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> Global News In conversation with Lakshmi Mittal A German newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (abbreviated FAZ), recently sent correspondent Marcus Theurer to talk with our chairman and CEO in a far-reaching conversation, reprinted with permission here.

FAZ: Mr. Mittal, the stock we indirectly secure, for example, Q: Should EU competition Q: But your customers see market value of your group with suppliers, we talk about five oversight be more flexible things differently. They has halved within a year and to six times as many jobs. We are in mergers in the current want to buy steel as cheap the development of your currently in talks with the unions situation? as possible and customs European competitors is about short-time work and we M: Steel is a global product; duties lead to higher prices. similarly bad. How serious expect to separate from some we have global competition. The European automakers, is the situation of the temporary workers. ArcelorMittal We deliver everywhere, and we themselves struggling, are European steel industry? Europe has around 19,500 jobs are supplied from everywhere. outraged by the protective Mr. Mittal: In other parts of in this group. One-third of total steel produc- tariffs on the steel industry. the world, the situation is not so tion is traded worldwide. So, if M: We are not talking about no bad. But Europe worries me. The Q: A permanent problem in we analyze the market concentra- trade, just fair trade. Secondly, I steel industry is, so to speak, the your industry is that there tion, then we should look not don’t believe cheaper steel is the pulse of the economy as a whole, are too many steel plants only at the European market but solution for European automakers. and the European economy is in the world. What is the at the world market. Industry They need a strong partner who currently struggling with many excess capacity? indices show very clearly that can participate in the develop- problems. First, there is the trade M: Pretty big: 500 to 550 million the concentration of the steel ment of the new car models. war between the United States tons in approx. That’s a quarter industry in Europe is still much We’ve reduced the weight of the and China, which also affects of global steelmaking. The key lower than in the United States. steel and improved its strength Europe. Second, we have the to solving this problem is clearly And in Europe, there is no ability – by 30 to 40 percent over the growing tensions in European- in China. Chinese steelmaking to appeal: the decision of the past 10 years, working very Lakshmi N. Mittal, Chairman and CEO American trade relations accounts for nearly half of global Commission is final. closely with our automotive ourselves. Third, China’s production and China has a very customers. For such innovations, economy is weakening, which fragmented steel industry. It has Q: Could further acquisitions we have invested hundreds of is an important export market, to be acknowledged: China has in Europe also make sense millions in research and develop- and fourthly, Brexit is creating made progress and has taken for ArcelorMittal? ment. As sustainability matters further uncertainty. capacity out of the market in A: I think it is clear from our become of increasing importance, recent years. But more needs experience with Ilva and from the we believe that we will have to Q: ArcelorMittal announced to be done. Most important outcome of the Tata/TK merger, have ever closer partnerships two production cuts in though is how to have a level what the Commission’s view is with our customers working Europe twice in May and playing field with China. State of further consolidation in the together to solve challenges scared investors on the subsidies there should be cut European steel industry. We are that affect us both. financial markets. and unprofitable manufacturers focused on integrating Ilva into M: We had to act. In Germany, should leave the market. our European business and also Q: Also, when it comes the reduction of production in completing the acquisition of to protecting the climate, affects our steel mills in Bremen Q: Consolidation is also a Essar in India, which takes us into you are calling for help and Eisenhüttenstadt. But we also topic in Europe. The planned an exciting new growth market. from politicians in the take back production at sites in merger of the steel divisions Indian steel consumption per form of a green border Italy, Poland and Spain. Together, of Thyssen-Krupp and Tata capita is one of the lowest adjustment. Why? this is an annualized decline of has failed because of opposi- worldwide and there is a lot M: ArcelorMittal has a clear 4 to 4.5 million metric tons, tion from the EU competition of potential for steel demand commitment to reducing its CO2 or around 9 percent of our regulator. Would it have growth. emissions. We have just published European steel production. made sense? our first climate action report. M: I think that’s neutral. On the Q: On the other hand, it is not We have the ambition to produce Q: What does that mean one hand, consolidation is always true that European politics our steel in Europe carbon-neutral for jobs in the industry? good. It increases productivity is not already helping you. by the middle of the century. We ArcelorMittal alone has and performance. On the other Europe shields its steel are working on various technolo- 88,000 employees in hand, overcapacity in Europe industry against international gies, such as the use of biomass, Europe, the steel industry would not have changed. competition: tariffs of 25 the use of hydrogen and carbon are to be feared. This type Q: Rightly? more than 300,000. Thyssen-Krupp and Tata did percent are due for certain capturing. But we also need of border adjustment would, M: That depends on which agenda M: And these are just the direct not intend to reduce their import volumes. help for that. It is essential therefore, also have a more you have, which philosophy you jobs. If we include the jobs that production volumes. M: The EU announced safeguards that European politics provide a positive impact on reducing represent. If the goal is to help but they have not been effective. level playing field to ensure fair global emissions. domestic industry grow and shape Further action is also urgently competition. And that includes a American champions, then such needed, given the import tariffs green border adjustment so that Q: But are climate protection measures are at least temporarily that U.S. President Donald Trump imports have the same cost. tariff walls really the right make some sense. So, I can Our 10 sustainable has imposed on steel imports into answer? The world trade understand what Donald Trump the United States. Because of Q: The International Monetary system is already in the is doing. My fear is that many the customs walls in America, Fund estimates the price of biggest crisis since its European industries will not development outcomes producing countries, which have carbon dioxide emissions founding after the Second survive unless we support the so far been exporting heavily, are would have to be around $70 World War due to growing creation of European champions. making way for the comparatively a ton to meet the goals of the protectionism. open European market. Another Paris Climate Summit. That is M: If Europe really wants to Q: Protecting against import Our 10 sustainable development problem is that the EU’s safeguard almost three times as much as contribute to lower emissions in duties through tariffs could, outcomes are how we will clauses offer loopholes. It is too today. Could ArcelorMittal the sky – and at the end of the therefore, be justified, at least easy for the exporters to get shoulder such cost increases? day remember there is only one in the medium term, even in contribute to making a more around them. The impact is M: Yes, if everyone has to pay sky – then yes we strongly believe Europe, in order to enable sustainable future, from the way massive: we have a steel flood. this price, so if we have a level it is the right answer. Otherwise, national champions? Last year, the EU imported almost playing field. At the moment, all you end up doing is risking M: Yes, at least as long as, we make steel and use resources, 30 million tonnes of steel. Since only European steelmakers have destroying your own steel for example, there is no level 2017, imports have risen by 30 to pay a price for their carbon industry and not actually lowering playing field with imports from to how we develop new products, and to 40 percent. And steel exports emissions under the European the footprint of global emissions other countries. support our people and our communities. from Turkey to the EU have emissions trading system, but not from steel-making. Solving increased by more than 130 our competitors in China, Russia a global problem like climate Q: You have just mentioned 1 Safe, healthy, quality working lives percent within two years. The and other countries, who sell their change requires new solutions. the growing inequality in many manufacturers there unload steel in Europe and thus have a Our analysis shows this is countries. If so, do not politics for our people their excess steel in Europe significant cost advantage. The non-discriminatory and simply have to ensure more because the economy in Turkey CO2 price in Europe has quintupled therefore, WTO compliant. redistribution from rich to 2 Products that accelerate more sustainable is weakening. since the beginning of 2018, and poor? Their own fortune is these costs only affect the EU Q: The hyper-globalization of estimated at nearly eleven lifestyles Q: The EU Commission is steel industry, but not imported the past decades is reaching £ 11 billion. considering easing tariff steel. That’s not fair competition. its limits. Open markets and M: Every country needs to have 3 Products that create sustainable protection for the steel borders are increasingly a social system. But my belief is infrastructure industry in July. What Q: And that’s why are viewed critically. Will we that pure redistribution is not the would be the result? you calling for a climate be living in a much less solution. Economic growth is the 4 Efficient use ofresources and high M: That would be negative. Our protection tariff? globalized world in five or solution. Industrial growth is the industry is in crisis and if the EU M: Yes, we need a green border ten years’ time than today? solution. Redistribution does not recycling rates Commission should also ease the adjustment. We have been M: Globalization did a lot for create growth or encourage already inadequate safeguard discussing for two years, but the world, but not everyone entrepreneurship. 5 Trusted user of air, land and water clauses – which is due to be the I think people now are beginning benefited from globalization in case in July – I fear that the to understand the logic and equal measure. If you look at the Q: Over the past four decades, 6 Responsible energy user that helps situation in the European steel support the concept. I hope new political forces that have you’ve built a global steel industry will continue to worsen. that the new EU Commission, formed governments in recent empire out of nothing. You create a lower carbon future which will be formed over the years, you will see that people in will be seventy next year. Q: What are you asking for? next few months, will give this many countries are dissatisfied. What are your personal 7 Supply chains that our customers trust M: There are a number of key serious consideration. They feel marginalized; they have plans for the future? points. First, there is an ongoing the impression that the gap in M: I would like to continue 8 Active and welcomed member investigation into the effective- Q: Why? prosperity in society continues to working as long as I create value ness of the safeguards. This M: If the price of CO2 rises open. Something has to happen. for customers, employees and of the community should be completed before dramatically only in the EU, but shareholders. Of course, my there is any relaxation in the not elsewhere in the world, then Q: And what? 9 son Aditya now takes a lot of Pipeline of talented scientists and engineers levels of imports allowed. From foreign producers have a very M: If you do not focus on responsibility. for tomorrow July 1, imports into the EU can significant cost benefit. At the providing decent economic increase by 5 percent. We would $70 CO2 price you mentioned, growth in your own country, Q: He was promoted to 10 Our contribution to society measured, actually need a reduction of the cost of steel would rise by then globalization will reverse. president of ArcelorMittal 20 percent to reach the level of $130 per tonne. This would more People in the U.S., for example, last year. Is he the right shared and valued 2017 again. We definitely also than erode our current operating seem of the opinion that they successor as CEO, if you need quotas from individual profit margin. Without border are not among the profiteers of leave at some point? All underpinned by transparent good governance. exporting countries for so-called adjustment, there is, therefore, a globalization. Industrial sectors M: The board will decide, but why hot-rolled coils, one of our most high probability that overall global there have been disappearing not? Aditya has done a great job important product groups. That’s Look for “The 10” symbol in 1 Magazine to see how emissions will not be reduced. rather than growing. That is for our company over the past the biggest problem area. And Rather, production relocations to why the United States is taking 22 years. He showed his skills our company works toward a more sustainable future. there should be mechanisms to more emission-intensive countries protectionist measures. and leadership qualities. I think address the loopholes. he would be a strong CEO. 3 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 Turbulent times falling price environment at the John Brett close of Q2, in which we saw spot hot rolled prices below $500 per ton. A good portion of our order The volatility of the stock market book is indexed agreements with reflects the turbulent times a lagging price feature. we are currently experiencing. The passage of the United Stability could prove to be elusive States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) as some experts are predicting free trade agreement would be a troubling U.S. financial picture a welcomed spark to demand. in 2020. The uncertainties of It includes important new rules both the global and the United of origin for automobiles and States economies weigh heavily auto parts and should lead to on ArcelorMittal. In the U.S., increased use of American steel several factors – lower flat rolled in North American auto produc- apparent steel consumption tion. Under the new regulations, (4% on a first-half to first-half auto manufacturers must basis), lower than forecasted purchase 70% of their steel steel prices and higher raw from North American sources to materials costs – resulted in be considered North American in a financial performance signifi- origin and, thus, duty-free within cantly below expectations. USMCA. The automotive segment These market dynamics is a vital market for us, so we deteriorated as we progressed are extremely supportive. Our through the first half and, government relations team therefore, not surprisingly, our is actively working to ensure ArcelorMittal USA EBITDA was that lawmakers recognize the lower in Q2 vs. Q1. Spurred on importance of finalizing this trade by the Section 232 proclamation, pact and encouraging them to which imposed a 25% tariff support this agreement for the on imported steel from most benefit of our customers and countries, the U.S. steel industry the steel industry. John Brett, CEO, ArcelorMittal USA increased its utilization rate either As we navigate what will by restarting idled assets or likely be a difficult stretch of the executing our customer delivery economic stability is essential, we was .84, higher than our target following protocols and proce- operating its assets at a more market for the balance of the initiatives. I am delighted to report can never lose sight of the fact and last quarter’s performance. dures, and pointing out and robust pace. This development, year, our operations must be that our delivery initiatives have that health and safety are our top Disappointingly, we further addressing concerns before coupled with steel service center reliable and efficient; we cannot resulted in excellent progress for priorities. Tragically, we experi- deteriorated in July, incurring an accident happens. Beginning de-stocking (almost one million afford the higher production both our MTF and MTO custom- enced a fatality at Indiana Harbor five incidents and recording a September 30, ArcelorMittal tons for flat rolled) put substantial costs which accompany ineffi- ers. The level of engagement in our rail operations in early April. rate of 1.68. Our LTI performance USA will observe Health Week downward pressure on pricing. ciencies. It is critical that we across the company is quite We must refocus our efforts on in Q1 2019 proves that we and I encourage each of us Unfortunately, we face more aggressively participate in our impressive and our customers our Journey to Zero, an accident- can do better. We must remain to do all we can to protect challenging conditions in Q3, as core markets, improve our yield are taking notice. free work environment. Our lost steadfast in our commitment to our health and to commit we realize the full impact of the performance and continue While improving our time injury (LTI) rate for Q2 2019 workplace safety – being vigilant, to work safely on the job.

> Climate Action The climate in Washington

automotive fuel economy, some At ArcelorMittal, we firmly Tom Dower of which had never actually taken believe that steel is the sustain- effect due to legal challenges. able material of the future. The current Administration argues Compared to many competing Responsible Leadership Since last November’s mid-term that market forces, rather than materials, steel has a relatively low elections, priorities have been government regulations, should energy and carbon footprint when shifting in the U.S. Congress. drive environmental and economic first produced and is the world’s Strong, responsible leadership is the key to After two years of Republican outcomes. The scaling back of most recycled material due to its leadership in Congress and the auto regulations is based on the magnetic properties which make success for any organization. At ArcelorMittal, White House, Democrats took view that increasingly stringent it easy and inexpensive to sort. responsible leadership means abiding by our Code control of the U.S. House of government regulations are Advanced high-strength steels Representatives. Congresswoman making vehicles more expensive, are the fastest growing material of Business Conduct, protecting our reputation Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was again leading consumers to retain in the automotive market, helping elected Speaker, but not without their older vehicles longer and our customers reduce vehicle and making smart business decisions that are in a struggle. Part of her effort to delay purchasing replacements weight while maintaining safety the best interest of our shareholders, employees reclaim her title centered around with the latest safety and and offering key functionality climate change. A very vocal environmental technologies. for battery protection in electric and communities. As ArcelorMittal employees, movement – mainly made up of These regulatory processes vehicles. Clean energy sources we all have a role to play in responsible leadership. younger Americans – showed up will continue to progress slowly, like wind and solar are dependent in force in Washington calling for often involving court reviews. on steel and are, in fact, more action to combat climate change As of today, there is no steel-intensive than traditional as part of a so-called “Green New national carbon policy beyond fossil-fuel power plants and Deal.” Renewable power got most mandatory reporting of green- infrastructure. Further, our of the media attention with calls house gases for facilities emitting advanced steel construction for 100% carbon-free power, but over 25,000 metric tons per solutions can help reduce the Green New Deal also calls for year. Based on current political emissions in buildings. de-carbonizing transportation, dynamics, there is no expectation With the recent publication Responsible industry and agriculture. This has of agreement on a national of the ArcelorMittal Climate certainly gotten our attention as climate policy in the near future. Action Report, the company is leadership is a company. “ But that doesn’t mean nothing now showcasing how we think providing prompt, Over the past several is happening – far from it. steelmaking itself can decarbonize months, the issue has continued Republican and Democratic over time – assuming success concise and to evolve. The U.S. House legislators are introducing with strategies such as replacing accurate technical established a “Select Committee climate-related legislation: over fossil fuels with greener options on the Climate Crisis,” with a 100 pieces of legislation and deploying next-generation feedback to our mandate to study the issue and mentioning “carbon” were technologies utilizing hydrogen or customers. This is report legislative recommenda- introduced in the first six months electrolysis, for example. Notably, tions by the end of March 2020. of 2019. Many of these bills could our CEO, Mr. Mittal, has also an element of our Other relevant congressional have significant impacts on the called for an alignment of public business that our committees have also been steel industry. Therefore, we policies to support this transition, holding hearings on various must be – and are – engaged just as governments around the customers can aspects of the issue including with policymakers and stakehold- world have helped spur technical rely on. climate trends and impacts; ways ers about the importance of the innovation in power production to mitigate future impacts and steel industry to the economy and energy extraction. make communities more resilient; and steel’s essential role in the In the world of politics, and the promotion of technolo- low-carbon supply chains of the headline often gets the most ” gies to reduce emissions such the future. attention, but in our complicated as renewable energy and carbon As a starting point, it is world, it is the actual details that capture. The climate issue is a important to understand that matter. As we monitor develop- John Kross, manager, customer technical high priority for Democratic steel is crucial for a growing global ments in climate policy, we have service, ArcelorMittal Coatesville presidential candidates and population and delivering the to ensure our stakeholders primary voters. There has also quality of life all people deserve. understand the role steel can been a noticeable shift in how Modern living depends upon steel. and must play in the low-carbon congressional Republicans are It is an essential component of economy of the future. While our talking about the issue. They the built environment, including representative democracy usually What do you view as responsible leadership? have placed a renewed focus on infrastructure, transportation, moves quite slowly, it can see Send us your quote and a picture of you/your technology, innovation and the clean water, energy and beyond. short bursts of action when the private sector as critical tools So, it is not a question of whether opportunity presents itself. We team to kathy.smith@arcelormittal.com. to address the climate challenge. steel is produced, rather where must use the time we have today Meanwhile, the Trump and how. A ton of steel produced to be prepared for that action. Administration has proposed in the U.S. or North America fundamental changes to can be expected to have a Tom Dower is the senior climate-related regulations, lower carbon footprint than director, government relations, largely rescinding or re-working that same ton produced in China, ArcelorMittal USA. #ResponsibleLeadership Obama Administration rules for example, which now makes for electricity generation and half of the steel in the world. [email protected] 4 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 ArcelorMittal’s focus on energy improves our environmental bottom line

it’s clear that energy plays a Summer Paris role in all of it,” explained Larry Fabina, ArcelorMittal USA energy champion. ArcelorMittal is striving to make “Steelmaking is an steel production more sustain- energy-intensive, high-cost able, recognizing that energy industry with clear environmen- intersects with so many other tal impacts and deep depen- critical areas of our business, dence on natural resources. And especially our environmental yet, our product – steel – is an footprint. More efficient essential material in our modern operations generate fewer lives. From buildings and cars to emissions, helping minimize washing machines and wind negative impacts. A focus on turbines, steel provides us the energy and environment is in the quality of life we all deserve. To DNA of ArcelorMittal’s vision to be sustainable moving forward, be a sustainable business and is we must be able to produce the embedded in our 10 Sustainable steel that the growing worldwide Development Outcomes. population needs, while reducing “Whether we are looking our carbon footprint, protecting at our operational costs, the our environment and without safety of our facilities, innovative excessive cost,” stated Beth Indiana Harbor: boiler uses furnace gas to make electricity research and development, Spurgeon, division manager, or especially our company’s corporate responsibility, environmental performance, ArcelorMittal Americas.

Cleveland: 50001 ready

Burns Harbor: 75% self-sufficient in power generation by 2020

Leading our industry low-carbon world and, in doing multiple times. Across the globe, and here in so, help them manage their – First steel company to join the the U.S., ArcelorMittal is leading risks and ambitions.” U.S. Department of Energy’s the steel and mining industry Energy efficiency plays a (DOE) Better Plants program, on energy efficiency, carbon primary role in the company’s declaring a bold goal to decrease Weirton: exceeded Energy Star Challenge for Industry reduction and environmental climate strategy, and is one of our energy intensity in U.S. improvements. Earlier this year, four key drivers for reducing operations by 10% over 10 years ArcelorMittal published its first emissions. – First integrated steelmaking global Climate Action Report. In Here in the U.S., facilities to pursue 50001 Ready Being a trusted steward Engaging employees, new products like more it, Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and ArcelorMittal’s leadership in recognition from the DOE. Our of our environment customers and partners fuel-efficient and electric CEO, declared, “As the world’s energy includes a series of Cleveland facility achieved this ArcelorMittal’s 10 sustainable Today, energy efficiency, vehicles,” said Spurgeon. leading steel company, we are “firsts”: milestone in 2018, and our Burns development outcomes call environmental stewardship Similarly, on the community committed to the objectives of – First steel company to be Harbor facility is now engaging out our ambitions to be a and sustainability are as front, ArcelorMittal is partnering the Paris Agreement and I want named an Energy Star® Partner in collaborative training with responsible and trusted user crucial to ArcelorMittal’s with nonprofit organizations in all to reassure our stakeholders and the first and only steel automotive customer Nissan of our energy and natural long-term business model as of our communities to promote that we will do our best to company to earn the “ENERGY and multiple suppliers to be resources (air, land and water). are operational excellence and environmental protection, contribute effectively to a STAR Partner of the Year” award named 50001 Ready in 2020. “The best way to achieve our ability to produce a quality restoration and biodiversity. that trust is to demonstrate product for our customers. A sampling of projects superior compliance with “We cannot do this work ArcelorMittal is undertaking in Energy-efficiency and Many of our facilities, for ENERGY STAR® Challenge for government regulations and alone. In fact, we are finding our communities this summer self-sufficiency example, capture waste gases Industry. This prestigious award our stakeholders’ expecta- we make greater strides and include: Energy is expensive (currently to generate electricity that recognizes facilities which reduce tions,” said Keith Nagel, progress when we embark – Southeast Michigan Resilience about 15% of our cost to convert goes back into powering the their energy intensity by more director of environmental on sustainability initiatives in Fund announced $1.46 million raw materials into finished steel operations. For example: than 10 percent over five years. affairs and real estate. partnership with our stakehold- in grant funding to benefit products), and the process of – A major upgrade at our Weirton achieved this impressive “We are held to an ers,” explained Spurgeon. communities and habitats making steel requires a lot of it. Burns Harbor facility’s power- reduction by installing a new increasingly high standard, Within our facilities, this in southeast Michigan. “Every action we take – big or house will generate at least 75% package boiler system. and we are committed to means engaging employees to ArcelorMittal is a founding small – to conserve energy saves of the facility’s power require- Other projects have specific meeting it. Through operational help save energy by looking for partner in the fund, which is money, makes our operations ments when complete next year, operational goals front and improvements, investments leaks, turning things off when managed by the National Fish more efficient, and reduces our significantly reducing the plant’s center, but are enhanced by and employee training, they aren’t in use and bringing and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). environmental impact,” Fabina purchased power. Indiana Harbor incorporating energy-saving ArcelorMittal has made forth good ideas for low-cost – Every summer, ArcelorMittal said. “Our Better Plants goal to also installed a new boiler to technologies. A recent project significant progress in our energy improvements. Burns Harbor hosts hundreds of improve our energy intensity by utilize their blast furnace gas to at Indiana Harbor’s 80" hot strip environmental performance. “One of the biggest tools Mighty Acorns® Nature Camp 10% is as much about being a make electricity to meet most of mill demonstrates this, improving We also know we must in our toolbox is our employees. participants. These students sustainable long-term business the plant’s electricity needs and the reliability of the descaling maintain the same consistent We call it the ‘Power of 1.’ One visit our onsite environmental as it is about protecting the at times feeds electricity back system and improving product level of environmental person, or one team, can truly restoration area (certified by the environment. Energy efficiency to the grid. And our Cleveland quality while significantly excellence at every site, across make a difference in energy Wildlife Habitat Council) to learn is truly a win-win.” facility is embarking on a project reducing electricity and water our footprint, even though reduction at ArcelorMittal,” said about nature, wildlife and even Across our U.S. facilities, to increase its internal power use. In another example, the every facility and operation Fabina. ArcelorMittal USA was a little about steelmaking. there are dozens of efforts generation significantly. DOE recognized ArcelorMittal may be different.” recognized for this approach – Our Cleveland facility underway to conserve energy. – Our Warren, Ohio, cokemaking Cleveland at its Better Buildings, One hundred percent of to engagement with a 2018 joined hundreds of community Last year alone, 30 projects facility is now entirely self-suffi- Better Plants Summit this July our U.S. steelmaking facilities Better Practice Award from stakeholders to celebrate 50 produced more than $15.9 cient for its plant electrical with a 2019 “Better Plants” are ISO 14001 certified, the DOE. The DOE recently years of environmental progress million in savings. Projects range needs, and even sells some of Better Project award for a a voluntary international teamed up with ArcelorMittal on the Cuyahoga River, reflecting from significant capital invest- its electricity back to the grid. project that installed variable standard for environmental Warren to lead an energy on how industry – and our ments to grassroots “turn it off” – Last year, the ArcelorMittal fan drives on 12 cooling tower management systems. To “treasure hunt” designed relationship to water – has campaigns. Weirton, West Virginia, facility fans and saved several thousand further unify efforts across the to engage the workforce changed since the river famously Some projects are designed achieved the U.S. Environmental dollars per year. U.S., we are implementing new in “hunting” for low- and caught fire. This is part of the with energy goals in mind. Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) environmental data collection no-cost improvements. And facility’s ongoing engagement and training systems, so our our Cleveland facility hosted in the city’s Climate Action Plan. teams on the ground have all the DOE the same week for Even as ArcelorMittal’s the resources they need. This a new in-plant training for global climate action goals and includes our environmental employees focused on water opportunities are further defined, engineers, of course, but it efficiency and management. our work today in the U.S. to also cascades down to our Beyond the walls of improve in energy and environ- operators and technicians our facilities, ArcelorMittal is ment – on the shop floor, in on the shop floor. also partnering with external our research and development According to Nagel, stakeholders – from customers labs, and on the ground in education and engagement to communities. our communities – is already are critical to our continued “Our customers are contributing to a more sustain- improvement and success: counting on us to have able and resilient business. “Every one of our employees the highest environmental is responsible for our environ- standards and to match their [email protected] mental objectives, and I think commitments to energy our workforce understands efficiency. So, in addition to the important role they play openly sharing our own goals 6. Responsible in creating a sustainable and progress, we are also energy user that business.” actively partnering with helps create a lower Warren: feeds power back into grid customers to co-develop carbon future 5 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019

USA strives for energy efficiency > Sustainability through self-generation, substitution Alexa-like technology for and effective management monitoring oil use Harbor. Creating opportunities plant or plate mill. Jolice Pojeta for self-generating power within “At our powerhouses at our operations is one example of the three integrated facilities ArcelorMittal’s commitment to of Burns Harbor, Cleveland Always looking for our operations becoming more energy efficient. and Indiana Harbor, we produce to be more energy-efficient, “At Indiana Harbor, there are electricity using byproduct ArcelorMittal USA facilities not times we have excess electricity fuels from our coke operations only look for energy-saving that also gets pushed back to the (Burns Harbor) and blast furnaces opportunities, some even sell grid. Depending on the facility, (all three facilities),” adds Fabina. self-generated excess power exporting electricity can generate “Additionally, at many of our and others look for ways to income and lower our costs.” facilities, we produce plant save money by substituting Fabina notes there are steam with byproduct fuels more economical power sources. several ways our facilities and natural gas.” ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor generate energy. For example, Such self-generated energy and ArcelorMittal Warren are at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, is essential for plant reliability two of them. the blast furnace and coking and production, as well as to “At our Warren coke operations produce byproduct help lower our costs. Fabina operations, we produce 100% of fuels, specifically in the generation says the potential savings are the electricity the facility requires of coke oven gas and blast tens of millions of dollars. for the coke battery operation furnace gas. Those operations As a company, we and sell any extra to the grid,” said can consume the gas or send are continually looking for Larry Fabina, manager, continuous it to other areas at Burns Harbor, opportunities to reduce our improvement, ArcelorMittal Burns such as the powerhouse, sinter energy consumption through energy management, conserva- Minorca’s Dan Hamilton and LogiLube’s William Gillette have partnered on a test to digitally monitor oil tion and installation of energy- flow to predict and prevent problems. efficient equipment and lighting. “Waste heat recovery is an could have led to more signifi- the heart of several problems, excellent opportunity to reduce Liz Johnson cant failures,” Hamilton said. relating to bearings, gears, spray our energy consumption and even “But we were able to catch it reliability and more. produce electricity and steam,” in time, plan for it and do the “We’re providing a solution notes Fabina. “Yet many times, You may use Alexa to control maintenance on our terms, that is a collection of hardware it is not economical to do so due your lights, door locks, appli- instead of reacting to it. and software solutions to to the cost of the equipment.” ances, switches and other One of the goals of Action provide a complete turnkey As far as energy substitution, smart home devices. But similar 2020 is to reduce our carbon end-to-end ecosystem that Fabina points to our blast digital technology is allowing footprint by saving energy. This monitors the oil condition quality, furnaces. one ArcelorMittal USA facility partnership is helping Minorca as well as various parameters “Here, we substitute natural to improve its sustainability. reach that goal. of ball mills, as well as rod mills,” gas for coal and coke. However, Minorca is working with three “If we’re maintaining oil according to William Gillette, there is a limit on how much companies on a test aimed at quality, we’re not wasting oil, founder and CEO of LogiLube. natural gas we can inject,” adds improving the use of oil in its which helps us with our carbon That provides ArcelorMittal Fabina. “The amount of substitu- processes: ExxonMobil, the footprint. It is rather interesting with actionable insights that tion among these fuels depends oil provider, PetroChoice, that we have an oil supplier who lead to proactive maintenance on the price of natural gas and the distributor and LogiLube, is helping us use less oil. That practices and improved machine coke, along with their availability. a company that provides sounds counterintuitive, but it’s availability, lowering the cost All-in-all, our reduction, recovery predictive analytic solutions. one of the major reasons I like to of production. and substitution efforts lower “On a fundamental level, work with Exxon,” Hamilton said. PetroChoice is another our costs and improve our you could probably describe it as ExxonMobil is providing piece of the solution, providing flexibility if supplies are limited. Alexa for industrial equipment,” more than just lubricants to not just the distribution of oil, The ArcelorMittal Warren coke facility produces 100% of the electric- explains Dan Hamilton, reliability the facility. It’s working to but a wealth of experience. ity required for its operation and sells any extra back to the grid. [email protected] engineer at Minorca. “It’s find solutions that can help “We’ve had onsite industrial internet of things. You the rod and ball mills operate lubrication engineers and have all these sensors connected more efficiently. managers that work with our to a central computer called “ArcelorMittal was looking mining customers for the past > Energy LogiLube. It’s the brain box.” to improve availability on the 30 years to help them along That box monitors oil rod mill,” said Matt Dinslage, the journey of reliability and use, detecting and reporting North American MBU brand and uptime and productivity through potential problems, even strategy advisor for ExxonMobil. lubrication programs,” said notifying the team at Minorca “So we looked at a holistic PetroChoice’s Marshall Martin. Hot strip mill projects reduce of certain routine events, like solution to address availability This collaboration is a sampling. The data has helped concerns and reduce the risks best practice that’s already improve the availability of for catastrophic downtime attracting the attention of energy consumption, improve equipment and the reliability relating to lube systems and other ArcelorMittal facilities of the facility’s processes. mechanical equipment.” as our company works to “There have been a few That’s where LogiLube improve its sustainability. instances where the ‘brain box’ came in. The company’s quality, save money warned us about events that digitalization technology got to [email protected] nozzles, while increasing pressure. in their process, the furnace team Kelly Nissan The technology allowed them to paid a visit to ArcelorMittal’s plant idle one of the pumps, reducing in Dofasco. A large “brain trust” electrical consumption. is one advantage ArcelorMittal Best Practice Always looking for energy “We’ve greatly increased has over other steel companies. > conservation ideas that provide longevity and reliability through Because we are global, we can tap a sustainable impact, Indiana this project,” said Jason Vicari, into experts from other opera- Harbor’s 80" hot strip mill lead engineer, equipment tional sites from across the world. employees recently completed maintenance, Indiana Harbor We’re thankful for our Energy champions gather to share two projects that aim to save 80” hot strip mill. Vicari, who has employees who continually the mill more than $2.5 million authored several award-winning work to identify and implement each year. technical papers, submitted the ongoing, innovative solutions best practices The descale system upgrade project to AIST for Reliability to increase the sustainability improved performance and Achievement Award consideration. of our operations, reduce surface quality, while reducing In another example, greenhouse gas emissions water consumption and mainte- employees reduced energy costs and protect the environment, nance costs. By implementing by lowering the amount of natural all while saving money. improved technology, the team gas used in the hot strip mill’s was able to reduce flow at the reheat furnace. To fill the gaps [email protected]

Colleagues from facilities across North America and the global sustainability group gathered in Brazil for the annual Americas Energy Roundtable.

with representatives from footprint mitigation, starting Helder Silva ArcelorMittal in Europe. The with great presenters. Tubarão group explored numerous shared how they have reached topics, including health and safety, high performances on health For the first time in eight years, corporate responsibility, research and safety energy and water the Americas Energy Roundtable and development, projects across management. was held outside North America, our plants (including an ethanol- In 2020, we are planning at ArcelorMittal Tubarão, Brazil. making project from off-gases), to host the Americas Energy More than 30 colleagues and our global company’s Roundtable at ArcelorMittal representing all steel making CO2 strategy. Dofasco, Canada. segments in the continent, The event encouraged including teams from the USA, excellent discussion among Helder Silva is CTO, NAFTA Upgrades extend pump life and reduce maintenance costs and electricity consumption. joined the meetings, together our plants on energy and carbon 6 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 Department of Energy honors ArcelorMittal Cleveland for saving energy, reducing water use – brainstormed how they could Summer Paris improve the system so the fan motors would only use the energy they needed to cool the water. The U.S. Department of Energy “We determined that we could (DOE) presented ArcelorMittal put sensors in the intake and outtake Cleveland with a special “Better of the cooling tower to measure the Project” award at its annual Better temperature of the water and use Buildings, Better Plants Summit that information to control the speed in Arlington, Virginia, earlier this of the fans,” explained Smith. “For year. The award recognizes a unique higher temperatures, the fans can project the facility implemented in run at a higher speed because they its water treatment systems that have more cooling to do. For lower combines energy-saving goals with temperatures, the fans could operate better water stewardship practices. at a slower speed, using less energy.” The project also contributes to The technology chosen to ArcelorMittal USA’s Better Plants moderate the fan speed is called commitment to reduce its energy a variable frequency drive, or VFD. intensity by 10% over 10 years. The team worked with a vendor ArcelorMittal Cleveland to find a special VFD that is perfect operates several water treatment for this application. plants that are responsible for Since being implemented handling and treating all the water last year, the project has shown the facility uses in its manufacturing a significant reduction in energy processes. Much of this water consumption. This is especially true comes from the nearby Cuyahoga in the winter months when the fans River and the temperature of only have to operate at 20-30% the water needs to be carefully speed, using 70-80% less energy controlled using cooling tower fans. than when they were running on Historically, these fans had only two the default high speed all the time. Rishabh Bahel, energy conservation and utilities manager, Cleveland (center), accepted the Better Project award on behalf of the speeds – high and low – and the “The energy savings are far greater ArcelorMittal Cleveland team at the DOE’s Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit. He’s pictured with Larry Fabina (left), manager practice was to always run them than we forecasted. We are saving of continuous improvement at Burns Harbor and Valri Lightner, acting director of DOE’s advanced manufacturing office. on high to get the job done. 3,422 Mwh/year, worth hundreds “The problem was that of thousands of dollars annually,” running the fans on constant said Bahel. high speed, even when high speed “After the successful imple- wasn’t required, was wasting a mentation on the first 12 fan lot of energy,” explained Rishabh motors, we plan to implement the Bahel, energy conservation and project on the remaining cooling utilities manager. towers at the plant. Also, we are With this award-winning creating best practices for the idea project, the Cleveland team to be implemented across redesigned the system so that the ArcelorMittal USA.” fans can operate at variable speeds According to Smith and Bahel, based on how much cooling the the project had another benefit too. water needs. “The other important savings has At first, they didn’t even know been the reduced water we take how much energy was being used. from the river. With the fans running So one of the first things they did at high speed all the time, we were was install a meter to accurately pulling a lot of water to maintain the track how much energy the fans operation and losing a lot of water were consuming. “Metering is to evaporation. The decreased speed important so we have good baseline has helped us reduce the makeup data to track our improvements water by approximately 20%. This against,” said Bahel. supports a healthy and sustainable Next, the team – comprised Cuyahoga River and the community of Bahel, water treatment manager and wildlife it serves,” stated Smith. Irvin Smith, and automation The variable speed drive installed ArcelorMittal Cleveland’s contractor John Kraizel [email protected] Strip Mill Water Treatment Plant Cooling Tower. View of the drives installed on the cooling towers.

> Energy Efficiency > Best Practice A brighter, more energy- New fans lead to dramatic efficient workplace energy savings ArcelorMittal’s regional headquarters in Richfield, Ohio A best practice at Cleveland that’s saving hundreds of is basking in the brightness of a more energy-efficient thousands of dollars! office building after switching to LED bulbs.

the building’s interior. Fortunately for Zupancic, lighting Summer Paris “I had been looking for a technology is evolving fast, and long time for a good alternative he finally found a new product to the old fluorescent bulbs that met the Richfield office’s Last year, facilities and mainte- we had in place. They needed needs perfectly. nance coordinator Mike Zupancic frequent replacement and we So with support from a utility started replacing 100-watt were spending a lot of money rebate, Zupancic and his colleague fluorescent exterior lights with each year on new fluorescents. Wayne Poteete have undertaken more efficient 18 watt LED bulbs. There was a real opportunity the larger project to replace all That conversion project paid for to save time and money, and the building’s parking lot lights itself with the money and energy to reduce our environmental and about 550 interior lights saved by the new efficient bulbs. footprint,” explained Zupancic. throughout the building. It also inspired Zupancic and the But up until last year, he The new LED that Zupancic Richfield leadership to pursue couldn’t find a more efficient bulb selected only requires a simple additional lighting projects in the that didn’t require extensive and retrofit at the fixture with minimal facility parking lot and throughout expensive retrofitting to use. rewiring. This allows Zupancic and Poteete to do the project in-house and keep project costs down. “After rebates, this project New fans at Cleveland’s No. 1 steel producing are saving energy and millions of dollars. has a seven-month payback, which is terrific. Plus, we’ve pull gas through our cleaning annual savings of nearly a found that the light output is Liz Johnson system before it exits our stack. quarter million dollars. And as good or greater than the old It takes all the waste products it gets better. bulbs, so everyone is pleased,” from the steel-making process, “Because it was an Zupancic said. Most repairs are costly, but cleans the gas, cools the gas and energy incentive project, ArcelorMittal’s Richfield sometimes fixing a problem then sends it out to the stack.” First Energy (the area utility office is home to the company’s can lead to substantial savings. What he discovered was company) gave us a rebate environmental affairs department The fans in the BOF at No. 1 that the rotor was causing the of $206,000,” he said. and several information technol- steel producing were wearing wearing, but a new blade would The cost of the project ogy, health and safety personnel. out much faster than normal. fix the problem. totaled $600,000. But with a The lighting project contributes So Nick Asper, maintenance “That not only helped us one-time rebate of $206,000 to the company’s efforts to be supervisor, started looking with our wear and tear issue, but and yearly savings of $258,300, a responsible energy user and for solutions. it also saves us energy,” Asper the simple payback is just demonstrates that improvements “I contacted a company that explained. “The technology we 1.5 years, with a savings in all of our environments – builds fans in different housings had in service was ancient, not of $400,000 the first from offices to parking lots to talk to them about what we even used anymore!” year alone. to manufacturing facilities – could do to increase our housing The energy savings are Among the advantages of LED lights: they use 50% less electricity and can make a big difference. life,” he said. These fans are vital impressive. Saving 4,000 [email protected] are less likely to break than traditional lights and they have a lifespan of because “the induced draft fans megawatts a year creates an up to 50,000 hours. [email protected] 7 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 > Environment Employees learn relevant Facilities share best practices to optimize environmental requirements environmental compliance through e-learning has embraced e-learning as a important topics: “Under the on key environmental policies Summer Paris new, effective way to deliver Resource Conservation and and issues. The modules also training. Over the past two years, Recovery Act (RCRA), annual strengthen and complement we have developed four online training is required for personnel the RCRA refresher training we Complying with environmental classes that are mandated by who manage hazardous waste in previously developed specifically regulations is something U.S. EPA, U.S. DOT and state any way. Similarly, personnel who for our plant. Another benefit is ArcelorMittal takes very seriously. environmental agencies. work in areas where stormwater that the online courses are free But it’s more than just “nice “As with everything we do, may affect the environment are for us at the facility and we don’t to do.” It’s legally required that our goal with the e-learning required to be trained on storm need to hold live classes for every we follow the laws and rules program is to comply with water pollution prevention plans employee that needs training, that apply to our operations. regulatory requirements and and, if oil is an issue, on spill which can be expensive and And, as industry leaders, we ensure that our plant personnel prevention control and counter- difficult to manage.” are always looking for ways are receiving the same message measure plans. Finally, people Dave Lisak, environmental to get better, not just in terms and information about environ- responsible for the packing, manager at I/N Tek and I/N Kote, of what we deliver but also mental performance expecta- shipping, receiving and loading or agreed: “The online training how we deliver it. tions,” explained Keith Nagel, unloading of hazardous materials program provides team members Environmental compliance director of environmental must take DOT hazmat training with a consistent, detailed is an important responsibility, affairs and real estate. every three years,” said Julianne approach to learning about and for a large and complex So far, four classes, each Kurdila, lead specialist, environ- environmental regulations. organization like ours, it’s a big presented in modular form, mental compliance and policy. Employees take the training job that requires the participation have been developed for targeted As the online courses have at their convenience, ensuring and knowledge of many individu- employee training. Environmental been rolled out to individual that the mandatory training is als and teams. professionals at each facility ArcelorMittal facilities, local completed by all who require it.” Best practice in container management from I/N Tek and I/N Kote: For that reason, training determine which employees environmental managers are Additional modules may be latching drum lids for safe transfer of materials is a vital part of ArcelorMittal’s must take which modules based reporting that the e-learning added to the training library in environmental compliance on what regulations apply to program is a valuable tool. the future, for topics such as program, and a new online learning their respective jobs. Then, ArcelorMittal Monessen’s proper spill response and root One of the things that Using a specially designed system is making employee employees can access the training environmental manager Danielle cause analyses. ArcelorMittal values most inspection format, the inspector training more efficient, stream- in an online format, ensuring Skolnekovich said, “The online is continuous learning and identifies which of 11 inspection lined, consistent and targeted. that every employee learns and training helps me to make sure [email protected] knowledge sharing, and that is elements apply to each oil “ArcelorMittal USA’s understands the same material. that my colleagues are getting undoubtedly true amongst our container. With this information, environmental affairs department Current classes cover four consistent, up-to-date training U.S. environmental teams. With a unique inspection protocol is 26 facilities in 12 states, each of identified for every container. our plants is unique, but they all This makes the inspections share a common goal to operate more efficient and ensures RCRA Training Program Guide responsibly and in compliance that every container is being with environmental regulations. properly controlled. So when one facility develops a – In several areas of our Introduction and Hazardous Waste Identification best practice that strengthens Indiana Harbor plant’s hot mill 1 our environmental program, and finishing operations, large we work to share it with others placards have been posted across the company so it can where hazardous wastes are be replicated. collected. The signs identify 2 On-Site Hazardous Waste Management Here is a sampling of what wastes are acceptable best practice examples shared and the management practices by some of our facilities: in that area, so employees – ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor know exactly what’s allowed. 3 Emergency Preparedness & Spill Response developed a custom database – A fundamental requirement and app to keep track of the of container management is to characteristics of every oil keep containers closed, except container in the plant. There for periods of material transfer. Shipping, Treatment, & Disposal are more than 500 containers A standard audit finding is open 4 in the plant that require periodic containers. In some situations, inspection! The app allows our I/N Tek & I/N Kote facility personnel to quickly and uses a latching drum lid, such accurately confirm specific as those developed by New Pig, 5 Universal Waste & Used Oil Management compliance requirements which is a convenient way to are met. make it easy for those needing – Like Burns Harbor, to perform material transfers to ArcelorMittal Cleveland has do so and remain in compliance. 6 Facility-Specific Hazardous Waste Management designed a best practice related It is easy to open and close. to inspections of oil containers. Training menu in one of the environmental e-learning modules.

> Community Indiana Harbor neighbor benefits from annual beach clean-up event why employees converged on without water. So we want to Curtis Hankins the location for their annual make sure we’re protecting the volunteer beach cleanup. water sources that we use,” Lake Michigan is one of Nissan said. “This is a way that we Tucked behind ArcelorMittal the company’s most valuable can preserve the entire ecosys- Indiana Harbor is one of East resources, according to Kelly tem here around Lake Michigan.” Chicago’s finest little locations, Nissan, communications and Longtime ArcelorMittal Jeorse Park Beach. Unfortunately, corporate responsibility manager employee, Jon Giusto, was excited like all beaches, it is not immune for ArcelorMittal. to see the cleanup near the plant. to litter and wear and tear. That’s “You can’t make steel Giusto is an avid volunteer, who came wearing his bright orange ArcelorMittal volunteer shirt. “It’s always nice to give back to the community and this is right in our backyard,” he said. “I come here during my lunches. Places like this are important.” Volunteers walked the beach, collecting litter and debris scattered through the sands and grass. Others took up paintbrush- es and gave the park’s information kiosks a fresh new look. New employee, Corey Gibson, likes seeing his company get involved. ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor sits on the horizon as summer interns paint signage at Jeorse Beach. “It’s important to me since I live so close to here,” Gibson said. “I’ll visit on my days off. It’s just region. The event gave them industry,” said Brianna Armes, Reprinted with permission from a nice, safe place to spend time the chance to take a step into an intern who hails from Southern NWI Life. and I’m glad to be out here in the community in a fun, philan- Indiana. “It’s such a great area. this beautiful weather.” thropic way. I’d like to live here in the future, 8. Active and Besides employees, summer “It’s exciting to give back to so I want to contribute.” welcomed member of Veteran employees, Della and Jon, are repeat volunteers for our beach interns take part in the beach the community like this, the lake the community clean-up events. cleanup. Some are new to the is such a huge resource for our 8 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 Protecting our resources: Lessons from the Cuyahoga, the river that burned

and must be a working river, underscores the importance of we also want her for our innovation in every part of our pleasures, recreation and business, and this certainly applies as a thing of beauty.” to how we manage our water We at ArcelorMittal know resources now and into the future. firsthand the power of our As we move forward, we “working river.” Clean water is will continue to work hard to not only our greatest natural meet the expectations of our resource; it also is the heart of stakeholders related to water our local economy. The Cuyahoga use and treatment, and we remain River is a lifeline to our Cleveland focused on maintaining a safe operation, delivering nearly five and navigable shipping channel. million tons of raw materials to But we are also pushing forth our docks every year. The 1,900 for more progress, partnering men and women who work at with the Port of Cleveland to ArcelorMittal Cleveland then test new ideas for beneficial THEN: Archive photo from Plain Dealer of the June 22, 1969 fire on the transform these raw materials reuse of dredged sediment and Cuyahoga River, extinguished. into safe, sustainable steel found piloting innovative new practices in products we rely on every to replace chemicals in our water day – cars, bridges, buildings, treatment processes with natural appliances and more. materials like sphagnum moss. As Jones said, the Cuyahoga And we are leading an effort is a working river. But how can we with the U.S. Department of Mike Madar, vice president and general manager of ArcelorMittal ensure it “works” for everyone, Energy’s Better Plants program Cleveland. for people and wildlife and to promote energy and water industry alike? Fifty years after efficiency in manufacturing. employee recently shared with me Mike Madar that fateful fire, this is the task The Cuyahoga 50 celebra- that he spotted several American of today and for the future. And tion is less about looking back bald eagles as he walked the I believe that Cleveland can be at the past and more about Towpath Trail on his lunch break. a model for communities across setting a vision for the future. This summer, ArcelorMittal Another reported that while doing the country on how it’s done. ArcelorMittal is committed, in joins the City of Cleveland and a visual inspection of the river as We at ArcelorMittal are Cleveland and beyond, to doing NOW: The site of the 1969 fire today. hundreds of community partners part of her water treatment plant focused on not only meeting our part and leading our industry to celebrate 50 years of progress responsibilities, she spotted more what’s required of us but being in sustainable steelmaking. on the Cuyahoga River. If you’re a fish than ever before. I, myself, trusted by our communities and lifelong Clevelander like me, you have kayaked the waterway with stakeholders to be responsible, About the author probably know this story well. my family in recent years. The good stewards of our natural Mike Madar is the vice For others, you may be surprised Cuyahoga is alive and vital. environment. We build that trust president and general manager how important the story of the The recovery of the by demonstrating operational of ArcelorMittal Cleveland. Cuyahoga is to your own life Cuyahoga – and waterways like excellence and continuously Madar has more than 25 years and community. it across our nation – has been improving. Over the decades, of experience in the steel industry, Fifty years ago, on June 22, driven by a sense of shared hundreds of millions of dollars all of which has been at the 1969, oil-soaked debris caught responsibility. The 1969 fire have been invested in environ- Cleveland facility. In 1991, fire in the Cuyahoga River, catalyzed the formation of the mental projects and water he joined what is today the polluted with human and industrial Environmental Protection Agency treatment systems at the ArcelorMittal Group and has since waste, and the river famously and the Clean Water Act, shaping Cleveland facility to improve held various positions of increasing THEN: An undated Cleveland Plain Dealer photo by Marvin Greene burned. The event captured the the way we do business today, water quality and reduce our leadership. Before becoming vice shows the state of the Cuyahoga River in the 1960s. attention of the entire country not just at our Cleveland plant water use. And we’ve extended president and general manager and sparked a national movement but at all of ArcelorMittal’s that internal commitment of ArcelorMittal Cleveland, he to clean up and protect our facilities across the U.S. outward into the community, was the division manager of the waterways. Today, the Cuyahoga Indeed, it is a great privilege teaming up with organizations facility’s steel producing division River that runs through our to produce steel along the banks like Cuyahoga River Restoration, where he earned well-deserved Cleveland steelmaking facility of our rivers and the shores of our Sustainable Cleveland, West recognition within the industry is transformed, a living example Great Lakes. And we must do so Creek Conservancy, Cleveland and the ArcelorMittal Group. of how industry, nature and responsibly. I often hear our water Metroparks, Canalway Partners Madar holds a Bachelor of Science community can coexist and treatment plant operators refer to and LAND Studio to support the degree in materials science and thrive. There is still much work the Cuyahoga as their “customer.” excellent work they do to protect engineering from Case Western to be done, but we are seizing Responsibly managing our water and restore our waterways. Reserve University. He serves the opportunity to honor how resources allows us to better ArcelorMittal USA’s latest on Mayor Frank G. Jackson’s far we’ve come. serve our steel-buying customers, integrated sustainability report, Sustainable Cleveland/Cuyahoga The changes over the last including the world’s biggest Innovating for Impact, 50 steering committee. 50 years have been dramatic. automakers and household You can see them just by looking appliance manufacturers, and The 1969 fire catalyzed the formation of the NOW: The river alive with recreation and industry, rowers paddle the at then and now photos of enables us to promote sustainabil- Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Water Cuyahoga with ArcelorMittal in the background. the river. A river that was once ity throughout our supply chain. Act, shaping the way we do business today, not just at our described as “oozing” and “dead” In the 1978 documentary is now home to dozens of species Cuyahoga, narrator James Earl Cleveland plant but at all of ArcelorMittal’s facilities across For the history of the Cuyahoga River fire, read of fish and wildlife and a recre- Jones declared that while the the U.S. It is a great privilege to produce steel along the “It oozes rather than flows,” a historical summary ational hub. An ArcelorMittal Cuyahoga River “always has been banks of our rivers and the shores of our Great Lakes. at www.cuyahoga50.org/history.

> Sustainability The only thing on ‘fire’ on the Cuyahoga River this summer was our passion for sustainability! As one of the Cuyahoga River’s largest users, ArcelorMittal Cleveland seized the opportunity of the “Cuyahoga 50” anniversary to get out of the mill and engage with the community about our company’s water stewardship and sustainability efforts.

We asked our employees to record their reflections on what the Cuyahoga River means to them in short videos. You can watch the videos on ArcelorMittal USA’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ ArcelorMittalUSA). Pictured: John Meyer, maintenance technician electrical, started his career at the Cleveland plant in 1968, one year before the famous fire on the Cuyahoga River. Standing near the site of the fire, he remembers that “it was a joke for many years” that a river could catch fire. In 50-plus years of working at the plant, though, he ArcelorMittal Cleveland teamed up with the Great Lakes Science reports on the positive changes he has seen and is optimistic for the ArcelorMittal Cleveland’s vice president and general manager Mike Center to make the center free to the community on June 22. More future of ArcelorMittal, the Cleveland community and the continued Madar (left) was interviewed as part of a special Cuyahoga 50 than 7,000 visitors attended. Many of our water-focused community restoration of the Cuyahoga. program of WCPN 90.3 ideastream’s “The Sound of Ideas” radio partners were there educating guests about their work. Visitors to program. The show was recorded in front of a live audience on board ArcelorMittal’s table learned about steelmaking through a unique the Goodtime III cruise as it, appropriately, traveled up the Cuyahoga virtual reality experience and explored how we use and protect water Watch “River Reflections,” videos featuring our employees River. Mike was joined for the interview with representatives from in our processes. Pictured: Interns Jake Frease, Mikayla Nitoski, and talking about the Cuyahoga at myarcelormittal.com. community partners, Tim Donovan of Canalway Partners and Jane Kevin Forrest interact with Science Center visitors. Goodman of Cuyahoga River Restoration. 9 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 Burns Harbor celebrates 50 years of ‘Coke to Coated’ The festivities also included an was an honored guest, Bob vice president and general Jolice Pojeta employee and retiree open house Romeril, who served as the first manager, ArcelorMittal Burns that featured plant tours, a picnic superintendent of the 160" plate Harbor. “Having Bob Romeril and and tour of the steel museum at mill at the startup of the Burns some of the guys who began the ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Deerfield Woods Training Center, Harbor plant in 1964. Romeril, operations in 1964 interacting recently celebrated a milestone, highlighting the plant’s history. age 90, was also the principal with those who run the plant recognizing 50 years since Some 2,200 attendees enjoyed engineer of the 110" plate mill today was a pleasure to observe. the start-up of the primary the day, as employees shared that came online in 1978. But even further, the children operations. a little bit of our steelmaking “The event was fantastic of today’s employees will Employees watched the world with their families and as we were able to connect the one day be part of the future opening of a time capsule, sealed retirees reminisced. past through the present and population of this plant. It is 50 years ago (see article below). One highlight of the event into the future,” said John Mengel, very likely that on this day,

Bob Romeril, center, was the first superintendent of the 160" plate mill and special guest of the Burns Harbor anniversary celebration. Romeril is shown with his two sons (from left) Bob, Jr., Martin and John Mengel.

one of the individuals who was only in the design and built the plant interacted with development stage by the someone who will celebrate Burns time I left. I enjoyed seeing the Harbor’s 100th anniversary.” marvelous heat treat addition Romeril attended at the at the 160" plate mill.” request of Mengel, who thought After a whirlwind few days it would be special for Romeril of touring many of the operations, to become reacquainted with the Romeril had a special message for 160” mill and see the 110" plate employees: carry on the success mill for the first time. Romeril of the Burns Harbor plant. left Burns Harbor for a corporate “The plant might be position within Bethlehem Steel aging, but you have great before the completion of the equipment, great leadership second plate mill and never got and you have a great opportunity to see it in operation. to be the best plant in the world. When asked what it was All you have to do is work at it like to “come back home to – pay attention to safety and Burns Harbor,” Romeril described quality,” added Romeril. “Always it as “nostalgic.” remember you are working for “It’s been great. I’ve enjoyed the customer. Make your family meeting so many talented people and company proud – these are doing an excellent job of carrying all personal legacies that you on,” said Romeril. “I’ve seen so will forever own.” A historic “steel museum” was set up at Deerfield Woods Training Center highlighting the achievements of each major Burns Harbor much of what to me is new department over the past half-century. equipment – much of which [email protected]

> Legacy Burns Harbor salutes half-century employees and opens historic time capsule after the startup of the C and D the initiative to place some items opened the capsule. Some welcomed attendees and Ward, Vearl Williams Jr., David Jolice Pojeta blast furnaces. inside this time capsule,” said contents included iron samples their guests. Huryn, Eddie Thompson, Richard Steve Horvath, division Horvath. “Through the intervening from the first casts, manuals, “I’d like to congratulate Crownover, James Keel, Floyd manager of iron producing years, hundreds of employees booklets, employee letters and everyone here for the longevity Aragon, Larry Leeper, Charles There has been a great deal to at Burns Harbor, welcomed a have worked to make Burns management biographies. of your career,” said Mengel. Ragon, Thomas Hart, Elvin Joyce, celebrate at ArcelorMittal Burns group of employees – past and Harbor iron producing successful “To the original ironmaking “What a phenomenal achievement Leo Bulakowski, Craig Chapman, Harbor this summer. In addition present – for the opening of and we are here to recognize their team, the current team and to be working at the same place Charles Edwards, Gloria Kelly, to commemorating 50 years the rock-encased time capsule. efforts, along with the efforts of those who are gone but whose for 50 years. Thank you for your Louis Salas, John Cowger Jr., since the start-up of the facility’s “Fifty years ago, the first present-day employees who have influence is still being felt, we service and your many contribu- Dallas Petry, Judith Studer, Garry primary operations, Burns Harbor ironmakers here recognized the carried on that legacy.” want to thank you,” added tions to the Burns Harbor facility.” Vader, Doris Vinson, Richard Hunt, recently opened a time-capsule significance of the start of the In December 1969, Horvath. “Over the years, the Each employee was given Walter Fultz, Steven Polovitch, that was built and sealed shortly integrated operations and took production began on D blast equipment, technology and a mounted aerial photograph of Bob Billups, Darrell Fry, Vernon furnace and C furnace started process have changed, but in the Burns Harbor facility. Those Stanley, James Wedzina, Russell up in March 1972. More than many ways, ironmaking never employees with 50 or more years Findley, Michael Hensel, Joaquin 200 million tons of iron have changes because it’s about the of service include: John Gold, Martinez, Joseph Schab, Joseph been produced at the two blast people – those who have made David Marlatt, Don Clinton, Tylisz, Douglas Wilson, Fred furnaces over the past half-cen- and continue to make Burns Harold Rozinski, Thomas Sunn, Benson, Charles Brummett Jr., tury. Two current iron-producing Harbor iron producing a world- Lew Sardina, Ray Jackson, Robert Joseph McKee, Ollie Edlen, Joseph employees who have had the class operation.” Alvarez, Ronnie Renfro, Don Hansen, John Dujmovich III, Neil longest tenure are Bob Billups, On this same day, a special Smith, Bruce Granzow, Tom Ailes, Snyder Jr., Neil Stauffer, John shift manager-electrical (1969) appreciation and recognition Jesse Fultz, Robert Pliskey, Branko Batusic, Constance Jankowski, and Roger Owen, MTM (1970). luncheon was held for Burns Vukadinovich, Michael Boots, Charles Obrien, Dale Rizer, Greta Billups, together with Paul Harbor employees with 50-plus Richard Krueger, Michael Williams, Castro-Lawrence and Dan Greenawald, the son of Ralph years of work experience. Richard Cantrell, Eugene Chemma, Bachman. Greenawald, the original John Mengel, vice president Larry Belcher, Michael Griffith, superintendent of the and general manager, and Pete Lawrence Janowski, James Dibkey, [email protected] ironmaking department, Trinidad, president, USW 6787, Terry Hansen, Billy Pulley, James

John Gold, (left) and David Marlatt (right), both senior operating technicians at steel producing, were among the group of employees recently recognized for 50 or more years of service at Burns Harbor. John and David have the longest tenure at Burns Harbor with both hired in at the plant’s start-up in November 1964.

Bob Billups, shift manager, iron producing at Burns Harbor (right) and Paul Greenawald, son of Ralph Greenawald, the original iron producing superintendent in 1969, open the time capsule that was filled with memorabilia and sealed by iron producing employees 50 years ago, Steve Horvath, division manager, iron producing, addresses a group of employees at the recent time capsule opening ceremony at shortly after the start-up of C and D blast furnaces. ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. 10 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 ArcelorMittal USA tapped to supply product for critical line pipe projects

were previously dominating the The project is expected to be in ship with all of them. Berg, Murray says providing a with our customers to ensure Jolice Pojeta line pipe market.” service by the first half of 2021. “Our team has solicited safe product is their number one a quality product. Our outstand- ArcelorMittal USA is Plate product from a major portion of business priority. Our fabricator customers ing production facilities allow us participating in many of these ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor from almost all the leading stringently test all pipe before to participate in this market to The large diameter line projects for various energy and hot-rolled coils from U.S. fabricators. Our account they are coated and placed in the extent we do, and our entire pipe market is healthy and companies through our pipe AM/NS Calvert are being managers work closely with key the field. line pipe team is the main reason ArcelorMittal USA is playing fabricator customers. Murray supplied for this pipeline. Murray departments at our production “We must provide defect- customers continue to select an essential role in providing says some of those companies says there are a limited number facilities to fulfill these API free substrate, so there’s not a ArcelorMittal for their API line product for various projects include big players in the energy of large diameter pipe fabricators (American Petroleum Institute) problem in the field,” adds Murray. pipe needs.” across the nation. market, including Kinder Morgan, in the U.S. and the ArcelorMittal line pipe orders.” “Our technical and quality teams “Energy companies Exxon Mobile, Energy Transfer sales team has a strong relation- For customers such as do an excellent job of working [email protected] continue to forecast real demand and Phillips 66. for transportation of crude oil, One large project for natural gas and liquid natural ArcelorMittal customer, Berg Pipe, gas,” says Chad Murray, sales involves a joint venture involving director, tubular products, sales Exxon Mobile, Plains All American and marketing, ArcelorMittal USA. and Lotus Midstream called the “In addition to strong demand, “Wink to Webster Pipeline.” The Section 232 tariffs and anti- line is 36” wide and 650 miles dumping duties have put the long. It will move crude oil from USA steel industry on a level the Permian Basin in West Texas to playing field with imports that the Texas Gulf Coast for refining.

> Delivery Making all the right moves with better use of barges

Jeff Webb, director, plate Jolice Pojeta products, sales and marketing, ArcelorMittal USA. “Currently, unusually high water levels have To better serve our customers, created many challenges for barge ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor has shipments. The Illinois River along incorporated and expanded its areas of St. Louis and New Orleans use of barges for delivering hot had closed in spring due to high rolled and plate products. water levels, so the movement/ The increase began in scheduling of barges both early 2018 when a monthly outbound and inbound were average for the number of barge significantly impacted.” shipments rose to 14 barges For hot rolled product, per month from just four barges customers with southern per month in 2017. production facilities utilizing “We saw an opportunity barges include Bull Moose Berg fabricates line pipe for some of the significant large diameter line pipe projects across the U.S. where ArcelorMittal USA was able (Tubing), Boomerang (Oil Country to sell increased volumes of hot Tubular Goods), Ratner (distribu- rolled coil and plate to certain tion) and Valmont (transmission customers with barge receiving poles). While the majority of capabilities. The orders were barged product has been hot > Mining allocated to Burns Harbor which is rolled and some hot rolled pickled logistically designed to ship a high and oiled, Burns Harbor is also volume of barges,” says Conrad capable of shipping multiple Victor, division manager, central light flat rolled products, including From rock to pellet and from the iron range logistics, ArcelorMittal USA. cold rolled and coated for multiple “This is a key benefit to Burns customers on one barge, referred Harbor – having the ability to to as pool barging. to Burns Harbor receive barge orders, then “If barges are available, execute production and shipment it’s easier to load barges on ArcelorMittal is taking over the managing duties of Hibbing Taconite from Cleveland Cliffs later this promptly and in full barge-load off-shifts and weekends, quantities.” providing an opportunity for year. Hibbing is in the Minnesota Iron Range and it supplies pellets to ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. Victor notes other benefits increased monthly shipments,” We asked two Hibbing employees to describe the journey, from first blast to blast furnace. for ArcelorMittal USA and our notes Eric Smith, director, customers include a significantly hot rolled product, sales and lower per-ton transportation marketing, ArcelorMittal USA. cost when compared to more “Pool barges allow us to ship to traditional shipping methods areas where we can’t compete of rail or truck, including the via traditional rail and truck ability to produce larger coils shipments, providing a broader which improves productivity. geographic area to solicit orders Additionally, there is less handling from customers we couldn’t reach of material and less traffic due to prohibitive freight costs.” congestion within our facilities. This shipping trend will likely Plate customers – such as continue, as more customers Berg Europipe in Florida, Metal benefit from utilizing barges to Traders in Pennsylvania and Trinity transport their steel products. Industries, Texas – are among “Despite some of the recent river those companies currently flooding concerns, Burns Harbor utilizing barges for their ship- was still able to set a record in ments, including barges operating April by shipping 22 barges in at ArcelorMittal USA’s plate one month,” noted Victor. depot in Houston, Texas. “Customer feedback has [email protected] been generally positive,” says

From the first blast to the blast furnace at Burns Harbor takes a coordinated effort that involves trucks, trains and boats.

where we break it down to an From that, we create small from the tracks to the docks Andy Alajoki and Rally Hess even smaller size. That material spherical pellets, about a and they are loaded on to the then gets ground in our grinding half inch in diameter, that are two main ships that go to Burns mills, where we create a fine baked in a furnace. Then they Harbor: the Burns Harbor and We remove the ore (magnetite) consistency powder and it’s are loaded on a train heading the S.J. Cort. It takes about from the Mesabi Iron Range by slurrified (turned into a watery for Wisconsin. three days to get to Burns first removing surface material. substance). It takes about four hours Harbor, a day to unload and Then, we’ll drill and blast the rock At that point, the material to get from Hibbing to the BNSF another three days for the that contains the iron. That is run through a series of docks in Superior, Wisconsin. We return trip. drilling and blasting process magnets and other processes, get a train from Hibbing about results in a fragmented large rock so that we finally wind up with every 16 hours. The trains are Andy Alajoki is a dock and rail that we load onto haul trucks an iron ore concentrate. We 179 cars long and they hold advisor at Hibbing Taconite. using electric rope shovels. then remove most of the water about 18,000 long tons of In recent years, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor has increased its use of The haul truck then takes from it and add a little bit of clay ore. The ore is loaded onto a Rally Hess is the area manager barge deliveries to transport steel products, including hot-rolled coils, that material to our crusher to aid in the balling process. three-mile long conveyer built of mining at Hibbing Taconite. to specific customers. 11 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 Drones make our work safer and our systems more reliable as high-definition video and information it provides, our Gabriel Monroy optical photography, thermogra- maintenance personnel play and Naomi Foster phy, photogrammetry, and a new and increasingly important ultrasonic emission detection role in the sustainability of methods – to make inspections ArcelorMittal. Using drones Reliability of our utility more effective. for inspections expedites the distribution assets is paramount Drones provide a unique, process of sharing information to ArcelorMittal’s sustainability sometimes unparalleled, aerial so maintenance team members and market competitiveness. view. They also reduce field can act on it. Being able to efficiently and inspectors’ exposure to many ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor reliably deliver power, gas and of the risks and hazards tradition- looks forward to the future pressurized air to our operations ally faced when conducting with optimism, knowing that is the lifeblood of a steel plant. inspections. Most recently, the sharing and exchange of And the distribution systems that Burns Harbor MEU (maintenance, information will reward us with provide these utilities are among environmental and utilities) the development of best practices our most critical physical assets. personnel have been able to that will increase safety and Any unplanned disruption inspect segments of the plant’s reliability while reducing costs to these networks could have high power (138kV) transmission and risk. The ArcelorMittal immediate, severe, and some- network, its power station boiler Drone Network has been created times long-lasting consequences. chimney stacks, outdoor to provide the community of For this reason, but also with a substations and segments of UAV/drone specialists a platform forward-thinking perspective, various gas distribution networks. to develop, share and implement ArcelorMittal implements In the past, these inspections relevant best practices from our inspection and maintenance would have required the use of plants. As we incorporate drones programs that are designed expensive mobile equipment. into our maintenance programs, to ensure the safety, reliability The old approach could be both we continue to learn, share and and efficiency of our systems. time-consuming and disruptive. benefit from our collective Some of our facilities, But most importantly, it could knowledge. including ArcelorMittal Burns expose personnel to conditions of Harbor, have begun utilizing high risk, including electrocution, Gabriel Monroy is the manager of drones to inspect, monitor working at height, crushing, etc. structural maintenance (MEU) at and maintain these assets. Drones help us achieve ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. Naomi Ever-improving drone technology the same goals without putting Foster is an intern studying civil/ is being combined with other employees unnecessarily at risk. structural engineering at the complementary tools – such With this new tool and the University of Notre Dame. Operating a drone for utility inspections at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor.

> Best Practice New training center helps HVAC techs build best-in-class skills Bob Reed, manager of HVAC the same types of units techni- according to Reed. well, the mill would shut down. and equipment cool and reliable. Summer Paris services and fire systems. cians find out in the plant. “We created 25 learning The HVAC equipment we service “Our department plays an Reed has introduced a new “In the HVAC training center, modules that make up a full helps everything from computers important role in the plant. By management approach in the we are trying to replicate the training curriculum. Each module to people.” creating a culture of continuous Most people don’t spend a lot HVAC department designed to real-world conditions that takes approximately four hours. HVAC systems keep learning and training, we will of time thinking about HVAC achieve the right balance between technicians will face in the mill. The modules are designed so that workers safe where smoke, ensure that our technicians are systems – until the air conditioner (1) timely service calls, (2) staying We also introduce them to new newer employees can learn and fumes or excessive heat can prepared to do their best work, breaks down on the hottest day ahead of issues through preven- technologies like digital gauges, develop new skills, while veteran be dangerous. Moreover, as safely and efficiently,” Reed said. of the summer! tive maintenance and (3) ongoing tablets and more. These are employees can take advantage of our industry becomes more “When we do our jobs well, training for his crew technicians. new tools that can help them continuing education. Working in and more computerized, HVAC [email protected] we tend to make a lot of new Earlier this year, Reed do their jobs better and safer partnership with the union, our systems are used to keep servers friends,” joked Walter Morris, oversaw the development of and we are also keeping their goal is to, over time, provide each a longtime HVAC technician at a new HVAC Training Center, skills up to date with what’s of our technicians with 100 hours ArcelorMittal Cleveland. converting an old unused current in our industry,” explained of relevant training,” Reed said. “It’s true, we are always on compressor room into a unique Doug Borling, the contracted The HVAC technicians have call, and sometimes it feels like space for continuous hands-on instructor for the training center. embraced the training program. Digital tools for HVAC the work never stops. As a result, learning. The training contains The equipment and tools in They go through the modules we are very focused on being several rooftop HVAC units and the training center are only one in pairs, with Borling instructing. efficient and effective,” said other equipment that represent part of the program, however, Recently, Morris, who has years of experience, was paired up with technician Angela Lee, who is new to the department. Despite their different backgrounds, they both reported that the training has been helpful and they appreciate getting to learn and practice on real equipment without the pressures of a real situation. “The training is both hands-on and theoretical. Students are invited to bring their real-world experience One of the goals of the new HVAC Training Center is to to the lessons. That is part introduce technicians to new, digital technologies. As an of the learning, and students example, the department recently barcoded each of the teach and learn from each 600+ HVAC units in the Cleveland facility. Every service other,” Borling said. technician carries a tablet. When they go out on a service As Lee continues to build call, they use the tablet to scan the equipment and can her expertise, she feels a sense immediately see a full profile of the equipment and any of pride and confidence in the maintenance that had previously been performed. Cleveland HVAC technicians Walter Morris and Angela Lee practice on a training unit. work: “If we don’t do our jobs

> Recognition AIST recognizes ArcelorMittal USA teams for project achievements

ArcelorMittal Cleveland and implementation ArcelorMittal Riverdale) Jolice Pojeta The paper describes that, “All these achievements • Russell Mulligan, ArcelorMittal early in the history of hot rolling, made it possible to turn the Burns Harbor (former employee) there was little understanding old-fashioned pusher reheat “Burns Harbor steel The Association for Iron and regarding pusher reheat furnaces furnace into science,” said Lee. producing follows the philosophy Steel Technology recognized and root causes of lamination “We can transform an old that automation is created to two groups of ArcelorMittal defect. The lamination defect operation into one that is improve safety, reduce process USA employees with industry has been the highest internal understandable and controllable.” variability and increase productiv- awards at the organization’s rejection for hot mill operations. A Burns Harbor team won ity,” said Preall. “Automation is an 2019 conference. As a result of studying both a 2018 Charles H. Herty ongoing practice and not every The Refractory Systems the cause and solutions for Award and a 2019 Hunt-Kelly change improves the process as Best Paper Award for “Turning these defects, the team Outstanding Paper Award for expected. At Burns Harbor steel Reheat Furnace Into Science” achieved the following: their project: “Automation producing, a failed change to went to: • understanding of scale Enhancements to Improve Steel the automation does not end – Yong Lee, ArcelorMittal Global formation and interaction Production, Yield, Quality and the project – the problem is Research and Development, with hearth refractories Cost at the Burns Harbor Steel re-evaluated and a new solution East Chicago • refractory material character- Producing Shop, ArcelorMittal is tested.” – Kurt Johnson, ArcelorMittal ization, selection and failure USA.” Award recipients are: The Burns Harbor team Global Research and analysis • Jim Bradley (retired), followed this methodology Development, East Chicago • design optimization and ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor that both improves the automa- The Burns Harbor steel-producing team won two AIST awards for – Liwei Zhang, ArcelorMittal selection of refractories on • Tyler Preall, ArcelorMittal tion and forces the department their project paper: “Automation Enhancements to Improve Steel Global Research and leading-edge, hearth and Burns Harbor to solve reoccurring problems. Production, Yield, Quality and Cost at the Burns Harbor Steel Development, East Chicago extractors • Gregory Gabbert, ArcelorMittal The paper focused on safety and Producing Shop.” To improve refractory performance, the team – Kelly Dallas, ArcelorMittal • the slab bottom inspection Burns Harbor improvements for the BOF, steel installed laser measurement systems on the tap side doors of Burns Harbor camera system (i.e., R2 Camera) • Garrett Flick, ArcelorMittal ladles and continuous casters. each BOF furnace that scan the inside of the furnace in under – Jeffrey Cox, ArcelorMittal and implementation Burns Harbor four minutes. This image shows the laser scanner system installed Burns Harbor • understanding combustion • David Sena, ArcelorMittal [email protected] on No. 2 BOF furnace during a scan. – Rick Schwachenwald, conditions using the “Zolo system” Burns Harbor (now with 12 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 Good health, good life! Health Week begins September 30 Boost your health, fitness and well-being by taking this advice: Make an Manage stress. Protect yourself Make walking appointment Avoid Eat more fruits from injury and Get a good for a check-up, Take advantage Know your part of your distractions of our employee numbers (weight, and vegetables, disease. Put on a night’s sleep. daily routine. vaccination or while driving. less sodium. helmet, sunscreen, screening. assistance blood pressure, program (EAP). cholesterol, etc.). insect repellent. Wash your Quit smoking. hands for 20-40 seconds.

> Health and Safety > Heart Health > Fitness Champion When seconds count, A heart attack didn’t A journey toward knowing CPR can save stop this ArcelorMittal fitness employee someone’s life bad enough, you will fight for Amanda Scott it, but first, you must set your Jolice Pojeta have the confidence to remain mind to it.” calm until professional responders The number one thing she’s arrive. In recent years, we’ve seen Danielle Pace joined ArcelorMittal learned is, even though she has many cases where ArcelorMittal just last year, as a category had a few setbacks, she was never You’re at work and suddenly your employees have quickly respond- analyst within the corporate starting over. co-worker collapses, is unrespon- ed to several medical emergencies purchasing department. As “I did not fail. I may have sive and stops breathing. Would where a person was having chest she embarked on a new career taken wrong turns, but I always you know what to do in such pains and showing signs of a heart journey, she has been on a got back on the path and carried an emergency? attack. These employees helped separate, more personal on. Strength, willpower, persever- In these situations, learning save several lives.” journey as well. ance and believing will get a the basics of cardiopulmonary Thompson said ArcelorMittal “After getting out of the person farther than they could resuscitation (CPR) can make USA sites typically rely on military, I lost my drive for fitness. ever believe.” a difference. According to the training programs developed As time went on, I gained 100 Danielle has spoken with American Heart Association and sanctioned by national pounds. On January 1, 2018, many people who have told her (AHA), less than 20% of organizations such as the Mike Ryan (left), had a heart attack despite a lifestyle change, I decided that I had had enough. that they wish they could change Americans are equipped to American Heart Association, says that you should always consult a doctor before starting I was tired of being ‘too sick their lifestyle, but that it’s just perform CPR during a medical American Red Cross and the any exercise program. and tired’ to spend time with too hard. In reply, she explains emergency. The AHA also National Safety Council. “These my family and my body physically that making a lifestyle change into the swing of things, estimates that about 92,000 programs often range between Shira Cohen hurt,” shared Danielle. is hard. However, you do not have people are saved by CPR each four to eight hours and many because I could go online and When she was younger, her to jump into it 100% from day year, yet only 32% of sudden come with a certificate at the end. see what was happening. My mother passed away from cancer one. You can start by making cardiac arrests get CPR because Some are considered awareness coworkers were more shocked and she did not want her daughter small changes: swap one most bystanders are not trained training or a refresher course.” While training for his fourth half than anything. While I was out, to lose her mother to obesity. unhealthy meal for a healthy and therefore do not know One individual touting marathon in 2008, Mike Ryan, they would call me to ask how From that day forward, she took one, drink more water and start what to do. the benefits of CPR training is corporate manager, health and I was doing,” said Mike. it one day at a time. She started doing some type of physical CPR and first aid training are Steve Leto, a Burns Harbor safety best practices, experi- Mike wasn’t always swapping out certain meals for activity (at least a couple times available through all ArcelorMittal MEU employee. Leto, along enced a strange ache in both a runner. He wasn’t always healthier ones, drinking more per week). Once you start feeling locations. Classes range from with co-workers Joe Magallanes of his shoulders. Thinking that running 5ks on the weekend water and working out. She’s the difference in your body, you monthly to periodically through- and Jonathan Lynch, reacted it was from his lengthy 12-mile or working out on his family fortunate to have a great support will want to add more changes out the year at smaller locations. quickly and saved the life of run, he finished his training run. vacations instead of lounging system cheering her on, including to your daily regimen. And it’s Any employee can learn the basics fellow MEU employee Kevin However, for an hour or so, by the pool. Back in 2003, her husband and daughter. important to not look at it as of CPR and be effective if an Coffman when he collapsed the pain didn’t go away. That’s Mike’s older brother underwent The road has not been a diet, but rather a lifestyle. emergency arises. Check with and went into cardiac arrest when he realized this was not a bypass surgery, which changed without its challenges, though, For Danielle, this lifestyle your location’s safety or human while at work earlier this year. symptom from a strenuous jog, his outlook on life forever. and Danielle has had numerous is worth it, because having the resources representative for “Everyone needs to be but possibly a heart attack. “I quit smoking and trials and tribulations. ability to be in better shape and the types of training offered trained in CPR – not just those “I don’t believe you,” stated I was a big smoker at the “I’ve had two sinus surgeries, feel better gives her the chance and class schedule. in our department or our plant Mike’s son. He was in disbelief, time. I also started running. am getting my master’s degree, to provide an example to live by “Knowing CPR and first aid but globally,” said Leto. “These as the typical symptom is a I have probably lost 40 pounds am a mother and a wife. Not for her family and friends. can be very valuable, both at guys did exactly the right tingly sensation running since my lifestyle change.” everything in life comes easy; work and at home,” says Steve things because they were through the arm. Despite his incredible however, if you want something [email protected] Thompson, director, health and trained and today, Kevin is Mike found himself in the turnaround and lifestyle change, safety, ArcelorMittal USA. “Having alive because of them.” hospital with confirmation that hereditary cannot be altered. these skills allows a person to help he did suffer a heart attack. In His family has a history of heart someone in need directly and also [email protected] fact, he suffered a heart attack disease as his dad suffered heart right after he completed his attacks and another brother had run. He had a blockage in one one as well. of his arteries. Doctors placed “Everyone thinks they’re a stent in the artery, but the superhuman and it’s not going next night, his heart stopped. to happen to them,” Mike It took six intense shocks to commented. “My doctors told bring him back to life. me it was a good thing I was an “I woke up in the ICU and avid runner because, if not, it immediately felt pain in my could have been more serious.” chest, since the doctors were Mike now knows that he beating it. But I had no idea why is not a superhuman, despite I ended up here until the team surviving a heart attack and finally told me what had obtaining his current position happened,” Mike remarked. shortly after he returned to “The pastor of my church work. But he is wiser. came to visit me while I was “If I were to give advice or in the hospital and I told him tips to someone who is in the I didn’t see any white lights same situation, I would say don’t but, of course, I didn’t see be in a hurry to get back to the Danielle recently discovered a nonprofit that incorporates physical CPR classes are available to employees at all ArcelorMittal USA embers either.” routine of things. Before starting fitness activities for veterans. She hopes to open a local chapter in locations. Mike spent five nights in an exercise program such as Northwest Indiana and inspire others. the ICU for a total of seven running, consult your doctor, nights in the hospital. His days don’t smoke and watch what Watch the video featuring Leto, Magallanes and Lynch after consisted of rehab and you eat.” telling the dramatic story of how they saved Coffman’s recovery before he returned to life in the multimedia gallery at myarcelormittal.com, or click ArcelorMittal two months later. [email protected] Follow us here in the electronic edition. “It wasn’t hard to get back 13 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 We’re on a mission to hire the best and brightest planetarium shows and hands-on Kelly Nissan activities encourage learners of all ages. Interns had fun while getting to know one of our At ArcelorMittal, we believe valued nonprofits partners. in driving our success through “Interns can read about our our people. Every summer, commitment to the community,” ArcelorMittal fills internship said Kim Tokarski, human resources positions with students from our representative, ArcelorMittal partner colleges and universities. USA. “But seeing it firsthand Part of the experience is getting makes all the difference. That’s out into the communities in which why we do events like the they’re working to enjoy the many mission at Challenger.” amenities offered near our plants. The future of our company In Northwest Indiana, interns depends on a strong pipeline of enjoy several company-sponsored talented STEM professionals. events. Including a simulated space We hope our interns value their mission at the Challenger Learning work experience at ArcelorMittal, Center of Northwest Indiana (CLC). enjoy the quality of life offered CLC is one of our strategic in our communities and chose community partners that gets to work for us. Our summer interns enjoyed their simulated space mission event students excited about STEM. At mission control, participants use problem-solving, cooperation at the Challenger Learning Center. Outer space programs, [email protected] and communication skills.

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Since 2014, ArcelorMittal Burns the Mighty Acorns (MA) program The Mighty Acorns program Volunteers from the Burns Harbor career opportunities Harbor has hosted hundreds of here in Northwest Indiana, we incorporates classroom curricu- environmental team, as well Mighty Acorns® Nature Camp feel it’s important to share our lum, restoration activities and as some Burns Harbor summer participants. These students walking trails and natural areas exploration as it seeks to provide interns, helped the students visit our onsite environmental with students so they can learn children with multiple, meaningful, with their educational activities restoration area each summer to about nature in a fun and unique sustained interactions with the throughout the day. learn about nature, wildlife and way. This was the sixth summer outdoors. Students use the land “Seeing the kids get out even a little about steelmaking. Burns Harbor has hosted the MA as an outdoor laboratory for and enjoy nature was a refreshing In July, students from the campers. We look forward to their learning science and, at the experience,” said Mashroor Calumet region spend a week visit each year and sharing part same time, the ecosystems Rashid, a senior at Missouri of summer camp at the Dunes of their MA summer camp that benefit from our ongoing University of Science and Learning Center, just about two experience with them,” said restoration work at Burns Harbor. Technology, studying computer miles from the Burns Harbor Jolice Pojeta, manager, corporate Rob Maciel, Burns Harbor engineering. “In our busy lives, facility. The young campers responsibility and communica- environmental manager, and we often forget how much are divided into three groups, tions, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. Tyler Botbyl, MES development goes on out in nature.” participating in hands-on “The Mighty Acorns program is engineer at Burns Harbor, Andrew Ackerman, a junior environmental activities at one example of ArcelorMittal’s welcomed the group. Botbyl at Michigan Technological Burns Harbor’s Deerfield Woods. commitment to stewardship serves on the board of directors University, studying chemical “As the leading sponsor of and environmental education.” for the Dunes Learning Center. engineering, said, “It was awesome seeing how much knowledge the kids had about the different types of invasive plant species, especially the ones that affect us here at Burns Harbor.” A junior at Purdue The ASM Education Foundation workshops introduce teachers University studying electrical provides an opportunity for to methods that make math engineering, Clay Turpin, educators to attend Teacher and core science principles enjoyed the experience of Materials Camp. As part of more enticing and relevant working with the grade school the week-long event, our to their middle and high students. “The activities provide staff at Global Research and school students. a great way to help the kids Development provided a tour Teachers learned that learn a little more about nature of their laboratories in steel manufacturing is highly while also having fun!” East Chicago. technical and offers employ- The camp is a hands-on ment opportunities for their experience that shows students interested in STEM 9. Pipeline of educators how to use applied careers. The camp, held at talented scientists engineering techniques in their Purdue Northwest in Hammond, and engineers for classroom. Idea-generating was free for attendees. Part of the Mighty Acorns activities while at Burns Harbor includes picking invasive species such as tomorrow oriental bittersweet.

> Our People Cleveland steelworkers Giving donate bikes a gift of music Gen committee delivered the in the bikes. “They were so Summer Paris bikes to the Club, and Assistant thankful and excited,” he said. The same spirit of generosity Director of the club Darren is alive in Cleveland’s Institute Jones had the children wheel [email protected] for Career Development Kids at the Boys & Girls Clubs of (ICD)’s Guitar Technology Cleveland are riding happy this class, taught with love by summer after an incredible gift instructor Dennis Chandler. from United Steelworkers Local In the class, employee-stu- 979 members. dents learn to take apart, The Next Generation committee repair and build guitars and of Local 979 organized an effort related equipment. From time to collect gently used bicycles to time, the students donate from members then cleaned and their refurbished instruments refurbished the bikes to be donated. to young musicians in the Sixteen bikes were collected and community through the donated to children at the Boys & Cleveland State University Girls Club located in Cleveland’s Music Therapy Program, Slavic Village neighborhood nearby Broadway School of Music the plant and union hall. and Arts, Cleveland Music “Being Steelworkers, we are Settlement and others. blessed with good jobs that are “[This class has allowed] able to support our families. It is me to indulge my wish to important to us at Local 979 that learn, repair and share this we share that support with the stuff with kids who may communities around our workplace otherwise never have gotten as well. We appreciate the generous the chance to play music,” heart our membership continues explained one of the While Dennis Chandler instructs a student in the background, the to demonstrate when we reach out participants. “This program guitar in the foreground was photographed before being donated to to the Slavic Village neighborhood,” is a labor of love for me. the Cleveland State University Music Therapy Program. One of the said Rick Pietrick, Next Generation USW Local 979 Next Gen volunteers Arbert Gonzalez, Rick Pietrick What I do, I do as anonymous- students found this guitar in the trash can. It needed strings, pickup committee chair. and Adam Vlainic deliver donated bicycles to assistant director ly as possible.” repair and a new input jack. Pietrick and others from the Next Darren Jones and youth at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland. 14 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 An American tradition: naming blast furnaces after women about “My Sweet Jenny,” a blast Some say that naming a It’s said the tradition of naturally to them, and was then of paying homage to the families Jolice Pojeta furnace in Youngstown, Ohio, blast furnace after a loved one naming blast furnaces after buttressed with centuries of of those early ironmakers. once owned by another prede- was a way to honor family – a women began back in the 19th previous cultural tradition.” “It was a way for the cessor company, Youngstown source of pride, ingenuity and century when riverboats and ArcelorMittal’s own owners of companies to show As humans, we give names to our Sheet and Tube. The blast progress. Others believe the ships were commonly referred ironmaking historian, John their families they loved them children and our pets, but some furnaces within ArcelorMittal ironmaking vessels are bold, yet to with female pronouns. Ricketts, process portfolio even though they spent long of us also name our cars, boats, USA are no exception. delicate, machines, and still others According to Leslie specialist, ironmaking, Global hours at work,” said Ricketts. ships and, yes, even blast Indiana Harbor’s No. 7 think it’s because furnaces can be Przybylek, senior curator at R&D in East Chicago, thinks the furnaces! Historically, these furnace was named Madeline, “hot, fiery and temperamental.” the Heinz History Center in naming tradition began as a way [email protected] mammoth ironmaking vessels after the daughter of Philip D. Whatever the reason, Pittsburgh, this was an old were named after women. Block, one of the founders of today, most blast furnaces still practice to assign pronouns to There was Amanda at Inland Steel. On the west side in operation are labeled with objects which later faded. In the A.K. Steel, Ann and Eliza at of Indiana Harbor, No. 4 furnace numbers, letters or a combination example of ships, she said there predecessor company Jones & was Helen and Burns Harbor’s D of both. Our Cleveland facility is the symbolism of ships referred Laughlin Steel and U.S. Steel furnace was named Duneland has C-5 and C-6, then there’s to as “she” – a mother figure or a had Carrie furnace. Even Bruce Daisy or Delta, according to Burns Harbor with C and D protectress of the lives it carries. Springsteen penned a song local sources. But why women’s furnaces, and finally Indiana Similarly, blast furnaces, too, names? Harbor with Nos. 3, 4 and 7. have a protective shell. “If you think along the lines of these origins, then the idea of the blast furnace, while it didn’t literally ‘contain’ life, it did play a huge role in the life of the mill, becoming one of the most visible symbols of those industrial complexes,” added Przybylek. “I also think that in an industry such as steel, historically with all of those men working long, hot, sometimes dangerous jobs managing something as utterly vital yet temperamental as a blast furnace, thinking of Madeline Block Willner lights Inland Steel’s final and largest blast it as a ‘she’ probably came furnace – Madeline No. 7 – at its start-up in 1980.

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A photo of five-year old Madeline Block on Aug. 31, 1907, shows her lighting Madeline No.1 blast furnace ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor’s named for her by her father, Philip Block, a founder of Inland Steel. Six more times over the next 73 years, Madeline would perform this duty as ArcelorMittal predecessor company, Inland Steel, added larger blast furnaces to its operations – all named Madeline. own ‘motor man’

> Our People On the move at ArcelorMittal USA division manager, maintenance, February 2018 in her most recent Shira Cohen engineering and utilities division. role as a senior analyst. Stacy received her bachelor’s degree Christine Bilse, process in psychology from Governors Eric E. Arce, senior coordinator, commercial sales, State University and a Master engineer, utilities, MEU division, distribution east and west of Business Administration, ArcelorMittal Cleveland, is named product sales, ArcelorMittal USA, accounting, from Lewis University. manager – electrical maintenance is named manager, commercial She will report to Matthew and engineering, MEU division, sales, distribution East and West Duncan, division manager, ArcelorMittal Cleveland. In product sales, ArcelorMittal USA. corporate planning & analysis and his new role, Eric will assure In her new role, Chris will work order management, supply chain the reliability and uptime of the across sales and marketing management, ArcelorMittal USA. Cleveland powerhouses Nos. 1, 3 departments to support the and 5 wastewater treatment pricing verification process and Cassandra Ginter, lead analyst, plants, and the electrical identify areas of improvement customer service, automotive, distribution system, by providing to minimize pricing errors, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, oversight and focus of electrical discrepancies and any ad-hoc is named manager, customer Ed Stovall monitors and helps maintain about 15,000 motors at our Burns Harbor plant. He talks maintenance and engineering, issues with pricing. Chris began service, automotive, ArcelorMittal about his job in a video featured on myarcelormittal.com, or just click the video icon in the electronic driving and implementing her career with ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. In this new role, maintenance and engineering legacy company Inland Steel in Cassie will work with a centralized version of this edition of 1 Magazine to watch. best practices, and appropriately 1984 as a customer service group of business analysts identifying priorities and representative. She has since across all LFR customer service developing the necessary CAPEX held various positions within divisions in support of process or R&M/SE budget proposals. Eric the commercial organization, and analysis needs. She will started with ArcelorMittal in culminating in her most recent oversee all customer service- > Our People June 2012 as a senior electrical role as a sales coordinator. Chris related projects, working with engineer and has held increasing received a bachelor’s degree in other departments to assign responsibility culminating in business administration from resources, align goals, set his current role. He received a St. Mary’s College. She will priorities and develop new bachelor’s degree in electrical report to Shelby Pixley, general projects. Cassie joined Giving Boldly: Joe Medellin engineering from the University of manager, product control. ArcelorMittal as a customer Puerto Rico – Mayaguez Campus. service representative in 2005, Earlier this year, we held a Give have the means to participate the needs of bonafide 501(c)3 He will report to David N. Pearson, Ryan Buzanowski, senior servicing General Motors account, Boldly contest encouraging in the program. organizations of my choice, division manager, maintenance, engineer, No. 4 steel producing, culminating in her most recent eligible ArcelorMittal employees In addition to supporting anywhere in the U.S., at the levels engineering and utilities division. is named manager, mechanical role as a lead analyst. She received to log into the new Give Boldly INYaG, Joe donates to the United I can afford easily through payroll maintenance, No. 4 steel a bachelor’s degree in fine art portal and activate their accounts. Way, a domestic violence shelter deductions or direct donations Rishabh Bahel, engineer producing. In his new role, from Valparaiso University. She Joe Medellin was one of the and the Hobart School System to charities of my choice.” – maintenance, MEU division, Ryan will be responsible for will report to Christine Heinrich, randomly selected participants Education Foundation. To learn more ArcelorMittal Cleveland, is mechanical maintenance at director, customer service. who won $500 to donate to a He shared, “I’m a strong about Give Boldly and named manager, utilities/energy No. 4 steel producing operations. charity of his choice as a reward supporter of Give Boldly, as it confirm your eligibility, visit conservation, MEU division, Ryan began his career with Karen Lloyd, lead analyst, for logging into the new site. Joe provides an opportunity to meet www.arcelormittalgiveboldly.com. ArcelorMittal Cleveland. In his ArcelorMittal in June 2000 as customer service, automotive, is the human resources manager new role, Rishabh will ensure the a mechanical engineer at No. 4 ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, at Indiana Harbor and has had a safe, cost-effective and reliable steel producing working in the is named division manager, diverse history with the company supply of utilities (electricity, furnace and caster area. Ryan has customer service, automotive, that goes back 44 years. He water and industrial gases) by a bachelor’s degree in mechanical ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. In started at Inland Steel while in promoting the principles and engineering technology from her new role, Karen will develop college and had the opportunity practices of efficient end-use Purdue University. He will report people, processes, and metrics to work in the mill as a tractor and energy technologies to lighting, to Andre Joseph, division manager, to provide outstanding service to overhead crane operator, as well utility, process and power No. 4 steel producing. our customers in support of the as a front-line labor supervisor. systems, and establishing transforming customer service Joe decided to direct his programs, energy accounting Stacy Friedericks, senior initiative. Karen began her Give Boldly contest funds to systems, and management analyst, corporate planning career with ArcelorMittal legacy the Avondale Meadows YMCA procedures to reduce energy & analysis, supply chain manage- company Bethlehem Steel in 1997 – specifically for scholarships for costs at the Cleveland plant. ment, ArcelorMittal USA, is named as a customer service representa- the State of Indiana’s Youth and Rishabh started with ArcelorMittal manager, corporate planning tive. She has since held various Government (INYaG) program. in August 2012 as an associate & analysis, supply chain manage- positions of increasing responsi- INYaG is designed to connect engineer – mechanical in the ment, ArcelorMittal USA. In her bility within commercial and middle schoolers and high MEU division. He was promoted new role, Stacy will be responsible scheduling. She has also served schoolers all across the state to engineer in May 2015 and for maintaining the customer as a member of several project and teach them the importance assumed responsibility for utilities delivery metrics, as well as teams including the Calvert and mechanics of the democratic and energy conservation. He managing the demand planning commercial integration team, process. Through the program, received a bachelor’s degree in group, which optimizes and most recently, the AMO they get exposure to the mechanical engineering from the loading of orders onto project team. Karen received legislative processes of the Penn State University and a individual facilities to maximize a bachelor’s degree in English state, including the state supreme Master of Business Administration ArcelorMittal USA’s assets and from Purdue University. She court. By supporting scholarships from Case Western University. He MTO order setup. Stacy began will report to Christine Heinrich, for students, Joe hopes to enable will report to David N. Pearson, her career with ArcelorMittal in director, customer service. those who might not otherwise Joe Medellin, human resources manager, Indiana Harbor. 15 1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine 1 | ArcelorMittal USA | September/October 2019 Sena sees opportunities for creativity and collaboration at Riverdale Dave Sena was named operations manager at ArcelorMittal Riverdale earlier this year, replacing Tony Pacilio, who now serves as senior division manager of hot rolling and finishing at ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor. He talked with Jolice Pojeta about his new role.

What initially attracted you Fortunately, ArcelorMittal is a processes of the business such mill’s seven stands that provide impressive is that several enjoy the people and relationships to the steel industry? global company which allows as production, quality, capital excellent gauge control, and the employees have very different around you. Once you’ve gained Sena: The steel industry has a lot us to somewhat ‘weather the investments, management and ability to make high carbon and backgrounds and have worked some experience and increased of challenges and opportunities, storm’ and look at opportunities projects. More importantly, it high alloy grades for its custom- at sister plants such as Indiana your knowledge, then consider which makes it interesting. We see matching supply and demand. allowed me to establish relation- ers. Such advantages with short Harbor and Burns Harbor and a move on to the next challenge a lot of highs and lows from global During these challenging times, ships. I was able to develop a lead times and capability provide even some competitors. This type – and it doesn’t necessarily have and domestic demand and policy I see this as an opportunity for key network in steel producing a ‘niche’ for Riverdale. I believe of diversity opens the plant to to be in your field of study. changes. Such challenges provide ArcelorMittal teams to come which stretches to multiple some key investments in the plant have different ideas, perspectives us the opportunity to improve together and creatively work plants (Cleveland, Indiana Harbor, can provide the needed additional and flexibility on how to achieve What do you enjoy doing our business with new products through issues to improve the Dofasco and internationally). volume at Riverdale. Additional positive results for the plant when not at work? and applications, streamline process and reduce waste and Tapping these additional resources volume, along with the ability of and business. The people here Sena: I love spending time with our process, improve our quality spending. can make problem identification our people to maintain operational are great and definitely a plus. my family. My kids are heavily and yield, and understand our and problem solving much easier. reliability and quality, will provide involved in baseball and soccer, place in the market. Strategically How do you feel your a positive outlook for us. What advice would you share and I enjoy watching them grow allocating our limited resources experience has prepared you What is your vision for with the newer generation of in their sports. Personally, and investments allows us to for this important position? Riverdale? In your short time at ArcelorMittal employees? vacations are the best part of improve our position. I find these Sena: I’m not sure you can ever Sena: Riverdale is in a very unique Riverdale, what has Sena: I would say, don’t worry too my spare time (beaches and daily, strategic challenges and be entirely prepared. Some position. We can take an order impressed you the most? much about the fact that you’re relaxing), and I spend my time opportunities interesting, and experiences in my career helped and deliver a coil within 14 days. Sena: The people. Everyone at not yet a senior manager because reading, running, working out, being a ‘producer’ attracted in understanding some difficult Coming from a large integrated Riverdale has been very welcom- each job has its own challenges. volunteering and watching me to the steel industry. situations. ArcelorMittal has mill, that seems amazing. ing and helpful in getting to Look at the job you have now, movies. provided me the opportunity However, our competition can know the facility. What is very learn as much as you can and What do you find most to move between departments; do the same and some in even exciting, yet challenging, starting in accounting, to less time. Based on Riverdale’s about the industry? operations, technology, and unique layout with its CSP Sena: The most challenging part project management. During (Compact Strip Production) and of the steel industry is how fast it these moves, I was able to meet equipment advantages (thin slab moves. Last year was a great year a lot of different people from caster, tunnel furnace and hot with higher prices and positive hourly to executive management. mill), the plant must continue returns. However, currently, the Moving through these different to deliver small quantities of industry remains very challenged departments has allowed me to high-quality steel. We need to with falling prices and volume. understand different aspects and take full advantage of the hot

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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, Mary Beth Holdford, Kelly Nissan, Summer these? Your family. Your friends. Your co-workers. Paris, Jolice Pojeta, Heather Bockstruck, Amanda Scott, Your community. Even your pets! Here’s why some Beth Spurgeon, Bill Steers, Heidi Umbhau of your co-workers always choose the safest way. Photographers/ Videographers: Calumet Regional Archives, Sarah Dolph-Smith, Nataliya I began my career in the steel Hora, Indiana University Northwest, Liz Johnson, Victor industry in 1974 and joined Macha, David Magni, Kelly Pictured on cover: ArcelorMittal in 2006. Over the Nissan, Jolice Pojeta, Tyler Steel is all around you. It’s in years, I have seen the devastating Preall, Share the River the products you buy and the production lines which make effects of injuries and fatalities. Design: them. Factories are built with Here are two of my reasons for Goodnight and Associates it, as is the transportation that Printer: delivers your goods to you. always choosing the safest way. Accucraft Imaging Here at ArcelorMittal, we My wife and I have 8 grandchildren. make your world. Circulation: Our 2 youngest grandchildren 20,000 are Poppy (2 years old) and her baby brother Penn (2 months old). I want to be able to see them grow up and for them to grow up @ArcelorMittalUS knowing their Pappy. Content Links Randy Shelton, division manager,

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