enough sleep. dons, and ligaments flexible. Have your eyes If you are sleepy, you and hearing tested. Even small changes in are more likely to fall. sight and hearing may cause you to fall. Find out about the side effects of any medicine Limit the amount of alcohol you take. If a drug makes you sleepy or dizzy, you drink. Even a small tell your doctor or pharmacist. amount of alcohol can affect your balance and reflexes. 5 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | March/April 2020 Digitalization brings an array of opportunities

environment for digital business, understand where production Jolice Pojeta whereby digital information is at issues may occur, leading to the core.” better product quality. “Today, if you go to our facilities around With several projects that Digitalization at the world’s In recent years, we’ve heard fall under the realm of digitaliza- largest steel and mining company the world, you will see small clusters a great deal about digitalization tion underway or implemented is not easy. But if we can or Industry 4.0, which plays a across the global company, here understand how to harness of people working together in finding critical role in ArcelorMittal’s in the U.S., efforts have also the digitalization opportunities strategic direction. As a company, started to make some traction. available to us, we stand to ArcelorMittal is embracing this This is evidenced by the imple- make a huge leap that will solutions. To imagine a steel company fourth revolution and has already mentation of new technologies benefit our manufacturing made beneficial changes to our and digitalization initiatives processes and our customers. of this size, to be addressing these operations. These changes affect throughout the U.S. that began “There is no question that how we manage our supply chain, a few years ago and are continu- digitalization is going to enable challenges in a start-up style, is quite optimize our performance and ing in 2020. us to solve problems that in the more effectively serve our The main driver for past were not solvable,” said exciting. This is exciting for existing customers. digitalization at ArcelorMittal is Al Barsophy, chief technology Digitalization is defined as creating a competitive advantage. officer, ArcelorMittal USA. “As employees as well as for new employees.“ “the use of digital technologies New technologies can help ensure these technologies mature and and of data (digitized and natively that customers’ product needs we learn where to apply these Aditya Mittal, CFO, ArcelorMittal digital) to create revenue, improve are met right away. Gathering powerful problem-solving business, replace/transform large amounts of data and approaches, digitalization will business processes (not simply harnessing the power of big start contributing significantly digitize them) and create an data analytics can help us to our USA bottom line.” Rolling out awareness

As an initial step in beginning the of digitalization to employees. He believes there are many awareness process of digitaliza- Such presentations and webinars potential projects available here tion here in the U.S., a steering were made to create an aware- in the U.S. Coordinators at each committee has been formed to ness on how key projects can be operating facility and other USA provide oversight on all digitaliza- implemented within both our departments are developing lists tion activity across our U.S. operations and even staff areas. of such project opportunities operations. Jim Hendrickson, “Our approach in the U.S. is within their areas for implementa- division manager, process we are going to continue to spend tion consideration. Coordinators automation, ArcelorMittal USA, our resources, whether they be are also recommending projects Jerry Yothment, general manager, people or money, on projects already completed in their areas I.T., ArcelorMittal USA, and that are most important to that fall under digitalization and Barsophy, are members of the our business,” said Hendrickson. that can be replicated in other USA steering committee and “Our overall objective with the locations. coordinate much of the initial awareness training was to make Key problem solvers at employee awareness efforts. key employees aware of the each location, representing a Hendrickson and Yothment technologies and then begin to cross-section of departments, are our U.S. representatives as share project examples that have will continue to work on and part of ArcelorMittal’s Global been successful elsewhere. If solve the most significant issues Digital Technology Working such projects have already been in their areas. They will communi- Group. They have spent the proven successful at other global cate possible projects that may past few years monitoring locations, we can likely have the be candidates for digitalization. effective digitalization activities same result here in the U.S.” “Once a successful project at other global segments. In The objective, according has been identified and proven, recent months, the pair have to Hendrickson, is to look for the idea is to standardize that spent time at many of our USA projects that are low risk with practice across our U.S. opera- locations presenting an overview a high probability for success. tions,” noted Hendrickson. Global R&D playing an integral role

Our Global R&D Center in East we are embarking on various An ArcelorMittal Integrated is playing a vital role in forms of awareness campaigns Global Optimization (AMIGO) the integration of digitalization. and providing training relevant to system in the U.S optimizes They are not only working in digital technologies to both R&D the management of materials. tandem on various projects and ArcelorMittal USA employ- The model was already utilized with our plant operations, but ees,” said Chukwulebe. “For in some ArcelorMittal European they are also involved in some example, we provided a hands-on facilities and adapted in the U.S. of the technical training for our workshop on machine learning for multi-plant consolidated employees. Some examples of and are planning to provide other scrap purchase optimization. The specific advanced skills training trainings on digitalization topics implementation of the algorithm include machine learning, next year.” saved ArcelorMittal $10 million in artificial intelligence and One example of a significant its first year, based on the prior advanced data analytics. digitalization project initiative year’s baseline. Within Global R&D, the underway at ArcelorMittal Many other projects are digitalization effort focuses Burns Harbor is a Clean Energy either in progress or completed. A major digitalization initiative underway at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor is the Clean Energy Smart on three areas: Smart Manufacturing Innovation They include the use of blast Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) project for slabs with fewer defects. Global R&D in East - digital laboratory management Institute (CESMII) project furnace above burden I.R. cameras Chicago, in collaboration with CESMII (a DOE co-sponsored program), several university partners and - digital product development for slabs with fewer defects. (ABirC) in our iron-producing private businesses, is working with Burns Harbor employees toward improved quality and reliability to - industrial process digitalization Global R&D in East Chicago, in operations; digital control of coil achieve slabs with fewer defects through the implementation of smart manufacturing technologies in Bernard Chukwulebe, group collaboration with CESMII (a gauge variability at Cleveland continuous casting. manager, processing and control, DOE co-sponsored program), hot-dip coating lines; auto-detec- process research, Global R&D, several university partners and tion and classification of reheated serves as the Global R&D private businesses, is working with slab defects at Burns Harbor digitalization coordinator and Burns Harbor employees toward and Cleveland roughing stands; R&D representative to the USA improved quality and reliability to smart EMF for liquid level digitalization coordinators team. achieve slabs with fewer defects detection at Indiana Harbor “To rapidly develop a through the implementation of blast furnace; the global product digital-ready workforce and smart manufacturing technolo- quality system (GPQS) rollout at digital workplace culture in R&D, gies in continuous casting. Indiana Harbor among others. 3D printing and the future

While 3D printing is hardly new already use this type of digitaliza- focus on looking at those technology, it could provide tion technology and there appears possibilities, along with what significant cost and time-saving to be great potential for its has been proven successful in benefits for our operations. A application in the steel industry. other locations. One of the great small team here in the U.S., with “Our objective in the U.S. is benefits of being part of a global a representative from each of to identify some of the benefits organization is that we can tap three integrated facilities, will and successes that some locations into that knowledge and share in examine the possibilities for our had already regarding digitaliza- those resources and successes.” operations. Imagine being able tion,” added Hendrickson. “There’s Live display of the liquid level and the hearth hot metal temperature updated every minute by the to print spare parts on demand. a lot of potential in this vast area [email protected] SmartEMF model. Aerospace industries, for example, called digitalization. We will 6 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | March/April 2020 Do you have a twin? Ours is a real problem solver!

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Imagine you could create a virtual copy of yourself, a digital “twin” designed to look and behave exactly as you do, but it lives on a computer, not in the real world. Imagine that you could test out specific scenarios with the virtual version of yourself before deciding to take action in real life. It might sound like science fiction, but the process and controls group at ArcelorMittal’s research and development (R&D) center in East Chicago is using the concept of “digital twinning” to improve ArcelorMittal’s manufac- turing processes. The digital twins that R&D creates are virtual copies of equipment and systems and they can simulate an endless number of “what if” scenarios in order to make smart choices. Bill Umlauf, principal scientist, explained: “Typically, a plant presents us with a problem. It could be a process issue or a challenge related to developing a new advanced high strength steel grade. We work with them to understand the physics of would be costly, time-consuming It’s extremely powerful.” “Nobody gets mad and it their plant and use that data to or dangerous to test in the “For any problem, our goal doesn’t cost any money if we create a digital copy, a virtual physical world are analyzed. is always to find and prove the break something in a virtual mill. twin that is as close to the real Umlauf compared this process solution in the digital world first,” We are free to test any unconven- Digital twinning thing as possible.” to using the “what-If” formulas said Dr. Meysam Ghanavati, tional ideas,” lead engineer Dr. Then simulations of in Excel, “except we’re doing it research engineer. “Because Johnny Brannbacka elaborated. real-world problems are run with with very large, dynamic models, it’s virtual, we can play with it There are other benefits, success stories the digital twin and things that not just a simple spreadsheet. and consider all the scenarios.” too, according to lead engineer Dr. Oscar Lanzi III: “We can look inside Controlling for quality at tandem mill, gauge deviations the process as we run simulations, ArcelorMittal Cleveland’s have significantly improved. almost like the x-ray vision tandem mill you used to see in old cartoons. When a coil of steel exits the hot Dynamic simulation of Because of this, we can design strip mill, it might look cool to batch annealing processes a process from the inside-out.” the naked eye, but it is actually at AM/NS Calvert and Once a solution is tested still hotter than 1000 degrees Indiana Harbor and proven in the offline model, Fahrenheit! As the steel cools Once a digital twin has been the team then works with the down in the open air, the top developed, it can prove useful plant to deploy the solution in of the coil cools faster than in new and wide-reaching the actual process. the rest. For specific advanced ways. Many of our facilities “It’s very collaborative, high strength steel grades, the run batch annealing processes, and we are fortunate to partner sections that cool more quickly for example, which involves with such talented and committed at the top get harder than the controlled heating and cooling colleagues at our plants,” Umlauf sections that cool more slowly. of steel. Dr. Oscar Lanzi III, lead explained. This causes problems in the engineer with the R&D process “We can create all the models next part of the cold rolling and controls group, explained in the world, but they are only process at the tandem mill, how they built a robust offline really valuable when our partners resulting in “gauge variability” model to simulate the batch in the plants can directly apply in the steel, a serious quality annealing process: the solutions in a real manufactur- issue in which the steel coil “The digital twin has been ing environment. Teamwork does not have a consistent used at the AM/NS Calvert and human collaboration are just thickness. facility to design annealing as important to success as the To address this problem, practices for brand new advanced digital tools we use.” engineers created a digital twin advanced high strength steel Ghanavati noted, “The of the tandem mill and used it products. Likewise, we have culture at R&D is to push forward, to test an entirely new method used the model to design to continuously improve. We are for handling these periodic criteria for complete cooling always thinking about how we will variations in the steel’s hardness. of annealing bases at our Indiana R&D’s process and controls group poses before an example of a coil heat map generated by a batch solve future problems.” Because of these new methods Harbor facility and to verify a anneal simulator they developed. From left to right, Dr. Oscar Lanzi III, Dr. Johnny Brannbacka, Bill Umlauf at ArcelorMittal Cleveland’s vendor’s cooling model.” and Dr. Meysam Ghanavati. [email protected]

> Innovation Human innovation and artificial intelligence improve quality

Historically, a few slabs human brain or eliminate the engineer at Cleveland’s hot word these days. But we’ve been department, the system’s data Summer Paris would be set aside each month importance of human intelligence mill, knows this firsthand. “The working to continuously improve has also been used by Yong Lee to cool and then be visually and work. But in this project, automated inspection system our product quality and opera- and Kurt Johnson in R&D, as well inspected by a person trained humans play a vital role. I call it alerts us to an issue and then tional efficiency for a very long as many experts at the plants, ArcelorMittal USA’s hot strip to look for furnace tears. ‘collective intelligence.’ Collective provides a lot of useful data. time, and this is just another step to deeply study pusher reheating mills are combining artificial “It was an extremely crude intelligence is more powerful Then it’s our job to decide in that journey.” furnace operations. With Al intelligence (AI) and human process, very time consuming, than either humans or computer what to do with that data and After the first deployment Barsophy’s CTO leadership, innovation to supply higher and it was not very effective in systems alone because it how to prepare for necessary of the R2 camera system at project teams continue to quality steel to customers. helping us evaluate if there was combines the unique attributes maintenance on the furnace.” Indiana Harbor, led in partnership improve the system. The goal is to use the tools a real problem in the furnace of both,” according to Zhang. Poplawski agreed: with James Chapko and Larry of digitalization to reduce a with potential to cause serious Rick Schwachenwald, senior “Digitalization is sort of a buzz Gansho from the plant quality [email protected] specific quality issue, called a defects,” said Tom Poplawski, furnace tear defect. This defect hot mill operating manager at is a small tear that is scratched ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. Hot Strip Mill into the bottom surface of a steel Today, the automated Reheat slab as it comes out of a hot mill’s system replaces and improves Water pusher reheat furnace. A furnace upon this manual process, Furnace Scale Roughing Descale Sprays tear may start small but can offering numerous advantages, Breaker Sprays become more serious if it is rolled including freeing up personnel’s Stands deeper into the steel, entrapping time for more valuable activities. scale and causing a lamination Here’s how it works: An that would be unacceptable to infrared camera is programmed the customer. to “see” furnace tear defects Crop Finishing “We have invented an scans the bottom surface of every Descale Shear Coiler automated surface inspection slab and to “look” for abnormali- Sprays Stands system that uses specialized ties. When it detects a defect, it camera equipment and machine runs through a custom software learning to detect and classify package developed by Zhang and furnace tear defects. Using the the project team. The software power of AI, we can do this in uses a machine-learning algorithm near real-time, empowering to analyze and classify the defect. hot mill personnel with the data Then, if warranted, it automati- they need to respond quickly cally creates an alarm to signal A camera system installed at and strategically,” explained the mill operator or process the hot strip mill is an important Camera Dr. Liwei Zhang, lead engineer expert to take action. tool in detecting and catching for processing and control at “People have a lot of fear surface quality issues on a steel ArcelorMittal’s global center about digitalization and artificial slab after it is pushed out of the of research and development intelligence. They are afraid that reheat furnace. (R&D) in East Chicago. computer systems will beat the 7 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | March/April 2020 Cleveland labs innovate to satisfy evolving customer needs challenging, new products. To parts, adding to vehicle strength of steel, that part has a sheared ArcelorMittal Cleveland took expanded to the customer’s Summer Paris meet that need, our internal and crash-worthiness while edge that will eventually be extra steps, in partnership with specification. quality systems are evolving too, removing weight. bolted, riveted or welded to research and development, to “We are better equipped and ArcelorMittal Cleveland has “The new grades have new something else on the vehicle. invest in and develop a more than ever to support our As ArcelorMittal invents new embraced a culture of innovation testing requirements in addition The automaker needs to know precise, consistent and automated customers in supplying the steel solutions for our customers and continuous improvement at to the tests we normally do,” that when the part is connected method using a specially designed quality products they expect. and the world, the pace of this its quality testing labs. explained Mark Yahraus, process to the vehicle, the edges won’t piece of equipment. A punch The hole expansion tester is innovation is quickening. Half Late last year, Cleveland’s manager, metallurgical testing. crack. We have introduced a test presses a hole in a steel sample. an obvious example. But it is of the steel grades that exist hot-dip galvanizing line was So the Cleveland metallurgi- to measure that. It’s called a ‘hole The equipment then slowly only one part of a larger initiative today hadn’t even been imagined upgraded with state-of-the-art cal lab added new, innovative expansion test,’ and it measures stretches or expands the hole to continuously improve our a decade ago! In this rapidly technology to enable the testing capacity to meet these how far we can stretch the by pushing a cone-shaped rod lab. We have been steadily changing environment, it is more production of new multi-phase requirements and to provide edge of the steel before it through it. A precision camera investing in new equipment important than ever that our advanced high strength more and better quality data cracks or fails.” detects the exact moment when and engaging our people in customers trust us to supply a (AHSS) for automotive applica- to both the internal customer The hole expansion test is the edge of the stretching hole projects to improve safety and quality product, particularly as tions. These steel grades will be (the HDGL) and the end customer not novel; it’s been used for a cracks to a 0.1 mm width and efficiency,” Yahraus said. they’re asking us to produce used for critical automotive (automaker). long time in the industry, but stops the test. It then measures Yahraus explained: “When with a very manual process. the expanded hole diameter and [email protected] an automaker stamps a part out Here’s where the innovation lies: compares the percentage it 5S method inspires everyday innovations

Buying fancy, high-tech labs and described the 5S equipment isn’t the only process: “We always start way to push innovation. To with housekeeping and the innovate means to “introduce organization of the space. Since something new or different,” we began, the raw materials and the Cleveland quality lab is already cleaner, more labs are using 5S to come up efficient and more organized, with low-tech, but impactful, and we will continue to make innovations. 5S stands for sort, improvements. Operators who set in order, shine, standardize work in the lab have suggested and sustain. The Cleveland ideas for safer, more ergonomic facility operates seven quality workflows, better lighting, labs. Each year, the division managing noise and more. It selects one lab to introduce 5S. can be hard to break old habits “The 5S methodology and old ways of doing things, helps us continue to drive but this process encourages it.” improvement and inspires new, According to Storrow, creative ways of thinking about the critical ingredient is and approaching our work,” getting everyone engaged explained Mark Heflin, manager with their ideas and buy-in. of quality services and delivery Frank Jasterbowski, quality improvement. specialist, elaborated: “We This year, they are rolling are all involved and we have out 5S in the raw materials support to implement new lab, where quality personnel ideas. Just because something support the iron-producing was good enough 20 years division by providing informa- ago doesn’t mean we can’t do tion about the quality and better today. Maybe the job of characteristics of iron ore the raw materials lab hasn’t and other raw materials. changed, but our approach Clint Storrow oversees to doing it safely and more the chemical and raw materials efficiently definitely has.” Mark Yahraus demonstrates the new hole expansion tester at ArcelorMittal Cleveland’s metallurgical testing lab.

> Quality Smart manufacturing produces slabs with fewer defects

Chicago and lead principal These are due to unplanned model of a real product, process institute roadmap project to operations technology, MEU, hot Jolice Pojeta investigator of the project. turnarounds and product defects or service that can monitor, utilize various components rolling/finishing, USA operations, The U.S. Department of or rejects,” adds Bhattacharya. analyze and improve its perfor- of digitalization to impact our USA IT and ArcelorMittal Sistemas Energy is partially funding the “R&D developed an in-house mance. These components impact bottom line. The company is are involved with the project. ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor is project through a newly estab- predictive maintenance tool called the bottom line of our business. working with three academic Other downstream departments implementing smart manufactur- lished institute called the Clean the caster health monitor. Using Most importantly, Bhattacharya partners: Rensselaer Polytechnic will be included later in the ing (SM) methodologies aimed Energy Smart Manufacturing this tool across multiple locations says the project enables data as Institute, Missouri University project for integrating quality at producing fewer defects in Innovation Institute (CESMII). could result in significant cost the key manufacturing asset, by of Science and Technology and and defect feedback data with continuous cast slabs. Its focus is on digitalization/ savings using a smart manufac- utilizing manufacturing data in a Purdue University Northwest. the casting process. “This initiative targets Industry 4.0 (or smart manufac- turing platform.” new way, such as using artificial “This is not just an umbrella “Burns Harbor steel improving steel slab quality and turing) via smart sensors, The project utilizes intelligence, to solve previously project with a set of tangible producing generates and collects continuous casting productivity. modeling and simulations, several critical components of unsolvable problems. deliverables, this is also a a wealth of data,” adds Alex The project addresses both yield and digital process control. digitalization, such as big-data The initial phase of the movement within the Burns Samardzich, manager, operations and uptime – the top two KPIs of “The absence of predictive analytics, IIoT (Industrial Internet project will use the system Harbor facility – a movement technology, steel producing, the continuous casting process,” maintenance and real-time quality of Things), artificial intelligence (caster health monitor) developed where the key deliverable is ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. says Dr. Tathagata Bhattacharya, prediction tools increases the (AI), augmented reality and by R&D and expand/improve centered around our people, “The opportunity that CESMII lead researcher, process research, overall energy intensity and costs virtual reality (AR/VR), and digital the capabilities by integrating our culture and how we can will provide is pooling all the ArcelorMittal Global R&D - East of the steelmaking process. twinning. A digital twin is a virtual new advanced sensors and big equip our workforce with the data, along with telemetry that data analytics to include other knowledge and skills required is currently generated but not aspects of the casting process for Industry 4.0,” added collected, into one platform for such as slab quality. Bhattacharya. “Participation in-depth analysis. The CESMII “Enabling the frictionless of academic partners will also team will use big data science to movement of information by ensure a future pipeline of improve quality, productivity and breaking data silos and integrating SM-savvy talent pool that are develop more robust preventative operations technology (OT) and prepared to enter the workforce maintenance programs. Globally, information technology (IT) is the as highly-skilled professionals ArcelorMittal has proven the top digitalization challenge that who are ready to innovate.” effectiveness of digitization and this project addresses,” according In addition to Global R&D big data. We will do the same at to Bhattacharya. and the external partners, Burns Harbor.” ArcelorMittal is the only steel teams from Burns Harbor steel company that is leading an producing, process automation, [email protected]

ArcelorMittal Columbus uses coil grading system to aid product quality

Inspectors at ArcelorMittal the defect’s pictures and limited to grade the coil. Columbus use two systems past input information. This system intends to interact digitally with our The solution was a coil to eliminate surface rules products: computers and grading system through a subjectivity, addressing with cameras. partnership with QuinLogic precise calculation of the Process control computers SMS Group. An online tool percentage of the surface show sales order information provides critical information to affected by each defect. on production coils. They allow inspectors with well-defined For each end-use, there are inspectors to input data – business rules. Inspectors can different thresholds, making coil such as thickness, width, defect now see important customer holds more aligned with our codes and comments. A camera information in a more efficient business practices. system shows a defect map, layout. Coil surface defect but inspectors could only see quality rules enable inspectors CESMII project flow graphic 8 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | March/April 2020 Navy’s USS St. Louis ready for duty, made with our steel! The next U.S. Navy littoral combat ship – the USS St. Louis (LCS 19) – recently completed the necessary acceptance trials in preparation for its upcoming commissioning.

supplies to the military and highest priority and one that Jolice Pojeta customers, including Marinette we strive to continue for many Marine, are used to produce a years to come.” variety of vessels. With its motto, “Gateway ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor and “Shipbuilding is a long, to Freedom,” the USS St. Louis ArcelorMittal Conshohocken complex process and Marinette will have a core crew of 50 but provided shipbuilding and Marine expects their suppliers to: could handle about 100. It will military-grade plate products have material made and delivered have a top speed of 45 knots, for the production of the ship. on-time to meet production which equates to about 52 The vessel is a Freedom- schedules; provide material that miles-per-hour. The ship will be variant LCS, constructed by meets or exceeds all NAVSEA able to operate in water of about Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Technical Publication require- 15 feet deep. Non-LCS Navy ships Maryland, and shipbuilder ments and provide excellent usually have to operate in at least Fincantieri Marinette Marine, gauge control,” adds Ken Wilson, 20 or 30 feet. Marinette, Wisconsin. These account manager, plate, sales and The future USS St. Louis (LCS Freedom ships specialize in marketing, ArcelorMittal USA. 19), the seventh military vessel antisubmarine, surface and “These are not just pieces to bear the name St. Louis, com- mine countermeasure missions. of steel welded together,” notes pleted acceptance trials in Lake The littoral zone is the part of Chappell. “In many cases, this is Michigan last December. Now a sea, lake or river that is close the first and only line of protec- that trials are complete, the ship to the shore. tion for our military men and will undergo final outfitting and “ArcelorMittal supplies a women. When we send our fine-tuning before delivery to the highly specialized product used products to our customers, U.S. Navy after its commissioning, to construct surface ships for we are confident in the quality planned for the spring of 2020. the U.S. Navy that are used by and would be willing to put our Following delivery and servicemen and women around families onboard, knowing they commissioning, LCS 19 will the world to defend our great will be protected by our armor.” sail to Florida to be homeported nation, our allies and interests Marinette Marine has in Mayport with sister ships around the globe,” says Cory been a longstanding customer of USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), USS Chappell, operations manager, ArcelorMittal and its predecessor Detroit (LCS 7), USS Little Rock Eastern Plate, ArcelorMittal USA. companies. (LCS 9), USS Sioux City (LCS 11), “Our employees can feel proud “We’ve worked together for USS Wichita (LCS 13), USS Billings knowing that our specialty plate many years to supply world-class (LCS 15) and USS Indianapolis The USS St. Louis (LCS 19) is the latest littoral combat ship built with ArcelorMittal plate by Lockheed products play a critical role in products to the greatest navy in (LCS 17). Martin and ArcelorMittal customer Fincantieri Marinette Marine. The ship recently completed its contributing to the defense of the world,” adds Chappell. “We acceptance trials in Lake Michigan and is expected to be commissioned and become part of the democracy around the world.” value this relationship with the [email protected] U.S. Navy fleet this spring. The products ArcelorMittal

> This is us Lucas Oil Stadium built with ArcelorMittal steel Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis is not only the home of the Indianapolis Colts football team, it’s also a source of pride for ArcelorMittal. The stadium was built with about 16,000 tons of our steel at a total cost of $720 million! The state-of-the-art facility opened in time for the 2008 football season. It has seating for 67,000 cheering fans and a retractable roof to accommodate any changes in weather conditions. It has been the site of the Big Ten Football Championship Game since 2011, as well as Super Bowl XLIV and the NCAA Men’s Final Four Basketball Championships in 2010 and 2015. The stadium also hosts concerts, conventions, trade shows and other amateur sporting events. It’s seven levels cover some 1.8 million square feet and welcome nearly one million visitors each year. Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts football team and the Big Ten Football Championship, was built with ArcelorMittal steel.

> Our steel in sports The home team would be nowhere without us! Did you know that ArcelorMittal supplies steel to major NFL stadiums? You can cheer for your team while seeing how the steel our team makes at the stadiums of these teams: Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings & Atlanta Falcons! 9 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | March/April 2020 Building confidence in ‘Women@ArcelorMittal’

of this blended learning program it encourages women to be bold group on developing high-impact, to build connections,” said focus. And that was self-belief Liz Johnson is to encourage our company’s when it comes to their careers. confident language and personal Rahnuma Chowdhury, product and confidence, said Lynette women employees to step up “It’s essential that women resilience to overcome obstacles. development engineer in quality Welch, an operating technology and take more responsibility for at ArcelorMittal be bold. They “I was surprised that there control at Cleveland. specialist at Burns Harbor. “It’s What does a woman need critical decisions in their careers. should be bold in understanding are a lot of us with similar stories The women were encour- something that we’re doing this to survive and even thrive in “I believe that this is a their strengths. They should be and we went through a lot of aged to be the best version of through the company, but you can her career? One answer is to very important initiative for bold and identify their weak- different obstacles and we themselves through optimism, apply it to your life and for your believe in herself and take ArcelorMittal,” said Mary Lynn nesses. They should be bold in overcame them just trying to self-knowledge and self- family and in your everyday walk. control of her fate. That’s more Gargas-South, general manager understanding themselves. They do what we thought was best,” acceptance. Gargas-South says difficult than it sounds. But a of human resources for should be bold in communicating said Lisa Bernau, caster process For Tina Mahone, an IT that in the months ahead, she new program at ArcelorMittal ArcelorMittal USA. “It helps what they want and also be bold manager, Indiana Harbor 3SP. engineer at Burns Harbor, she hopes these women take the focuses on improving personal women at ArcelorMittal really in taking the initiative of their There were discussions realized she could be “comfortable lessons learned here to take on and professional development develop their strengths so that careers so that they can develop about everything from mentoring with knowing that I bring enough, challenging assignments, accept skills, building on strengths, and they can utilize them to help and do whatever they want to to networking to developing your that I know enough and to work positions they are offered in a encouraging individual career work on their own personal at ArcelorMittal.” own brand. in that confidence while still very confident way and continue development and planning. development, to pursue any The women who attended “That’s something I’ve learning.” to grow their careers at “Women@ArcelorMittal” includes career at ArcelorMittal that the first sessions in this program been working on and I loved “The whole program was ArcelorMittal. both classroom and online they choose to pursue.” say it was eye-opening. A the networking opportunity brought to a close on such a sessions. The primary purpose And Gargas-South says facilitator worked with the and getting the opportunity positive note and a very inward [email protected]

> Our People Engineer named Shifting from HR to shift manager: ‘Influential Woman’ One employee’s unusual career path operations. So, what motivated She saw this as an opportunity to would accept her. Jolice Pojeta her to pursue this unusual seize control of her development “I think everyone was a little career change? and explore the diverse opportu- unsure about me at first. I just It was her work as a human nities to learn, grow and progress wanted to be more involved with Marissa Baumanis will be the resources generalist for the in her steel career. steel production and have a career first to admit she has taken a past five years that sparked “Having been a human in operations. I think after the somewhat sharp turn on her her interest in operations. So, resources generalist for our crew and operation’s manage- career path. The six-year when a shift manager’s position steel producing and hot mill ment saw me learning and caring ArcelorMittal employee traded at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor’s operations, I found I really enjoyed about the operation, they realized her staff job in human resources galvanize line became available, being in the plant. I liked being my dedication to the work and for a shift manager’s position in she considered making a move. out in the operations with welcomed me. I had a lot of good employees and being close to people watching out for me and the actual steelmaking process,” assisting with my training.” says Marissa. “I’d talk to employ- While Marissa is still very ees about their work and it much on a learning curve as a shift sounded very interesting to me.” manager, she says she’s growing After 10 months on the job, more comfortable with her job Marissa couldn’t be happier. She and is eager to learn all she can loves the work and learning all about the operation. about the galvanizing process. “I truly enjoy working with She has learned a great deal from the crew and management. They her line crews and fellow shift are a big reason I enjoy coming to managers. Although she had no work – that, and not a single day prior experience in operations, is ever the same,” says Marissa. this didn’t seem to faze Marissa “I don’t miss sitting behind a that much – she wanted to learn desk anymore. I’m on my feet Tannaz Javadi earned the The winners, finalists, all she could about not just how problem-solving all day. It’s 2019 “Influential Woman of and nominees come from the line operates but also how amazing to me to think of what Northwest Indiana Award” many different walks of life, it’s maintained. it takes to get a coil to this point in as an influential woman in the but they have all made an With a master’s degree the process and finish it perfectly construction/manufacturing impact in their respective in public affairs from Indiana for our customers. To me, this is category. Tannaz is a research organizations and/or communi- Marissa Baumanis has taken charge of her career path, changing from University, she didn’t exactly what’s exciting and I absolutely engineer with ArcelorMittal ties. “Influential Woman” alumni a staff position to shift manager at Burns Harbor’s galvanize line. As have a technical background love being part of it.” Global Research and evaluated the nominees. part of her new career, she also welcomed the opportunity to make a and was a little apprehensive Development in East Chicago. finished steel product that generates revenue for the company. regarding how the department [email protected] 10 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | March/April 2020 Unique grant opportunity helps fill nonprofit’s void

the road down to the camp so we opportunity in 2017. Building takes place. Kelly Nissan could get internet service. That’s Resilience grants extend our “Most grantmakers are expensive, but ultimately it would corporate giving strategy to funding programs, and that’s improve our efficiency.” focus on the sustainability so important. But how can we We take fast internet service for When running a business and resilience of our nonprofit deliver impactful programs if granted until we’re out of range. – including a nonprofit – staff community partners. The program we’re not efficient?” asked Then what do we do? For the time is one of the most valuable invests in areas that are tradition- Crofton. “It may not be glamorous naturalists at Dunes Learning assets. In addition to the internet ally underfunded, yet could to fund technology infrastructure, Center, they were packing up access issue, employees have a significant impact on but we are seeing the impact their computers and heading recognized that they had the long-term sustainability on how being more efficient is to the nearest coffee shop. redundancy in many of their of the organization. allowing for more quality time “We work together often. tasks due to multiple data The category “technology with our student campers.” We have internet service in our management platforms that implementation and data The staff prepares lessons administrative building, but did not cross communicate. management” proved a good together, and students can there’s no extra workspace,” They needed upgrades, but the fit for their request. They applied access their mobile devices said Erin Crofton, education price tag put them out of reach. and received funding to extend when necessary. director, Dunes Learning Center. Help arrived when the fiber optic cable to Cowles “We needed fiber optic cable ArcelorMittal announced the Lodge, where the majority of [email protected] Students in Cowles Lodge practice a Science Olympiad event called run from the main hub near Building Resilience grant formal environmental education “Write It Do It” in preparation for competition. Science Olympiad also benefits from Building Resilience grant Science Olympiad received a Building Resilience grant in the same year as Dunes Learning Center. Their award was for strategic planning. As an outcome of that plan, Science Olympiad developed a web-based volunteer training module so that all volunteers could receive consistent training. Each year, the Dunes Learning Center hosts overnight camps for Science Olympiad team members and coaches to practice environmental events. Since there is now Naturalists can now access the internet inside Cowles Lodge, thanks internet service in Cowles to funding provided by ArcelorMittal. This naturalist is preparing a Thanks to ArcelorMittal’s Building Resilience grant, Dunes Learning Center naturalists can connect Lodge, the staff prepared lesson for the Science Olympiad camp where students will practice to the internet while at Cowles Lodge. Pictured here, naturalists are preparing lessons to teach students for the camp in the lodge. for regional competition. during a Science Olympiad training camp. Their preparation included taking the Science Olympiad volunteer training. “It didn’t occur to me > Corporate Responsibility that these two grants would intersect like this. I was thrilled to learn about it,” said Kelly Nissan, communications and corporate responsibility ArcelorMittal helps improve manager, ArcelorMittal, who oversees both nonprofit partnerships. “I received an security at Boys and Girls Club e-mail with a picture of the staff holding up certificates. ArcelorMittal’s Building Resilience grant funded the development I found out later they were of the Science Olympiad volunteer training module. Naturalists Kelly Nissan Science Olympiad volunteer at Dunes Learning Center viewed the module in Cowles Lodge – training certificates of equipped with internet service provided through a separate completion.” Building Resilience grant – and received certificates of completion. The Boys and Girls Clubs are well known as a haven for children – a place to play and learn. But in East Chicago, Indiana, children and their families said they did not feel safe in the club. “It’s easy to walk in, and The new products and markets the lobby area is wide open, so you have access to all the club members,” said East Chicago website is here! Boys and Girls Club director Pablo Palominos of the original club design. “It’s sad because one of our most important jobs is keeping them safe and out of trouble.” Club leaders took the feedback seriously. “We had a ‘no more excuses’ attitude about safety and made it a priority of the new building design,” said Pablo. A significant renovation of the club was already in the As we embark in a new year, ArcelorMittal USA has launched a new products and markets section on works – fueled by a successful usa.arcelormittal.com. capital campaign. Now, attention This website is a gateway for our customers and other stakeholders to explore our steel products turned to raising additional funds and solutions. This site serves as a portal for production specifications and characteristics, special for IT infrastructure. applications as well as a direct location to learn more about the markets we serve. “We know that ArcelorMittal’s traditional grantmaking guidelines focus Message from ArcelorMittal USA sales & marketing leadership on program delivery rather “Our updated products and markets section of than brick and mortar,” said Alison The original lobby area (top) reflected the open-concept design trends Martin, vice president, philan- of the ‘90s. Discussions with members revealed that they did not felt the USA website better reflects the broad level thropy, Boys and Girls Clubs of safe in the club. ArcelorMittal invested in security infrastructure, and of capabilities and breadth of products that Greater Northwest Indiana. “But one of the results is a secure entryway equipped with bulletproof glass, we offer to the various market segments. We the Building Resilience grant a camera system and locked doors. program included a category continually develop products and innovative on technology infrastructure, solutions that fulfill customer needs, providing so we thought we’d have the resilience strategies for our infrastructure for a digital conversation.” business, employees, customers surveillance system. value to the steel buying community, and this ArcelorMittal has a long- and our communities. Our Building “We had a shooting recently is where it can all be seen.“ standing relationship with The Resilience grant funding extends near the club and we went on Greg Wells, general manager, marketing, ArcelorMittal USA Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater our approach by investing in lockdown. We have rooms now Northwest Indiana. And we areas of nonprofit management with doors that lock and no welcomed the opportunity to traditionally underfunded by exterior windows. After twenty The updated section of the USA website includes a full range of new features and discuss funding their state-of- foundations and corporations. minutes, we called an all-clear. tailored information, which places the latest information at your fingertips. the-art security system under With approval in hand, We are safer today because of our Building Resilience umbrella. the club implemented a safe the grant and are very grateful • The new “contact us” feature allows for an • Each specific market also provides an arsenal As a steelmaker, we building design, which included to ArcelorMittal.” easier, more direct access to the sales and of broader application knowledge for specific weather challenging economic rooms appropriate for shelter-in- marketing team. market sub-sections, including related stories, times, which have resulted in place as well as the technology [email protected] • The product section provides a holistic view white papers and videos. of our capabilities in the United States. • The automotive landing page serves as a • The markets section spotlights our unique resource to download the North American products that can address specific challenges automotive brochure and is a gateway to for our customers our robust Global Automotive & Mobility Follow ArcelorMittal USA Solutions website. 11 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | March/April 2020 Employees recognized for energy-saving projects

implemented in-house by Summer Paris reprogramming a PLC, with no investment cost. Project team members: Luis Rodriguez, For the past several years, Gary Czapor, Joel Rakocy. ArcelorMittal Cleveland’s – Another team at No. 1 steel energy team has hosted the producing’s LMF is implementing “Power of 1” energy innovation a new procedure to save contest, encouraging employees compressed air during and to propose no- and low-cost between degassing sequences. ideas to conserve energy at the Team members noticed that large plant. In the 2019 contest, the volumes of compressed air were winning ideas from three teams being wasted in this process and will save hundreds of thousands devised a simple push-button of dollars in energy costs. solution to turn off compressed “One of the most important air when it’s not being used. They things we can do is get our people estimate this change will reduce focused on energy efficiency. the air consumption related to Our employees know our plant this job by 90 percent! Project and systems best, and often team members: Joseph DiPinto, they can easily identify opportu- Mike Gole, Joel Rakocy. nities to make our facility more – Focusing on natural gas, efficient. The ideas proposed in a team of reliability engineers this year’s contest were simple from the MEU division used a but impactful, showcasing the special infrared camera to detect power of one person or team to leaks. Within a short two-hour help us reach our energy goals,” walk-through of two onsite explained Rishabh Bahel, manager, facilities, the camera helped ArcelorMittal Cleveland vice president and general manager Mike Madar (third from right) recognized the Power of 1 contest winners and utilities and energy conservation. identify five significant natural thanked them for their efforts to conserve energy at the plant. The top three ideas are: gas leaks. Repairing these leaks – A plan to automatically control is projected to save more one of two hydraulic pump than $200,000. Project team done a certain way for a long I encourage others to look at the day-to-day operational time.” Plants program, ArcelorMittal USA motors at the No. 1 steel members: Scott Hitchings, time doesn’t mean it is the most systems they use regularly and Helder Silva, ArcelorMittal has committed to significantly producing caster will turn it William A. Rinehart, Rishabh Bahel. energy- or cost-efficient way,” work with their teams to discuss Global CTO, judged the submis- reducing its energy intensity. The off when not needed for the “Developing an energy- said Joel Rakocy, electrical project pain points. A little conversation sions and the winning employees Power of 1 projects meaningfully operation. Historically, both efficient system doesn’t just engineer and Power of 1 winner. may result in a large improvement received an Amazon Echo Dot and contribute to that goal. pumps were operating 24 hours impact the company; it also “My teams and I are always to reduce energy consumption, WaterHawk smart shower head. a day, even when one would be benefits the world. Simply looking for ways to improve a reduce costs, decrease mainte- Through the U.S. [email protected] sufficient. This project can be because something has been process to make it more efficient. nance, and even improve Department of Energy’s Better

> Give Boldly Giving boldly to support a free press ArcelorMittal employee Liz had an incredible influence Chicago Emmy Awards Johnson and her husband Jon on me. At a time when not in recognition of her Kaplan go beyond cheering for many women were working in accomplishments. their alma mater on game days. journalism, especially in television, She’s now been at With the support of other alumni, he treated me as he would have ArcelorMittal for the past they have helped set up two any male student. Throughout seven years as manager of endowments for professors at my career, I never thought there internal communications for the University of Missouri School was a job I couldn’t do because ArcelorMittal USA. Her responsi- of Journalism to fund scholarships I was a woman.” bilities include developing for journalism students. When asked why she decided content, shooting and editing They both studied journalism to pursue journalism, Liz explains, videos and promoting company there and wanted to find a way to “I was always a good writer so news and stories internally. give back. that was a natural direction for What’s carried over “I think it’s critical to support me to take. But once I was in it, from journalism over and above the free press in our country, I realized the importance of the everything is the importance and this is one way we do it – media in our society. I looked at of communications skills. by helping train the journalists it as a way to make a difference “Being able to communicate of the future,” Liz explains. in the world.” effectively is vital in any job – And with Give Boldly, she’s Her journalism career took not just in journalism. I work been able to double her impact. her some incredible places, from a lot with the health and safety Liz also worked to create Washington D.C. to Hollywood, team, where communication an endowment for a journalism and she met everyone from is critical to preventing injuries professor at Missouri Southern Barack Obama to Jenny McCarthy and fatalities. At ArcelorMittal, State University, where she got along the way. She primarily effective communication is her undergraduate degree. worked as a TV news writer really the basis for everything Pictured left to right are Lester Holt, Liz Johnson, Linda MacLennan and Jon Kaplan. They all worked “Professor Richard Massa and producer, winning five that we do.” together at CBS 2 in Chicago.

> Our People Data breaches can happen On the move at ArcelorMittal USA anywhere and at anytime. client issues along with coordinat- and managing criminal investiga- Shira Cohen ing with ArcelorMittal producing tions, interactions with outside mills on effective countermea- resources, traffic enforcement, sures for our customers’ issues. and duties relating to applicable Sharon Boyd, process manager, Rob began his career at U.S. Homeland Security & U.S. SSO accounts payable, finance, ArcelorMittal’s legacy company Maritime security regulations. ArcelorMittal USA, has been Inland Steel in 1981 as a turn He graduated with a bachelor’s named manager, SSO accounts supervisor at No. 3 open hearth. degree in criminal justice payable, finance, ArcelorMittal Since then, he has held various – homeland security from Liberty USA. In her new role, Sharon roles of increasing responsibility University. He will report to Mike will be responsible for OnBase, in steelmaking, hot rolling and Madar, vice president and general Chrome River and other applica- quality assurance in both flat manager, ArcelorMittal Cleveland. tions in the accounts payable products and long products. department. Sharon began her Rob has a bachelor’s degree in George Morris, process career as an accounting clerk metallurgy and materials science manager, power house, with predecessor company from Case Western Reserve ArcelorMittal Cleveland, has . She has held University and a master’s degree been named manager, power various positions with increased in management from Purdue house, ArcelorMittal Cleveland. responsibility, including projects University. He will report to Joe In his new role, George will such as supporting the implemen- Nowosad, division manager, be responsible for assuring tation of OnBase and leading customer technical service, a reliable and cost-effective travel and entertainment for non-automotive. source of blast furnace wind, Chrome River She will report steam and electricity to to Kira Geiss, finance manager, Thomas Lanning, specialist, ArcelorMittal Cleveland by shared services organization, plant security/emergency providing managerial and financial finance, ArcelorMittal USA. services, ArcelorMittal Cleveland, oversight of powerhouse and Be aware and immediately report any data breach. has been named manager, BOF suppressed combustion Rob Kittridge, senior engineer, security/emergency services, system operations. Before his IT-related breaches should be reported to the Help Desk technical customer service, ArcelorMittal Cleveland. In current role, George has held AM/NS Calvert, has joined USA his new role, Thomas will be various positions of increasing (##USA – IT Help Desk) or 219-399-HELP. quality as customer technical responsible for acting on all responsibility within the power service manager, trade hot matters that impact the overall house. He will report to David Non-IT-related breaches should be reported to the Hotline roll. In his new role, Rob will be security of the facility, such as Pearson, division manager, managing customer resolution stationing of personnel, access maintenance, engineering & http://arcelormittal.ethicspoint.com or 888-242-7305. to technical issues with line pipe, control, random inspections, utilities, ArcelorMittal Cleveland. tubular and other hot roll trade emergency response, conducting 12 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine USA Chicago, IL 60603 One South Dearborn ArcelorMittal USA Global News in Brief > Steel Search Trivia Challenge Europe Another winner in ArcelorMittal announces it will seek ResponsibleSteel certification for its sites, beginning with Flat Products Europe ArcelorMittal’s Steel ArcelorMittal is to roll out a new sustainability program, aiming to secure ResponsibleSteel site certification for all its ArcelorMittal Search Trivia Challenge Europe – Flat Products sites. The 12-month program will enable each site to prove its production processes and supply chains meet rigorously defined standards across a broad range of social, environmental and governance criteria. Launched in December 2019, ResponsibleSteel is the industry’s first global multi-stakeholder standard and certification initiative, dedicated to defining and promoting responsible practice. It is aimed at improving: • climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, • water stewardship and biodiversity, • human rights and labor rights, • community relations and business integrity. Americas ArcelorMittal is the most sustainable company in the sector The 2019 Exame Sustainability Guide ranks ArcelorMittal as the In the January/February edition of 1 Magazine, we asked: “How much steel was needed to build the USS Indianapolis?” most sustainable company in the Brazilian steel and mining sector. We selected our latest winner (in a random drawing) from dozens It is the seventh time the company has taken the top spot in the of entries and the winner is Indiana Harbor’s Daryl Gann. He had the ranking for the sustainable initiatives it develops within its units. correct answer (1,120 tons and will receive a $100 gift card. The Sustainability Guide is an initiative of Exame Magazine, the most prestigious business magazine in Brazil.

Contrecoeur-East invests in new reheating furnace for wire rod mill Steel Search Trivia Challenge ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada has installed a new reheating furnace at its Contrecoeur-East wire rod mill. This $22.5 million In each issue of 1 Magazine, you’ll find our investment was made on budget, on schedule and without Steel Search Trivia Challenge. Answer the accident, while ensuring continuous plant operations. Part of a cycle of nearly $52.5 million in modernization question correctly (you’ll find the answer initiatives, this furnace and a similar one installed in 2018 at its in this edition), email your response to Contrecoeur-West facility, will allow for greater plant productivity, [email protected] and you’ll be entered optimal energy use and a greenhouse gas reduction of approxi- into a random drawing for a $100 gift card mately 20,000 metric tons of CO2 per year – the equivalent of removing 5,000 cars from the road. (one winner per issue, ArcelorMittal USA employees only). Deadline for entries for ACIS this edition’s contest is April 3, 2020. ArcelorMittal CIS welcomes Vijay Goyal as CEO What is the term used to describe Vijay Goyal has taken up the position of CEO of ArcelorMittal CIS the process of using digitalization to (ArcelorMittal , Ukraine and ArcelorMittal Temirtau, create virtual copies of equipment and Kazakhstan), following Paramjit Kahlon’s departure. systems that can simulate an endless ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Jubail (AMTPJ), a joint venture with Bin Jarallah Group, is also part of Vijay’s scope. Before this number of “what if” scenarios in order appointment, Vijay was CEO of ArcelorMittal Downstream ? to make smart choices? Solutions.

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1 is a publication for all ArcelorMittal employees located within the United States of America. Stay in the picture! Editor: Liz Johnson USA Communications Team: Do you need a reason to work safely? How about Shira Cohen, Kelly Nissan, Summer Paris, Jolice Pojeta, these? Your family. Your friends. Your co-workers. Heather Bockstruck, Amanda Scott, Beth Spurgeon, Bill Your community. Even your pets! Here’s why some Steers, Heidi Umbhau Photographers/ of your co-workers always choose the safest way. Videographers: Rishabh Bahel, Indianapolis Colts, Liz Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Summer Paris, Jolice Pojeta Design: Goodnight and Associates Pictured on cover: Here’s why I work safely: Multi-talented Danil Polyanskiy, My daughter is growing Printer: an ArcelorMittal miner and a Accucraft Imaging competitive pole vaulter, shares up so quickly as the years Circulation: his journey to the cusp of Olympic fly by! I want to come 20,000 qualification. With the company’s support, he has traded mine for home from work each gym, as he trains full-time in the day the same as I went in hope of carrying the dreams of a nation in Japan this summer. so I can continue making wonderful memories with my family. Safety incidents are a reminder of what a precious, fragile gift life is. @ArcelorMittalUS Mike Brooks, network Content Links services, ArcelorMittal Steelton When this icon is shown, more photos relating to the story Awards are available on myarcelormittal.com When this icon is shown, more information about this story is available on Send us a picture of the reason(s) you choose to work the safest myarcelormittal.com When this icon is way and you may be featured in an upcoming edition of 1 Magazine. shown, a video relating Email a high-quality photo to [email protected] and write to the story is available Sustainability for viewing on myarcelormittal.com. “Here’s my reason” in the subject line. Let’s make 2020 ArcelorMittal’s safest year yet.