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03Brett: The year ahead

05Improving reliabilityThermal imaging effort honored with AIST award.

10-11The year in reviewWe share the highlights of 2016.

06Problem-solving partnershipShell Lubricants helps ArcelorMittal save money.

12This is usWe help Stupp build infrastructure.

06By-products benefitProcess extracts high-value iron.

13Prescribed fireUsing fire to conserve dune and swale.

08Steel for safetyNew system makes roads safer.

14-15STEM from coast to coastHow we invest in our future employees.

1 | ArcelorMittal USA | January/February 20171 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine2

Our 10 sustainable development outcomes are how we will contribute to making a more sustainable future, from the way we make steel and use resources,

to how we develop new products, and support our people and our communities.

Global News>

Robin Paulmier

Transforming ArcelorMittal into a fatality-free company is a tremendous challenge. The goal of achieving zero fatalities is one we must all commit to – not only as a business objective, but as our moral duty. Thanks to our efforts, we have reduced our lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) by 41 percent between 2011 and 2015. But while LTIFR – achieved by dividing the number of injuries by the number of hours worked in millions – is the classic safety indicator in our industry, it provides only a partial view of our safety performance. Crucially, it doesn’t reflect the very real risks that can lead to fatalities and serious injuries.

There is a disconnect between our LTIFR and our fatality record. It’s important to remem-ber that the root causes for fatalities and severe injuries are different than those that lead to less serious injuries. Statistics show that just 20 percent of lost-time injuries have the potential for a fatality.

In reality, there are a very large number of “events” each year across the group with the potential for a fatality – events that thankfully don’t result in either an LTI or a fatality. We call these events “potential serious injuries or fatalities (PSIF).” They include real near misses and real accidents – which are relatively easy to notice – but also unsafe acts and unsafe situations with the potential for a fatality, which are harder to spot to the untrained eye.

It could be, for example, that someone takes a shortcut, carrying out a quick job at height without any fall protection. In most cases, that individual knows they are performing an unsafe act, but they think their experi-ence, or the short-term nature of the job, will somehow eliminate the potential for a fatal accident. Another example, common to our plants, is a situation where someone gets too close to a suspended load. Focused on the lifting operation, that person is often unaware they’re performing

an unsafe act with the potential for a fatality.

Now take the example of a missing safety guard on a machine. Imagine that the guard is damaged, and colleagues have put red and white “safety” tape around the machine to warn other people while they wait for the guard to be repaired. Would you say this is an unsafe situation with the potential for a fatality? Well, it all depends on the strength of local safety culture and how long the situation is allowed to continue – and both are correlated.

Where there is a strong safety culture, the damaged guard will be considered serious, and the machine will be stopped and repaired at once. Where the culture is a little weaker, people will affix the safety tape and signs to the machinery, informing all relevant people during a special meeting at the start of each shift. The guard will be replaced the next day.

But if safety culture is weaker still, the situation could be allowed to continue for even

longer. People might initially respect the rule to stop and lockout before entering the dangerous area, but this diligence might lapse after a while, and this situation becomes a serious occurrence.

So spotting these situations requires an understanding of the concept of serious occur-rences plus enough imagination to ponder “what if…?” But once you know what you’re looking for, you’re going to notice serious occurrences, because there are potentially hundreds and thousands in each and every plant. Only a very small fraction of them result in near misses or actual accidents – the bulk of them are the harder-to-spot unsafe acts and situations.

Thankfully, a large proportion of unsafe acts can be eradicated with strong leadership on the shop floor. We achieve this by conducting better-quality, shop-floor audits, communicating effectively and conducting better pre-shift meetings.

The prospect of addressing every potentially unsafe situation

might seem overwhelming and time-consuming. But if you treat the most critical issues properly and seriously, you eradicate many others in turn – because a lot of them have common root causes.

We all see serious occur-rences but we don’t always notice them, so we must train ourselves to do so. By focusing our resources on treating the most critical situations, we’ll directly eradicate many of the precursors to fatalities, strength-en local safety culture and build stronger defenses.

Whatever the size of your site, safety is never just about a low LTIFR and the absence of fatalities, which could be down to luck alone. Safety is about having effective defenses in place against fatality precursors. And a systematic focus on detecting and treating the most critical serious occurrences is one of the most efficient defenses we have.

Robin Paulmier is head of corporate health and safety.

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‘Reducing Risks’: understanding serious occurrencesOur ‘Reducing Risks’ series aims to raise awareness of our biggest risks and the actions we all need to take to transform ArcelorMittal into a fatality-free company. Here we explore the concept of serious occurrences and learn why it’s so important to detect and treat them.

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ArcelorMittal expanding global portfolio of automotive steelsNew grades will help automakers achieve mandated lightweighting targets and promote more sustainable lifestyles, in support of Action 2020.ArcelorMittal is expanding its global portfolio of automotive steels by introducing a new generation of advanced high strength steels (AHSS). These innovative steels include the launch of new press hardenable steels (PHS) Ductibor® 1000 and Usibor® 2000 – both of which are already available for OEM qualification testing in Europe – and martensitic steels MartINsite® M1700 and M2000. The company is also preparing to expand its family of third generation advanced high strength steel (3G AHSS), which currently includes Fortiform® 1050 in Europe, starting in 2017. Together, these new steel grades will help automakers further reduce body-in-white weight to improve fuel economy without compromising vehicle safety or performance.

“The launch of these steels aligns with our Action 2020 program, a strategic roadmap that aims to achieve targeted financial improvements for the company by 2020,” said Brian Aranha, executive vice president, global automotive, ArcelorMittal. “Action 2020 efforts include cost optimization and steel shipment volume increases, as well as an improved portfolio of high added value products. These products ensure ArcelorMittal is best positioned to meet customer requirements via a strong technical and product portfolio.”

ArcelorMittal is now able to provide samples of Ductibor® 1000 to customers for qualifica-tion testing in North America. Ductibor® 1000 is a high-strength press hardenable steel that offers good energy absorption capacity. Typical

applications for Ductibor® 1000 include energy absorption parts such as front and rear rails and lower B-pillars.

Usibor® 2000, an aluminum-silicon coated PHS and stronger than its predecessor Usibor® 1500, enables automakers to fabricate parts with complicated geometry at a very high strength without formability or springback challenges. Typical applications for Usibor® 2000 include strength-critical passenger compartment parts such as rockers, pillars, roof rails and cross members. Usibor® 2000 is currently available in Europe for OEM qualifications and will be available in North America in early 2017 with commercial production expected in late summer 2017.

“Usibor® is our key product in hot stamping and has been a major commercial and technical success in the global automotive industry,” said Aranha. “Looking ahead, the scope of hot stamping products in vehicles will continue to increase with the release of more advanced products like Usibor® 2000, which offers 10 to 15 percent weight savings when compared to existing hot stamping solutions.” Usibor® 2000 is compatible with standard press hardening technologies and processes. Combining Usibor® 2000 with Ductibor® 1000 or other PHS into laser welded blanks (LWB) offers several significant advantages. These advantages include weight saving, improved crash behavior and cost savings through material and manufactur-ing optimization.

ArcelorMittal is also expanding its MartINsite® family of products to include MartINsite® M1700 and M2000,

joining currently available MartINsite® M900, M1100, M1300 and M1500.

“MartINsite® is a very strong family of steels which are perfect for anti-intrusion parts such as bumper and door beams,” explained Aranha.

ArcelorMittal will have MartINsite® M1700 and M2000 available for OEM qualifications by mid-2017. The grades will be available for commercial production in early 2018.

All MartINsite® steels, Usibor® 1500 and 2000, and Ductibor® 500 and 1000 are patented by ArcelorMittal.

ArcelorMittal is also investing in AM/NS Calvert, its joint venture with Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metals Corp. in Alabama, USA, to produce 3G AHSS cold-stamping

steels. Currently available and branded as Fortiform® in Europe, these high formability (HF) steels provide strengths similar to the strongest dual phase steels, but with higher ductility and cold formability.

ArcelorMittal will produce cold-rolled and galvanized/galvannealed versions of HF 980 and HF 1180 in North America, targeting OEM qualifications by mid-2017. Commercial produc-tion, beginning with the cold-rolled grades, will occur in late 2017. Thanks to their excellent mechanical properties, these HF grades are particularly suitable for components limited by energy absorption, such as front and rear rails and upper motor compartment rails.

An investment program

is underway at ArcelorMittal Gent and ArcelorMittal Liege in Belgium, to increase ArcelorMittal’s annual European production of 3G AHSS.

Globally, ArcelorMittal boasts some of the most technologically advanced automotive steelmaking operations and incorporates a range of modern steelmaking technologies. Approximately 30 percent of the company’s global R&D budget – $227 million in 2015 – is for automotive research.

“ArcelorMittal’s current and emerging catalogue of automotive products and solutions supports carmakers in optimizing vehicle weight and cost, while meeting stringent safety standards. We are also

committed to manufacturing products that advance sustainable lifestyles. Steel helps cars to be lighter, which reduces carbon emissions, but it is also infinitely and easily recyclable. Additionally, compared to competing materials, steel has a significantly smaller environmental footprint.” concluded Aranha.

Note: Expected release dates are valid as of October 1, 2016 and are subject to change.

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Mary Beth Holdford

ArcelorMittal’s North American automotive research and development (R&D) and sales and marketing teams were busy in Detroit in October, hosting three highly successful Innovation Days for two major automakers, as well as tier-one suppliers.

The first ‘ArcelorMittal Innovation Day’ was Wednesday, Oct. 19 at Ford Motor Company’s Product Development Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The event was the first held with Ford since the launch of S-in motion® in 2011. An estimated 500 executives and engineers participated, double the number that attended the 2011 event.

The second event was Friday, Oct. 21, at our sales office in Southfield, Michigan, home to 70 employees repre-senting sales and marketing, global R&D and ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks. This event attracted nearly 40 attendees representing 17 tier-one automotive suppliers. Many traveled from locations through-out the Midwest to specifically hear about ArcelorMittal’s advancements in steel grades

and product offerings.The third and final event was

at the General Motors Technology Center in Warren, Michigan. More than 150 designers and engineers attended the open house. ArcelorMittal leadership also hosted an executive briefing with more than 20 executives.

The ArcelorMittal Innovation Days provided our automotive R&D team with the opportunity to showcase our market-leading range of innovative steel solutions. These solutions play a vital role in enabling automakers to meet increasingly stringent tailpipe emission targets. Our lightweighting solutions are offered at a neutral cost to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), without comprising safety.

Several members of our automotive R&D team gave technical presentations on aspects of our automotive product portfolio. More than a dozen automotive vehicle body parts were on display at each event. Technical posters outlined the specifications and advantages of each product area.

Presentations included: • overview of our current and emerging automotive product portfolio

• co-engineering projects with the OEM• hot stamping and laser welded blanks technologies• lightweight door solutions• steel solutions tailored for a range of vehicle sizes, including mid-size sedans, SUVs and pickup trucks• fracture and springback predictions for our range of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) and AHSS stamped parts

Approximately 25 members of our automotive sales and marketing and R&D teams were in attendance at each event, including Greg Ludkovsky, our global head of R&D, Brad Davey, head of automotive marketing, and Blake Zuidema, director of automotive product applications.

At each event, Zuidema offered an executive overview of ArcelorMittal and our global R&D prowess, including the following highlights:• Approximately 30 percent of our total $250 million annual R&D spend is automotive focused.• More than 550 researchers at six of our 12 global R&D centers support the auto market.• We are a truly global presence that offers advanced automotive steel grades throughout the globe.

• We foster close customer relationships with OEMs through our unique approach to co-engineering.• Our continued investment in R&D enables the creation of a constantly evolving suite of lightweight automotive steel solutions that help to lower vehicle emissions.

Zuidema also discussed our S-in motion® suite of automotive solutions, which was launched in 2010. It initially focused on C-segment (medium-sized) vehicles. Since then, S-in motion® has expanded to cover light commercial vehicles, electric and plug-in hybrid C-segment vehicles, pickup trucks and, most recently, mid-size sedans and SUVs. Zuidema explained how S-in motion® “showcases what steel can do in virtually all vehicle types.”

Commenting after the conclusion of the weeklong festivities, Zuidema said:

“It is vitally important that we continue to work closely with our automotive clients and ensure that the strong working relationships we have created are maintained and enhanced. We have a market-leading suite of AHSS automotive products, but key to ensuring that these products are effectively used is

engaging with clients and working closely with them on the design phase of vehicles. By doing this we can optimize the impact of our steel solutions, and guarantee they deliver maximum weight savings. Events such as Innovation Days are very important in further developing relationships and ensuring OEM designers and technicians are fully aware of our suite of solutions and implement them in the early design stage of automobiles.

“The Innovation Days were a

resounding success. Turnout and interest from Ford and GM employees, along with our tier-one suppliers, exceeded our expectations. These are very important customers to ArcelorMittal, and I am encour-aged by the conversations we are having about incorporating our products into future vehicle designs.”

MaryBeth.Holdford@ arcelormittal.com

ArcelorMittal Innovation Days: Showcasing our steel products and solutions to the auto industry

Automotive>

Approximately 500 Ford executives and engineers visited ArcelorMittal Innovation Day at Ford’s Product Development Center on Oct. 19.

John Brett

In 2016, we continued to confront an onslaught of foreign steel, made strides toward sustainability – primarily through the execution of our footprint – and witnessed a contentious election season. It’s never easy to predict what a new year will bring, but I’d like to share some thoughts about what we expect to see in 2017.

Government relationsOn Friday, January 20, President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. Throughout his campaign, the president-elect expressed his support for American manufacturing and, in particular, the domestic steel industry.

The policy priorities he outlined as a candidate included issues of importance to ArcelorMittal USA, such as fighting unfair trade practices, investing in world-class infra-structure and reducing the regulatory burden on American businesses. Our company will do everything it can to work with the new administration on comprehensive solutions to revitalize manufacturing in the United States.

One challenge that continues is unfairly traded steel. We have realized some positive results; however, more work and actions are required. While imports declined 22 percent in January through August 2016, compared to 2015, we saw a slight rebound over the summer and expect an increase in the second half of 2016. While we are encouraged by government action to levy penalties on a number of countries, including China, we are discouraged to see that China is suspected of routing steel shipments through Vietnam, that are not subject to penalties. Based on a complaint from U.S. steelmakers, including ArcelorMittal, the Department of Commerce is investigating and this is a battle we will continue to wage in an attempt to level the playing field.

Action 2020At the beginning of 2016, we embarked on our footprint implementation. Thus far, we are progressing ahead of schedule on all elements culminating with successful production from our new caster at Indiana Harbor. Thanks to all of you for your tremendous contributions on this initiative. While we should be proud of our accomplishments to date, we must realize it is the

first step in our journey.In addition to executing the

caster transition, our focus for 2017 is to make a meaningful improvement in our delivery performance. In the summer, we launched our delivery perfor-mance initiative. It focuses on the metrics of delivery, the processes involved and, most importantly, our execution. So far, the crux of the work has been the identification of necessary changes to our work flows. In 2017, the thrust will be implementation and institu-tionalization. Without question, enhanced delivery performance is the key to our volume aspirations.

In the fall of this year, we finalized an extensive marketing study. During this process, we highlighted some additional investments to round out the breadth of our product offering, particularly with coated materials, enabling us to more fully participate in all market segments. Several of these investments will start in 2017.

Market outlookU.S. Gross Domestic Product is expected to improve to just above 2 percent in 2017, from 1.5 percent in 2016. The U.S. economy is projected to remain healthy, which is the main driver for solid demand in the automo-tive, appliance and construction markets. Currently, we are forecasting a modest 2 percent increase in apparent steel consumption.

Construction, the largest steel-consuming market, moderated in 2016. That was primarily due to weakness in non-residential and public construction, impacted by election uncertainty. But we anticipate the market has room to grow and will have a wide-reaching impact on steel demand – from structural steels to construction equipment, appliances, and so on.

Automotive, the second largest steel-consuming market, expanded for the sixth consecu-tive year in 2015 and remained strong in 2016, slowing only slightly as the market neared full potential. While automotive is expected to remain strong, growth has tapered off. Industry analysts’ predictions are in a tight range, with some calling for flat sales and others forecasting a

marginal decline from 17.4 million units to 17.2 million units.

The mix is favoring trucks, which is better for steel demand, due to consumer preferences and lower fuel prices. Auto production growth will be primarily in Mexico, which will grow U.S. flat roll exports.

The energy market should see the start of a recovery, with oil country tubular goods (OCTG) consumption increasing, as drilling activity is expected to improve. Prospects for line pipe demand are likely better in the second half of 2017, given the recent boost in newly announced projects. Renewable energy investment, such as wind and solar, is anticipated to be strong. Transmission tower demand is growing along with these markets.

Service center inventory destocking will not take away from growth as it has in the past two years. Instead, we expect to see a small growth in invento-ries. The bigger question that remains is whether service center shipments will turn positive, following weak showings in the second half of 2015 and most of 2016.

Energy useResponsible energy use is critical to our economic sustainability. You may not realize it, but ArcelorMittal USA has one of the country’s largest carbon footprints. Energy is the third largest cost of making steel, behind raw materials and labor, accounting for approximately 15 percent of conversion costs. Therefore, we need to mitigate our energy costs and related carbon emissions. That is why we are making important invest-ments to revamp and modernize our power plants. It is critical we work together to reduce our energy consumption, therefore improving our competitiveness and lowering our carbon footprint.

EnvironmentCongress increased statutory penalties significantly in 2016. Now, the cost of environmental non-compliance is higher than ever, and we have experienced an upward trend in injunctive relief and penalties. Therefore, we will continue to strive for superior environmental performance through timely and appropriate

maintenance, implementation of environmental audits, root-cause analysis, corrective action plans and increased use of internal diagnostics. Our compliance rates are high overall, but each facility should remain diligent in its efforts to comply with permits and address environmental issues quickly and efficiently. While we may not see substantial changes in permit requirements, we will be watching for state reactions to federal changes in environmental policy.

Corporate responsibilityWe will continue to solidify our role as a leader in corporate responsibility and sustainability through our 10 sustainable development outcomes. These outcomes should be implemented into all aspects of our business.

In our eighth year of sustainability reporting, we will publish our second annual United States Integrated Report. We will further drive our work in this area through stakeholder engagement and a steadfast commitment to resilient communities near our operations. In 2016, ArcelorMittal USA supported nonprofit organizations in our communities with more than $6.1 million in grants focused on science, technology, engineer-ing and math (STEM) education, environment, and health and safety. In addition, the company provided $750,000 in matched gifts and our employees donated more than $1 million to nonprofit

organizations across the country through our employee giving program, Give Boldly.

Health and SafetyUSA Health and Safety has identified a number of areas to target for improvement in 2017. Managers will be expected to spend additional time on the shop floor, conducting a higher number of safety audits and observations. We will continue to expand our use of Green Guardians to monitor major maintenance and construction activities to make sure these special projects are executed safely. All facilities should work to expand the use of no-touch tools and to implement and enforce new regulations for working near coils. At the most recent meeting of the Joint Safety Group (JSG), safety leaders examined existing company standards, looking for ways to make them more effective. I cannot stress enough that health and safety remain ArcelorMittal’s top priorities.

As we look ahead to 2017, there are many opportunities that will allow us to excel, but we also must be prepared to face the very real challenges that still exist for us and the domestic steel industry. I am confident that, due to your continued ingenuity and dedication, as well as the progress we have made on our Action 2020 initiatives, we are in a better position to succeed in the production of safe, sustainable steel in 2017 and the years ahead.

2017: The year ahead

John Brett, CEO, ArcelorMittal USA

• elevated import share, given weak global steel demand• continued overcapacity in global steel industry• entrance of new domestic competition (Big River and

Mingo Junction)• strengthened U.S. dollar and impact on manufacturing

(rising imports of parts and finished goods)• decelerated oil price recovery • slowdown of China’s economy• ramifications of “Brexit”• entrance of new U.S. Administration• uncertain U.S. regulations and policy, infrastructure

spending• industry-friendly approach to energy development and

transmission

Challenges and opportunities in 2017

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Scott Posey

Earlier this year, ArcelorMittal announced a global, five-year strategic roadmap for each of its business segments called Action 2020. This plan is designed to deliver structural improvements over and above continual ongoing efforts to improve the company’s EBITDA and cash flow and ensure ArcelorMittal’s financial sustain-ability in a cyclical and dynamic steel market that is no longer

local, but global in nature. In short, Action 2020 aims to create value in each of ArcelorMittal’s business segments and its facilities, including at AM/NS Calvert.

To help achieve these group goals and increase the profitable sustainability of our state-of-the-art south Alabama facility, AM/NS Calvert kicked off a value plan initiative in October, intended to provide a formal, institutional process for employ-ees at all levels to bring forth ideas that will improve profit margins, increase the value of its

workforce and put Calvert on a path of sustainability in an increasingly competitive global steel industry.

Leading this effort and building buy-in are approximately 30 “trusted advisors” – employ-ees from each department who were appointed and asked to help drive the process with the support of a value plan steering commit-tee comprised of our facility’s senior leadership. The steering committee will help vet all the ideas collected for their feasibility, cross functional impacts and their

actual strategic value savings to the facility’s costs of operations.

In addition to this leadership support, a special webpage was created on the facility’s intranet site that allows for easy, centralized and standardized input for all the ideas generated. After the first round of “ideation” meetings were held, involving all employees in the first two weeks after the rollout, nearly 200 ideas were uploaded. These formal, idea-generating meetings will continue on an ongoing basis by every department.

While not every idea will make it through the process and into implementation, or generate millions of dollars in cost savings, none is too small for consideration.

Robrecht Himpe, ArcelorMittal North America CEO, who is also CEO of AM/NS Calvert, has made clear to the facility’s employees that this process should be embraced rather than feared.

“It’s a process designed to build on our own confidence, provide individual ownership and accountability. It allows for all voices and opinions to be heard,” he said. “By doing this we can set new standards in efficiency and quality within our industry.”

While this formal initiative is new to AM/NS Calvert and in the early process of maturing, it’s expected to yield immediate results and become a permanent pillar to the facility’s culture.

“We must constantly

challenge past and current assumptions and those habits that have become institutionalized over time that are not necessarily the best ways, but exist perhaps only because they are the current ways,” says Himpe. “Working together, we will ensure that AM/NS Calvert and all of the facilities in ArcelorMittal North America are as sustainable as the steel we produce.”

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Bright ideas to light the path to AM/NS Calvert’s success

Jolice Pojeta

John Mengel, Burns Harbor vice president and general manager, and Pete Trinidad, president, USW Local 6787, recently welcomed 13 transfer employees from Indiana Harbor following the recent idling of the East Chicago facility’s 84" hot strip mill. All employees have now completed their orientation and are working as utility persons at the Burns Harbor coke plant.

After observing the group of steelworkers as they begin the next chapter of their careers, Mengel and Trinidad stated, “We’re glad to receive and assimilate this experienced and talented group to our facility. We look forward to their contribu-tions to the Burns Harbor plant.”

ArcelorMittal is optimizing all assets in the United States, with a focus on Indiana Harbor, in support of the Action 2020 program. Action 2020 is a strategic roadmap that aims to achieve targeted financial improvements for the company by 2020. In the U.S., efforts to support it include asset and cost optimization. Idling the 84" hot strip mill at Indiana Harbor is one of several changes at the plant designed to make it a vital and more cost competitive compo-nent of our USA operations.

“I see this as a new beginning,” said Mike Holman, an operator with 17 years’ experi-ence. “Burns Harbor is definitely closer to home for me and I’m looking forward to a fresh start and helping contribute to the success of this plant.”

“I’m looking at this as getting my heart back into the game,”

added Dave Barcelli, who has 19 years of experience in finishing. “The last five years or so have been difficult, ending with the shutdown of the 84", but I’m coming to Burns Harbor with a chance to rebuild.”

Both Barcelli and Holman have seen many changes in the company and the industry over the years that they have been steelworkers. Both experienced the shutdown of Indiana Harbor west as part of the LTV Steel bankruptcy, but rejoined the facility as part of ISG, Mittal and, now, ArcelorMittal. Both expressed disappointment with the idling of the 84" hot mill, but appreciate the opportu-nity to bring their talents to Burns Harbor.

Having strong finishing backgrounds, neither Barcelli nor Holman had ever been to a coke plant before. They were im-pressed with their safety orientation and with Deerfield Woods Training Center, but they couldn’t help but wonder how the work at the coke plant would differ from their past experience. Both were very involved with Indiana Harbor’s World Class Maintenance (WCM) program – something both employees had taken a lot of pride in.

“We spend a lot of time at work – sometimes more than we spend with our families. So for me, it’s important to establish a good working relationship with everyone I work with,” noted Holman.

“As operators, we know our machinery better than anyone. Once trust is established with a manager with the understanding you know what it takes to do your job, that’s important,” said Barcelli. “We’re essentially starting new,

but that’s OK. Burns Harbor is closer to where I live. My brother works here, so I’ve heard good things about Burns Harbor which I think of as ‘the flagship’ – and I hope it remains the flagship for a very long time.”

Both employees say they

don’t know what is on the horizon as far as where they will working eventually, but both are willing to see what the coke plant has to offer. One thing is certain: they are looking forward to helping Burns Harbor succeed.

“We’re glad to have this

chance to show what we can do,” added Barcelli. “I want to give Burns Harbor the best last years that I have until I retire. So yes, we are looking forward to this new opportunity and for me, I just want to be part of some-thing special again.”

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Burns Harbor welcomes Indiana Harbor transfer employees

Sustainability>

AM/NS Calvert HDGL team members generate ideas to help improve costs and efficiencies related to the facility’s Action 2020 goals.”

AM/NS Calvert HR Team Manager Brooke Dolbare serves as one of the facility’s “trusted advisors” and is helping facilitate her team’s participation in the Action 2020 value plan process.

Burns Harbor utility person Dave Barcelli, cleans up a drag (residual coke) on the bench of the coke oven battery.

At the Burns Harbor coke plant, Jason Waldron, utility person, cleans the mini standpipe, which controls the gas flow on the battery.


Summer Paris

ArcelorMittal Cleveland received the 2016 Reliability Achievement Bronze Award from the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) at its Maintenance Solutions Conference in November. The award recognized “A Thermography Program – C6 Blast Furnace Campaign Extension.” William L. Rinehart, Scott Hitchings and William A. Rinehart accepted the award. They are the three-person reliability team that helped Cleveland’s iron producing management develop an infrared imaging project to evaluate blast furnace refractory breakdown.

“As reliability engineers, our job is to give accurate equipment assessments to operations and maintenance teams so they can make informed asset repair decisions,” explained W.L. Rinehart.

“In this case, we were contacted to use our technical expertise to support a program that would safely extend the operating campaign of Cleveland’s C6 blast furnace before it could be relined.”

A blast furnace reline is a capital-intensive undertaking that requires years of planning. The plant couldn’t afford to lose the furnace before the reline was scheduled, but the furnace conditions were deteriorating.

So Rinehart, Hitchings and Rinehart employed a useful tool

– infrared thermographic imaging – to help the iron producing team extend the campaign of C6 an additional 20 months before it was successfully relined in late 2013.

Simply put, infrared thermography, or thermal imaging, is using specialized camera equipment to see heat as an image.

“The cameras allow us to see things we can’t see with the naked eye,” Hitchings said.

“With thermal imaging, we can find ‘hot spots’ which could be problematic or dangerous, and this data can be used to direct maintenance and production strategies.”

In the scope of the C6 project, the team used thermo-graphic imaging to show elevated temperatures on the blast furnace bosh shell area. They scanned the area twice weekly and identified “hot spots” with temperatures exceeding 200ºF, indicating areas where refractory was breaking down. This provided invaluable information to iron producing strategy teams who could then address and repair the trouble areas. A similar approach was employed for stoves and other furnace equipment.

“The Cleveland reliability team and the thermal imaging technology they used proved to be a valuable asset in safely maintaining the operation of C6 furnace until the reline could be planned and all the long lead time items could be procured,” said Dennis Cronin, division manager, iron producing.

“The furnace was safely taken down on September 5, 2013, after producing 26.1MNTHM of iron and 24 years of operation. Many people – from operating, maintenance, engineering, research and the reliability team – should be proud of how they worked together to safely maximize the useful life of this asset.”

Continued collaboration to ensure reliable operationsThe project and its lessons continue to pay dividends.

“Because of our success, we do this all the time now. Thermal imaging is part of our regular practice, and we capture and provide temperature data to the iron producing team before every planned maintenance outage,” W.L. Rinehart stated.

The total value of using real-time data to drive condition-based maintenance and repairs is impossible to measure, but as Rinehart says, “Planned mainte-nance is always less expensive than breakdown maintenance.

Based on repair statistics, fixing something after it breaks can be 10 times as costly or more than maintenance done to prevent a breakdown.”

And this is to say nothing of the safety benefits of using thermal imaging to detect problems. The reliability group also uses infrared cameras that detect volatile and carbon monoxide gases. The cameras allow safe observation in areas that are often inaccessible or hazardous. They can also help find problems that could be life-threatening, as in the case of these invisible gases.

“I sometimes jokingly call us the ‘canary crew’ because just like the canaries that were long ago used to detect dangerous conditions in the coal mines, we

can use this equipment and our analysis of the data we collect to identify dangerous conditions that otherwise couldn’t be seen or smelled. If there’s a problem, we will always find it,” said Hitchings.

Thermal imaging is only one tool that the reliability team uses, and the blast furnaces represent only one operation that the team serves. In fact, they work throughout the entire Cleveland plant and spend their days measuring and collecting all kinds of data to help the various operations understand the health of their equipment.

As certified thermographers and vibration analysts, they monitor thousands of vibration analysis data points on hundreds of pieces of equipment through-out the plant, and they produce

monthly reports with practical recommendations for critical repairs that should be prioritized.

The reliability group is a small but effective team, in part because they work so well together. W.L. Rinehart and Hitchings teamed up at ArcelorMittal more than nine years ago after working together previously at another company, and the two Rineharts are a proud father and son team. Son W.A. Rinehart was always interested in his father’s line of work and remembered with a smile, “I was going with my dad to Vibration Institute meetings at age 14. Needless to say, I was the only teenager there!”

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William A. Rinehart uses a thermal imaging camera to look for high temperature areas on the blast furnace bosh (top) and stove (bottom) that can’t be seen with the human eye.

With thermal imaging, one can “see” the hot liquid in the opaque coffee cup on the right.

Shown here is a steel frame which holds the insulation in its form. The supply water runs through the skid pipe which fits in the top (A). The return water runs through the skid pipe which fits in the bottom space for moveable skids (B). The white section is the light weight insulation (C). The top portion is a dense insulation which protects the pipe from scale formation (D).

Shown here is the underside of a walking beam furnace. This is a series of insulated pipes. The steel frames which hold the insulation in its form are bolted together. The vertical column houses a jack pipe and a skid pipe is running horizontally above it.

Receiving the award.

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The 80" hot strip mill (HSM) at Indiana Harbor is in the home stretch of a significant upgrade project which included line items such as a cooling tower, coil field expansion, motor room upgrades, reliability improvements and enhanced quality control measures. But most notable was the rebuild of two of its three walking beam furnaces. That rebuild improved reliability and positioned it to produce up to five million tons a year. The furnace rebuild project alone was a $32 million investment and included a long list of items which required replacement. Among them where all new skid and jack pipes– fixed and moveable.

In a walking beam furnace, skids and jacks are a series of pipes which move the slab through the furnace to the discharge side. They are made of steel. Water runs through them to keep them cool, so they won’t melt in the 2500ºF atmosphere. At Indiana Harbor, water is pumped in from Lake Michigan at about 60ºF and goes through a water treatment

facility. After treatment, it goes into the furnace’s skid and jack pipe system.

The pipes must be insulated to protect them from the heat and keep them cool. “We’re using a lightweight insulation fiber that won’t disintegrate to minimize heat loss,” said Ramesh Sharan, project manager, central engineering, ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor. “The insulation contains mainly alumina and silicate in addition to other materials. The 80” hot strip mill is the first in the United States to use the unique, lightweight insulation.”

The most common type of insulation used throughout a skid and jack pipe system is dense and has higher conductivity than the type used on No. 6 furnace at the 80" HSM.

“Since we were doing a major rebuild of the walking beam furnaces at the 80" hot strip mill, we decided to upgrade all of the insulation with the lightweight product for the skid and jack pipes in No. 6 furnace,” said Sharan. “That made it very convenient, but it can be done piecemeal during a planned outage, to replace damaged sections or as budget allows.”

The insulation used in this application is already paying off for the 80" HSM.

“The energy savings is evident when the furnaces are fully loaded,” said Sharan.

When compared to historical data, there is a decrease on No. 6 furnace from 2.03 mmbtu/ton to 1.46 (average for May 2016).

“The 80" hot strip mill is

saving energy and money by minimizing heat loss,” added Sharan. “We’re purchasing less natural gas which also has environmental benefits.”

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Like many steelmakers, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor produces by-products that contain valuable iron units, yet not enough to be recycled directly back into our operations. The Burns Harbor iron producing department has initiated a separation process where the high-value iron material can be extracted and used in the blast furnace.

“This creates a win-win situation, as we get a very inexpensive iron source for the blast furnace that’s actually less than half the cost of what the iron cost of a pellet is, and we are able to minimize our environmen-tal footprint at the same time,” said Doug White, lead engineer, operating technology, iron producing, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. “We’re in the early stages of this project, producing about 6,000 tons a month with hopes to improve on that number in the future.”

The process has been developed jointly by ArcelorMittal

Global Research and Development and other service providers. It’s been successful at producing a useable product in the blast furnace that has more than 70 percent iron, where a typical pellet would contain about 65 percent iron.

“The product we are putting into the blast furnace is less than half the price of a pellet, so every ton of this material we use saves about $50,” said White. “Another cost benefit is that this high iron material has a relatively low slag volume in the blast furnace. This saves coke rate in the furnace and produces more iron in the blast furnace than what could be produced with just pellets alone.”

White says there are also energy benefits to this process. The material that goes into the blast furnace – called metalized material – has only to be melted and not reduced like an oxide material. When it gets to the blast furnace, the material is able to be processed into pig iron at a lower energy (fuel) rate than iron oxide pellets.

While there are no start-up costs for this iron extraction

process, White said that the service provider does get a fee for processing the material. Indiana Harbor is also starting to utilize this process.

“There are also long-term sustainability benefits as these materials are returned directly to the process. So while the program is still in the infancy stage, we’re seeing many possibilities and benefits from re-using this recycled material,” added White.

“After many tries to identify a viable separation process to recover these valuable iron units that is cost effective, it’s gratifying to see these preliminary results that seem so promising,” said Dale Heinz, senior division manager, primary operations, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. “It seems a long time in the making, but this recycling breakthrough promises significant economic benefits to the company.”

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Extracting iron from blast furnace by-products reaps benefits

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One of ArcelorMittal USA’s largest vendors, Shell Lubricants, offers technical assistance to all plants to help identify and solve problems. This partnership with Shell Lubricants provided a great benefit to Indiana Harbor’s 80" hot strip mill. The highlights of this success story include reducing delays, saving money and reducing environmental impact.

“Shell has ‘total cost of ownership (TCO)’ goals written into its contract, and leak detection audits are just one tool used to achieve their yearly savings targets,” said Holly Soinger, sourcing manager, industrial products, ArcelorMittal USA. “The system audits are a great value, and we encourage all operating areas which purchase products from Shell to take advantage of these services.”

Indiana Harbor recently engaged Shell to uncover why oil consumption at the 80" hot strip mill was increasing at exorbitant rates.

“I watched the oil trends for a few months. Shell and our purchasing department provided usage charts and our oil con-sumption just didn’t make sense to me,” said Danny Grace, OHB/systems, mechanical supervisor, 80" hot strip mill.

Grace was charged with reducing the amount of oil the hot strip mill used. He formed an investigation team, which included Ricardo Escobedo from Shell. He is a technical advisor with a focus on cost savings projects.

“In order for Shell to stay in business, we have to work together with our customers to be effective. If we just sell oil, we’re not being a true partner,” said Escobedo. “Shell’s philosophy is to come alongside customers to collaborate, thereby forming long

term relationships.” The partnership with Shell

Lubricants yielded many benefits for the 80" hot strip mill, such as reducing delays, saving money and reducing its environmental impact.

Indiana Harbor began taking advantage of the technical solution support offered by Shell when water excursions reported by environmental were tied to oil contamination.

“We saw elevated levels of oil in our discharges, but had difficulty identifying where they were coming from,” said Simonne Benoit, engineer, environmental, Indiana Harbor. “It took a systematic approach to evaluate the many oil systems in the hot strip mill and identify likely sources. Our water permits are set to be protective of human health and the environment. Our goal is for all our discharges to be well below the limits.”

The oils used by the 80" hot

strip mill are called Shell Morlina S3 BA. They are lubricating oils which provide excellent lubrica-tion in MORGOIL® bearing and steel mill circulation systems. MORGOIL® bearings are a totally enclosed, precision journal bearings that operate on a hydro-dynamically generated film of oil. They provide higher load capacities, higher speed capabilities, lower power consumption and long life – perfect for a rolling mill. MORGOIL® systems, which use water, are most commonly found in hot strip mills and finishing operations.

In 2014, the 80" hot strip mill at Indiana Harbor consumed 4,000 gallons of oil per month, costing a little over $200,000. In 2015, the numbers jumped to 22,000 gallons per month costing an excess of $700,000. Clearly there was a problem.

“Morlina consumption was getting out of hand,” said Grace.

“I’ve worked at other hot strip mills during my career and we didn’t use this much oil. We had to figure out which of the ten oil systems at the hot strip mill was leaking.”

“Ricardo helped us perform a system analysis,” added Grace. “We inspected the entire oil distribution system – tanks, lines, distribution points and bearings. The loss turned out to be our B MORGOIL® bearing system which feeds finish mill backups at F4 through F6 finishing stands. The excess oil was saturating the water in the scale pits.”

Most of the cooling and process water is recycled on the east side of Indiana Harbor. The oil-saturated water at the 80" hot strip mill was flowing through the scale pits into the clarifiers.

“There’s an economic incentive to reduce oil in the water,” said Benoit. “The more oil that enters our water systems, the more resources needed to

recover it – chemicals, energy and time. Excess oil also increases the risk of poor water quality discharging into the Indiana Harbor ship canal. It is critical that we continue to improve our systems to reduce any potential environmental impacts.”

An action plan was devel-oped to fix the leaks based on the system analysis findings. The plan had 32 itemized issues and each had a responsible employee assigned and a completion deadline.

“These corrective actions included eliminating the recycled water ingress into the oil system, which caused delays in production because it plugged up the filters which activated alarms. We’d have to shut the mill down until the strainer could be switched. While each shutdown was only five or six minutes, the sheer number of them caused 894 minutes of delays over three months – about five hours each month! That cost the hot strip mill $1.3 million a year in lost productivity,” said Grace.

Skimmers were installed to improve oil separation in the scale pits. This eliminated the need for vacuum truck services.

“The trucks came twice a week to evacuate oil from the top of the scale pit. We were spending $150,000 dollars a year,” said Grace.

The initial cost for the skimmers was $57,000, but they saved the mill $145,000 in the first quarter alone. An impressive return on investment. In addition, the hot strip mill has saved more than $620,000 in oil costs.

Escobedo added, “We want to develop the best solutions for the application or challenge our customers face. There’s no catch. No cost to ArcelorMittal for engaging with us in problem solving.”

“Other operating depart-ments could see the same benefits that we did if they ask Shell to assist,” said Grace. “We need to get the word out about opportunities to take advantage of TCO components in vendor contracts. I hope this success story at the 80" will generate more engagement from operators.”

Shell Lubricants is currently working with the Burns Harbor hot strip mill, but it’s too early in the process to document success.

Operating departments which purchase products from Shell Lubricants can take advantage of this service by contacting the key account manager, Jeff Schimmel at [email protected] or by calling 713-241-4120.

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Shell Lubricant program leads to big savings

4. Efficient use of resources and high recycling rates

Danny Grace stands in front of a display screen in his office. He can see real time data points about filter differentials, pump function, tank temperature, and more. The data points can be customized. He can see when a tank starts losing temperature, then act to correct it quickly before it gets so low that the oil thickens. Thick oil causes the pumps to work harder which consumes extra energy.

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Energy>

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Many of the conversations at October’s Energy Roundtable at Burns Harbor spurred discussions about solutions to enhance the company’s bottom line through the implementation of cost-saving energy efficiency projects.

“The Energy Roundtable is conducted annually to generate discussion and knowledge sharing not only technical or operational issues related to energy, but also health and safety,” said Helder Silva, energy manager, NAFTA CTO.

Topics discussed included:• a Cleveland safety incident, related to the improper use of materials on oxygen line repairs, which raised the issue of improving awareness about the dangers involved in working with oxygen• presentations by corporate responsibility and government affairs on the importance of the USA energy program and how these departments are assisting

in achieving our sustainability efforts• new technologies our facilities are using to improve our overall operations, including laser technology for gas analyses, drone utilization for inspections and ethanol production technology

Silva said one of the greatest benefits of roundtables is the information sharing that takes place, especially when the results mean major savings for the company.

“In the Americas, we have an annual spending on energy of more than $1.5 billion, when you consider electricity and natural gas costs. Energy cost reduction is a major focus for our business competitiveness. Also, our energy consumption brings a relevant carbon footprint and that’s why energy is a key component of our 10 sustainable development outcomes. Roundtables allow us to come together to share new knowledge on ways we can improve our energy use for the long-term sustainability of our company.”

“An energy program is necessary in order to promote energy cost reduction in a systematic, focused and expedited manner,” noted Silva.

Larry Fabina, manager, continuous improvement, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor and USA energy champion, added, “The projects and ideas shared during the roundtable have the potential to be applied some-where else in our business. We’re all challenged to take what we’ve learned back to our plants and use this knowledge to create opportunities. We can all make a difference. That is the ‘Power of 1.’”

Employees with energy-saving ideas can email their suggestions to [email protected]

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Energy Roundtable generates cost-saving initiatives

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One of the greatest strengths of ArcelorMittal is the diversity of its employees and operations. At the time of the Arcelor and Mittal merger 10 years ago, the ability to share best practices amongst like operations was a valuable asset as the new ArcelorMittal developed.

During the first decade of

the new company, roundtable meetings were launched by the Global Research and Development Group, to share experiences and technical knowledge on specific topics relevant to common operations and practices.

To that end, Burns Harbor recently hosted Americas’ roundtable discussions on iron producing and recycling. More than 70 employees attended the two-day meetings, from the

Americas facilities and some European locations.

According to Naiyang Ma, scientist, recycling, raw materials and ironmaking, Global R&D, the roundtables focused on three overarching topics:• follow-up actions from the previous meeting• new development and implementation since the last meeting• follow-up actions that result

from discussions at the current meeting

“The meeting has evolved from the initial focus on new developments and implementa-tion to now include all three topics,” said Ma. “This allows participants to not only learn from other facilities, but also adds actions to develop and implement.”

At the iron producing roundtable meetings, main topics included safety, furnace campaign extension, Tilden fluxed pellet issues, coke rate reduction and cost savings.

“Burns Harbor’s biggest takeaway from the meetings involved extending our campaign life on C furnace,” said Blake Crisman, electrical manager, iron producing, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. “Running a furnace hard with minimal repairs between relines is a thing of the past. Reline budgets are being reduced and additional ‘mini extended outages’ are becoming more popular. Dofasco has been doing this for years. This is a new direction for Burns Harbor and we need to hit the ground running if we want to be successful.”

So what happens with the information shared at roundtable discussions? Ma said the best available technologies are quickly shared among facilities. Since 2011, when the recycling roundtables first began, he said the recycling ratio has tremen-dously increased, landfill rate has greatly decreased and millions of

dollars have been saved. “In the process, our plants have become cleaner and greener – all under the restrictions of little invest-ments, no negative effect on production and no additional environmental issues.”

Don Idstein, lead engineer, operations technology, ArcelorMittal USA, participated in the iron producing roundtable. He said the information sharing is the greatest benefit at the meetings, where assistance regarding a particular issue can sometimes be almost immediate.

“In the past, I’ve seen how when one blast furnace had an issue and asked a question from the group and, within a day, almost every other ArcelorMittal blast furnace facility responded with its experience on that same issue. This brings the experience from the whole organization to bear on the problem and facilitates expedited resolution and continuous improvement across all facilities,” said Idstein.

Procurement representatives are also often invited to attend roundtables to enlist their expertise on the sale of by- product materials.

“One area of procurement that can be easily overlooked is the sale of miscellaneous materials – oxides, slags and scales generated in the course of making steel,” noted Bill Sammon, manager, procurement, mill services and by-products, ArcelorMittal USA. “The recycling roundtable brings opportunity and

experience together (operations, op tech, R&D and environmental), to make sure that we, in purchas-ing, are selling or recycling materials to the best advantage of the company and community.”

Sammon added the roundtable focused on two important initiatives. One is on micro-pelletizing dusts that have value in the sintering process but are otherwise too fine for handling. Secondly, upgrading the lower iron slag fines to extract the remaining iron for sinter plants or blast furnaces.

All agree that the benefit of the roundtable process is learning about the successes in other ArcelorMittal steel facilities and thinking about how that positive outcome could be duplicated elsewhere.

“Anytime we can recycle a material back into the ironmaking or steelmaking process, we can get a double benefit: extracting value from material we already own by replacing purchases and avoiding the costs of landfilling or stockpiling materials,” added Sammon.

“Everyone enjoys the time to network and hear about solutions for common issues,” added Crisman. “These meetings really provide an invaluable opportunity to learn from one another. Someone has already invented the wheel – we just have to embrace a different way of thinking for the solutions.”

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A picture of the energy roundtable attendees taken during a demonstration of drone technology.

Energy-saving projects and fuel-efficient automobiles were on display at Burns Harbor’s Energy Fair. Hundreds of employees took part in the event at Deerfield Woods Training Center.

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Energy conservation at home and at work was the focus of the fourth annual ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Energy Fair in October.

About 650 employees visited Deerfield Woods Training Center, where energy-related companies and organizations shared information regarding

ways to use energy wisely. More than 15 customers

and suppliers showcased their latest products and services to help consumers looking to become more energy-conscious.

Also included: a special display that featured a host of Burns Harbor energy projects that reaped major savings for the facility.

“In the past five years since conducting our first energy fair in

2012, Burns Harbor has saved about $5.4 million in electricity costs from 128 documented energy-saving projects,” noted Larry Fabina, manager, continuous improvement, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. “In addition, we gained $2 million in incentives from NIPSCO, our local utility, for implementing the projects. This shows that looking for the right partners can also result in major savings.”

A variety of fuel-efficient automobiles were also on display from Chevrolet, GMC, Ford, Honda, Toyota, Chrysler, Subaru, Dodge, Ram and Jeep. Each car featured a poster highlighting the major automotive parts made with ArcelorMittal steel.

A variety of home energy-saving tips were provided by: Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO, the local utility company); Gexpro (electrical supplies), Whirlpool displayed their newest energy efficient ENERGY STAR® rated washer and dryer; Dialight exhibited its energy efficient light fixtures, and Purdue University – Calumet exhibited energy-reduction opportunities.

“Our joint energy and health fair has steadily grown with the help of key customers and suppliers,” added Fabina. “In keeping with our theme of the ‘Power of 1,’ the focus of the energy fair is to introduce our employees to energy reduction opportunities both here at work and at home. Employees receive a variety of information – from buying efficient vehicles and ENERGY STAR® rated appliances built by Whirlpool, to learning energy-saving tips from Gexpro and NIPSCO, the local utility. In addition, Purdue University Calumet highlighted their ‘Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation (CIVS)’ to those in attendance.

“Our employees appreciate it when we can provide them with some of the latest energy-saving tips that are important to consumers and learn what others are doing at Burns Harbor to save energy,” said Fabina.

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6. Responsible energy user that helps create a lower carbon future

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‘Power of 1’ contest winnersDuring Energy Awareness Month in October, ArcelorMittal USA challenged its energy champions to come up with money-saving ideas in our annual “Power of 1” contest. And boy, did they come through – with projects having a potential to save more than $250,000 annually! Here are the winners in this year’s contest:Burns Harbor water pressure project: Chris Thompson, Tom Poplawski, Tom Miloshoff and Mel MagellonCleveland PLC modernization upgrade: Joseph DiPinto, Joel Rakocy, Michael GoleBurns Harbor cooling tower fans project: Gregory Kist, Josh Davich, Jason Kresal, Jim Keith, and Clecio SousaBurns Harbor pump start automation project: Gregory KistCleveland cooling tower project: Roger Lee, Rishabh BahelThe team members will each receive a Solargopack solar-powered backback and we’ll be featuring their projects in upcoming issues of 1 Magazine.


As winter approaches and temperatures drop, you may be faced with the question of whether to allow the use of portable space heaters in the colder areas of your workplace.

There are no federal workplace safety rules that prohibit these. But space heaters are linked to 74 percent of fire-related deaths. OSHA rules do require that electrical equipment must be used according to manufacturer specifications on the unit’s label and in the user manual. And extension cords, if used, must be rated to handle the electrical load (many employers prohibit their use with space heaters).

There’s no question that space heaters pose a fire safety hazard. Fires can be caused by space heaters without adequate safety features, space heaters placed near combustibles or space heaters that are improperly plugged in.

Statistics about damage caused by space heaters in the workplace are not readily available, according to the federal Office of Compliance. But public information is available on the effects of poorly utilized space heaters in the home. Between 2005-2009, space heaters caused 32 percent of home heating fires or structural fires and resulted in thousands of injuries and deaths.

We should follow all safety guidelines when dealing with

other heaters, as well. In 2008, a Conshohocken employee died after an incident involving a heater. George Pulver was 48 years old and a roll builder. An investigation indicated that he came into contact with an

open flame on a pipe strip heater and it ignited his pant leg. He was wearing flame retardant pants, but was working with grease and may have had grease and/or solvent on his clothing.

This tragic incident is an

important reminder of how important it is to follow all safety guidelines relating to heaters.

For more information about space heater safety at home, go to compliance.gov and search for “space heater safety” or click the

read more icon linked to this story in the online version of USA 1 Magazine.

Sources: BLR – Business and Legal Resources and USA Health and Safety

Heater safety tips that could save your life

A slab of conductive concrete demonstrates its deicing capability during a winter storm. The concrete carries enough current to melt ice while remaining safe to the touch. Courtesy: Christopher Tuan and Lim Nguyen

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Two engineering professors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have developed a new and exciting use for steel in making roads safer in winter.

Professors Christopher Y. Tuan, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, and Lim Nguyen, Ph.D., P.E., were recently awarded the T.C. Graham Prize from the Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) for their groundbreaking innovation. Tuan and Nguyen developed a

steel-based system that melts snow and ice with conductive concrete.

According to AIST, “Their system makes use of common steel shavings and fibers, which are mixed into wet concrete and then poured over a series of steel bars. Once energized, the system conducts a mild current, generating just enough heat to keep precipitation above the freezing point.” When the system registers freezing temperatures, it responds by warming the concrete’s surface and melting snow and ice.

The T.C. Graham Prize is a global contest to encourage and recognize innovative applications for steel that may lead to the development of new markets.

John Brett, president and CEO, ArcelorMittal USA, was

one of five industry executives who served on the contest jury to select this year’s winner.

“Our product – steel – has long been a building block of our modern cities and communities. This innovation demonstrates how steel has potential to improve our quality of life in ways we never imagined,” Brett said.

ArcelorMittal is committed to developing ways that steel can contribute to a sustainable society.

Tuan and Nguyen believe their system to be both more cost-efficient and environmen-tally friendly than other road deicing solutions. When they tested it at the Roca Spur Bridge in Lincoln, Nebraska, they calculated their system costs just $85/day to operate

during a snowstorm, compared to $1,000 or more each time a snow truck is dispatched or a fraction of the volume cost of deicing chemicals. Furthermore, conductive concrete can reduce chemical and salt use, which can pollute nearby waterways.

The researchers estimate that, if widely adopted, their system could create 90 million tons of new steel demand per year.

Learn more about this exciting innovation and watch a short video of the concrete melting ice at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s website (http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/de-icing-concrete- could-improve-roadway-safety/).

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John’s collection of miner hats shows how primitive they once were.

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Iron man preserves historyKelly Nissan-Budge

When you think of Global Research and Development, you picture state-of-the-art equipment and the newest, cutting edge technology, right? Well, you might be surprised to learn that there are a few things on the second floor at R&D in East Chicago, Indiana, that are more than 2,000 years old.

“The oldest artifacts in my collection are probably the Roman artifacts. Nails, spear points, arrowheads, things like that are about 2,000 years old,” said John Ricketts, process portfolio specialist, ironmaking, ArcelorMittal Global Research and Development.

One of John’s hobbies is exploring old blast furnace sites. He has a large collection of blast furnace and mining artifacts on display in museum fashion outside his second floor office.

John started at ArcelorMittal in the summer engineer program in 1976.

He’s held many positions with the company during his 39-year career. Since 2005, he has been part of a process specialist team at Global R&D. But collecting is John’s passion.

“I like the history of iron making. I’ve written a book on it. When I’m traveling around the world doing technical support and training, I’ll visit a flea market, antique shop or

street market to look for anything made of iron so I can add it to my collection.”

The collection includes more than 300 items. Only things made from iron or directly related to the industry are included. Among the treasures are coins, weapons, spurs, cannonballs and lamps.

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1. Safe, healthy, quality working lives for our people

• Keep a safe distance from heaters at all times. • Adequately guard heaters from accidental contact.• Make sure open flames are well controlled and inside the guarded area.• Remove from service any open flame heater without sufficient guarding. • Ensure mill equipment or process heaters are guarded/protected from personal contact.• Remember flame-retardant clothing that is contaminated with grease, oil or solvent is unsafe and must not be worn.• Make sure hoses/piping, flame arrestors, connections, switches, etc., are appropriate and in good working condition.• Make sure inspections of heaters are part of area safety inspections and other general safety audits this winter.

A WinterSafe warning: Use space heaters safely!

The WinterSafe poster on page 9 is available at myarcelormittal.com as a printable pdf for your area’s bulletin boards. Search for “WinterSafe poster” or click here in the electronic version of USA 1 Magazine.

There’s a better way......to fight the fluFlu season is here and you should take precautions, but let’s be realistic! Avoid close contact with people who are sick and stay home if you are. Cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze or cough and clean your hands regularly. But the best thing you can do is get a flu shot!

Flu shots will be provided through Feb. 28, 2017, under your CVS Caremark prescription benefit plan, with no copay!• Flu shots are available to plan participants and

their eligible dependents 18 years and older where the ArcelorMittal Healthcare Plan provides their primary coverage.

• Visit any one of the more than 9,600 CVS Pharmacy locations and 1,100 MinuteClinics.

• Bring your prescription card and a photo ID.• For MinuteClinic locations, please bring your

medical insurance ID card.• It’s fast and easy – no appointment

necessary.

Get a flu shot!

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Don’t stress about the cold – protect yourself! Anyone working in a cold environment is at risk for “cold stress.” The most common cold-induced conditions are hypothermia and frostbite.

Source: OSHA

WinterSafeCold stress risk factors:• wetness/dampness, dressing

improperly, exhaustion• health conditions, such as hypertension,

hypothyroidism, diabetes• poor physical condition

Hypothermia occurs when body heat is lost faster than it can be replaced and your body temperature drops from 98.6 degrees (normal) to less than 95 degrees. Hypothermia is most likely at very cold temperatures, but can occur at cool temperatures (above 40 degrees) if a person becomes chilled from rain, sweat or submersion in water.

Hypothermia symptoms:• uncontrollable shivering,

which should not be ignored• loss of coordination• confusion• slurred speech• heart rate/breathing slow• unconsciousness and possibly deathWhat to do:• Call your facility’s emergency services

or 911.• Move the worker to a warm, dry area.• Remove wet clothing and replace

with dry clothing.• Wrap the body (including the head and neck)

in layers of blankets and with a vapor barrier (e.g. tarp, garbage bag). Do not cover the face.

If medical help is more than 30 minutes away:• Give warm sweetened drinks, if alert

(no alcohol), to help increase the body temperature. Never try to give a drink to an unconscious person.

• Place warm bottles or warm packs in armpits, sides of chest, and groin.

Frostbite is an injury to the body that is caused by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues. The lower the temperature, the more quickly frostbite will occur. Frostbite typically affects the extremities, particularly the feet and hands. Amputation may be required in severe cases.

Frostbite symptoms:• reddened skin develops gray/white patches

on the fingers, toes, nose or ear lobes• tingling• aching• loss of feeling• area feels firm/hard• blisters may occur in the affected areasWhat to do:• Call your facility’s emergency services

or 911.• Protect the frostbitten area by wrapping it

loosely in a dry cloth and protect the area from contact until medical help arrives.

• Do not rub the affected area. Rubbing causes damage to the skin and tissue, and can cause other problems as well.

• Do not apply snow or water. Do not break blisters.

• Do not try to rewarm the frostbitten area before getting medical help. For example, do not use heating pads or place in warm water. If a frostbitten area is rewarmed and gets frozen again, more tissue damage will occur. It is safer for the frostbitten area to be rewarmed by medical professionals.

• Give warm sweetened drinks, if alert (no alcohol).

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ArcelorMittal USA 2016: The year in reviewJanuary February

JuneMay

General Motors and Ford

honored ArcelorMittal for excellence in developing and providing steel products and

solutions for their vehicle brands. General Motors awarded us its Supplier of the Year award for the third consecutive year, while Ford gave ArcelorMittal its highest ranking for the fifth consecutive year as part of its 2015 Business Unit Review.

Workers “topped off” 150 N. Riverside, an eye-catching addition to the Chicago skyline, built with ArcelorMittal steel. The 54-story office building appears to stand on one “foot.” It will open later this year.

Health and Safety and Workers Memorial Day allowed us to highlight key health and safety practices, procedures and recent incidents. The day also reminded us to keep vigilant on our Journey to Zero, to watch out for our own safety and that of our co-workers through the “Warn Me” campaign.

A significant donation from ArcelorMittal helped create a student-run lab at Colorado School of Mines. “The Outlet” is designed for electrical engineering students and features

oscilloscopes, power meters, signal generators and a collection of

components. Our partnership with CSM began shortly after

the Arcelor and Mittal merger. Since then we

have hired 29 graduates.

AprilMarch

John Brett was named chief

executive of ArcelorMittal USA.

Robrecht Himpe was appointed chief executive of

AM/NS Calvert to accelerate the ramp-up of this important

asset, in addition to his duties as executive vice-president and CEO of ArcelorMittal NAFTA.

A five-year, fully funded federal infrastructure bill went into effect, authorizing spending $305 billion from 2016-2020 for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s highway, motor vehicle safety, public transportation, motor carrier safety, hazardous materials safety and rail, as well as research, technology and statistics

programs. This is an important development for ArcelorMittal, since steel will be

used in many of these projects.

ArcelorMittal launched a new set of S-in motion® lightweight steel solutions for

mid-size sedans and SUVs that can help carmakers achieve a 20-26 percent body structure weight reduction, compared to 2015 models. Building upon the C-segment sedan launched in 2010, the S-in motion® program has been extended to include a broad range of vehicles including the pick-up truck and battery electric vehicle. The S-in motion® Mid-sized Sedan & SUV was named “Best Innovation” by American

Metal Market during the publication’s annual Steel Excellence Awards ceremony.

ArcelorMittal released its first United States Integrated report, bringing together – for the first time – our outcomes in sustainability with our business operations and strategy. The report is published in a convenient, online format at usa.arcelormittal.com/sustainability. In recognition of this important step toward integrated reporting for the company, ArcelorMittal was also named “Corporate Advocate of the Year” by American Metal Market, specifically recognizing ArcelorMittal’s leadership in sustainability and corporate responsibility in the U.S. as well as Canada and Mexico.

A new stacker-reclaimer started up at Burns Harbor, replacing one that failed in the

middle of a severe snow storm in 2014. The new machine has a hydraulic

motor for the operation of the bucket wheel and should last

30 years or more.

Burns Harbor MTE Brian Sadowski saved four people – two children and two adults – from drowning in Lake Michigan near Michigan City, Indiana. In recognition of his heroic acts, ArcelorMittal donated $13,000 to the community to purchase life-saving equipment for the lakefront.

Keith Howell was named vice president and chief operating officer (COO) for ArcelorMittal USA. He has 28 years of steelmaking

experience, starting his career at US Steel.

ArcelorMittal launched Action 2020, a plan to put the company

on the path toward long-term sustainability. It outlines specific

improvement targets for each of our operating segments and details what

each segment plans to focus on in order for the group to meet its long-term

profitability and cash flow targets. Each segment’s plan is based on its operating profile, market dynamics and opportunity set. Indiana Harbor is a focal point of Action 2020 in the USA, with the plan’s emphasis on the “footprint project,” an effort to consolidate redundant operations and increase investment in others.

USA Health and Safety continued its push to develop innovative risk assessment

training scenarios. The team uses a scenario based at fictitious pizza

parlors to teach a variety of safety lessons. The latest version

focused on crane safety. A new scenario will be

launched early this year.


The U.S. Navy official welcomes the USS Zumwalt to its fleet. The destroyer was built with plate from Burns Harbor, Conshohocken and Coatesville. The futuristic design makes it difficult to detect on radar.

ArcelorMittal observed Health Week October 3-7. More than 1,350 people received free flu shots.

Employees at our USA facilities also took part in a variety of activities, including a health walk and health screenings.

ArcelorMittal was featured in the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper in October. The special section, titled “Why ArcelorMittal succeeds where LTV failed: Heart of Steel” focused on Cleveland’s comeback after the plant shut down in 2009 during the Great Recession.

ArcelorMittal participated in Innovation Day events at Ford and

GM, showcasing our steel products and solutions to hundreds of

designers, engineers and executives from each

automaker.

ArcelorMittal received good news on the trade front when the

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) moved to investigate China’s circumvention of

the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVS) orders on corrosion-resistant carbon steel and

cold-rolled carbon steel. Earlier in the year, the DOC found these products were being dumped by China into

the U.S. and that they received unfair government subsidies from China, causing material injury to the U.S. steel industry.

ArcelorMittal announced the introduction of new advanced steels for automotive that will be available in North America starting in 2017, including: new press hardenable steels (PHS) Ductibor® 1000 and Usibor® 2000; martensitic steels MartINsite® M1700 and M2000; and third generation advanced high strength steels, HF (High Formability) 980 and HF 1180. Together, these new steel grades will help automakers further reduce body-in-white weight to improve fuel economy without compromising vehicle safety or performance.

ArcelorMittal donated two historic mill buildings to the National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum (NISHM). The two buildings, known as the 120" rolling mill

and the motor house, will expand the museum area and will be key factors in the revitalization

of Coatesville, by renovating former steel production buildings into a museum

centered on the story and science of iron and steel manufacturing.

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ArcelorMittal USA ended the year by fulfilling a $3 million commitment to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education programs. This includes both in-school and out-of-school programming, from elementary school through college.

Andy Harshaw, who has served our company as USA CEO and as executive vice president of operations during his long career in steelmaking, officially retired in December, months after he intended. Andy stayed

with us long enough to ensure a smooth transition for our new COO, Keith Howell.

We wish Andy all the best in his much-deserved retirement.

ArcelorMittal Riverdale welcomed Illinois Governor

Bruce Rauner to the facility where he signed a new executive

order to announce the state’s continued dedication to the

Millennium Reserve initiative. Millennium Reserve is a partnership of government, business and nonprofit organizations working to transform the Calumet region and southeast Chicago into an area that is thriving with commerce,

healthy communities and sustainable environmental areas.

ArcelorMittal is an active partner in the effort.

ArcelorMittal invited USA employees, customers, neighbors, steel enthusiasts and Big 10 sports fans to “get to know us” and win BIG in the “Steel Spirit Sweepstakes.” Burns Harbor employee Brenda English won a trip to the Big 10 championship in

Indianapolis. The contest also promoted our new “Get to know us!” video and the

launch of our official ArcelorMittal USA Facebook page.

The USS Illinois was delivered to the U.S. Navy on August 27. The sub, built by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics, is the 13th Virginia Class Submarine (VCS) and it was made with ArcelorMittal plate from Coatesville. First Lady Michelle Obama served as the ship’s sponsor, christening the ship in October.


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From large-diameter line pipe for the oil and gas industry, to plate product for bridges, ArcelorMittal USA is a major supplier to Stupp Corporation. We supply both hot rolled product from AM/NS Calvert, and rolled carbon plate for bridges and crane girders from ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor.

For the past 150 years, Stupp Bros., Inc., has been a privately-owned company focused on providing infrastruc-ture development in the United States. Stupp has facilities in St. Louis, Missouri; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Bowling Green, Kentucky. Those operations produce materials to build pipelines, bridges, high-rise buildings and sports facilities for their customers in both the private and public sectors.

“ArcelorMittal has enjoyed a very long relationship with Stupp, dating back about 60 years with many of our predecessor companies,” said Bill Rudd, account manager, sales and marketing, ArcelorMittal USA. “It takes a very involved, cooperative effort to make our supply position work.”

Rudd said this well-coordi-nated effort involves involvement by ArcelorMittal senior leadership, operations, planning and scheduling, product design, quality, research and develop-ment, traffic, customer service and commercial.

“The product is very difficult to make,” added Rudd. “It demands precise and difficult chemistries with tightly controlled physical and mechanical proper-ties, as well as demanding surface characteristics and comprehen-sive testing. Stupp expects very demanding responsiveness to short lead-times. From the time that an order is placed until the product is shipped, the pressure is on to deliver a full order as expected, so they can complete their pipe projects on time.”

Rudd noted that the pipe business is very competitive, especially with the current price of oil and gas far below historic levels, thus reducing the demand for pipe to transport gas products.

In 1999, Stupp Bridge Company opened its Bowling Green facility, making plate girder fabrication for bridges and buildings.

Rick Kollhoff, account manager, sales and marketing,

ArcelorMittal USA, said the facility has more than 350,000 square feet of space for fabrica-tion. Some of the bridge plate we produce for Stupp can be more than 900 inches (75 feet) in length.

“We have an excellent relationship with the bridge

division across all levels of both companies,” noted Kollhoff. “The quality of product that we supply to Stupp is excellent. Our quality claims were near zero for 2016 and have been that way for a number of years. What they appreciate from ArcelorMittal USA is our continued commitment

to the bridge industry and to the respective trade associations. The bridge market is very cyclical, depending on the amount of state and federal funds available. However, we stand behind this long-time customer in all market fluctuations. We agree that the promotion of steel in our

country’s infrastructure is a benefit to all.”

Rudd added: “Stupp appreciates the many efforts of those from ArcelorMittal to supply them with the products they need for their business. As a supplier, our positive response has us poised to help Stupp on

future work, as we look to remain a solid partner with them for many years to come.”

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Stupp relies on ArcelorMittal to build America’s infrastructure

ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor supplied Stupp with all the as-rolled plate used to build this bridge near Clarendon, Arkansas.

River Ridge Parkway over Heavy Haul Road bridge construction located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, owned by the River Ridge Development Authority.

Construction of a bridge in Fairfax, Missouri, over the Missouri River, owned by the Missouri Department of Transportation.

The Illinois Department of Transportation’s bridge construction project, located in Madison County, Illinois, over the Chain of Rocks Canal.

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Staff at ArcelorMittal Global Research and Development Center supervised a “prescribed fire” to manage ten acres of globally rare dune and swale habitat on its East Chicago, Indiana campus.

In the spring of 2013, ArcelorMittal Global R&D, in partnership with The Field Museum and the Nature Conservancy, launched an exciting project to restore ten acres of globally rare dune and swale habitat on its East Chicago campus.

Dune and swale is a unique type of natural habitat. It can be found along the southern rim of Lake Michigan and was created when glacial Lake Chicago (the precursor to Lake Michigan) receded thousands of years ago.

Museum ecologists noted the site’s unique topography, undisturbed sandy soils and a few native plants growing in the rougher areas of the site. These were all clues that something very special lay beneath the mowed field. These suspicions were confirmed when mowing of the area ceased and thousands of native plants emerged.

Inventories of the ArcelorMittal site have documented more than fifty species of plants, including a state-endangered species and two state-threatened species, all of which are being monitored.

The site requires ongoing management to restore plant diversity, manage invasive species and help maintain the health of rich natural areas. One technique used for this is a prescribed fire.

“Fire was a natural occurrence in wetlands, woodlands, prairies, and dune and swale habitat until recent times,” said Laura Milkert, ecological stewardship manager, Keller Science Action Center Science and Education, The Field Museum. “Prescribed fire is now a key component to restoration.”

Conservation Land Stewardship in partnership with The Field Museum recently set a prescribed fire at R&D. Prescribed fires are part of a national effort to identify, restore, protect and connect more than 1.4 million acres of natural areas across the United States.

“The City of East Chicago Fire Department was involved in the planning stages,” said Matt Bartz, tech procurement & process research, R&D. “They were on-site to ensure a safe burn. And because

we’re located directly next to a school, the school board president was also engaged in the planning discussions.”

Bartz coordinates the student visits to the dune and swale as part of the Mighty Acorns® program funded by ArcelorMittal. The Mighty Acorns program incorporates classroom curriculum, hands-on restoration activities and exploration as it seeks to provide students with multiple and meaningful interactions with the outdoors.

“Students are using our land to learn about dunes and swale, which is very rare. There are very few left in the world,” said Bartz. “This habitat can never be replaced, its value is immeasurable.”

A walking trail was estab-lished along the perimeter of the property to encourage employees to walk for health. The trail also provides an opportunity to see the beautiful dune and swale site.

Click here to view a photo gallery in the electronic version of 1 Magazine or go to myarcelormittal.com and search “prescription fire.”

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ArcelorMittal ClevelandThe Deer Hunter, starring Robert De Niro,

Christopher Walken and John Savage (1978)

ArcelorMittal Indiana HarborLight of Day, starring Michael J. Fox (1987)Chain Reaction, starring Keanu Reeves (1996)

Original Gangstas, starring Fred “the Hammer” Williamson, Pam Grier and Jim Brown (1996)

Pearl Harbor, starring Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett. Plant 3 was used to represent Tokyo in a bombing mission (2001)

Road to Perdition, starring Tom Hanks (2002)

Patriot (Amazon television series), starring Michael Dorman (2016)

ArcelorMittal WeirtonSuper 8, written and directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg (2011)

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Hollywood meets ArcelorMittalIn anticipation of awards season in Hollywood, take a look at some movies and shows that used our plants as their Hollywood stages.

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Keanu Reeves played a brilliant researcher in science fiction thriller, Chain Reaction, which was also filmed at Indiana Harbor.

Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks starred in Road to Perdition, an American crime movie filmed at Indiana Harbor.

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Photo: Susan Kirt Photography

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State-licensed fire control expert using “drip can” to spread fire.

Monitoring the fire line in dune and swale area.

Know your benefits

See a movie and save money!Did you know that one of your benefits as an ArcelorMittal employee is discount tickets to movies and other entertainment attractions nationwide?These special offers are available through three programs: • TicketsAtWork • Working Advantage • Ticket Monster Learn more about these benefits and many others at www.arcelormittalusa.com/benefits. Just click on “employee discounts.”

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STEM education across the states: investing in our future employeesUSA Communications Team

ArcelorMittal’s investment in STEM education programs (science, technology, engineering and math) is our signature community initiative. As highlighted in the previous issue of USA 1 Magazine, in 2015, 42 percent of our U.S. grant funding was invested in nonprofit organizations and programs specific to STEM education. Nationally, we focus our invest-ment strategy on three areas: in-school programming, large-scale out-of-school programming in a science center setting and small, high-touch STEM programming.

For in-school programming, our partner programs focus upon:• curriculum development

for engineering education and design study• building strong skills in traditional math programming• training teachers to implement strong curriculum related to STEM• equipment purchases that are directly linked to results in educational settings• exposing students to careers in STEM fields • robotics programming and other in-school competition formats

For large-scale out-of-school programming in a science center setting, our partner programs focus upon:• providing Saturday and summer STEM programming • training teachers to implement strong curriculum related to STEM• offering interactive field trip programming used to expose students to STEM fields, colleges and universities, and other

development opportunities• mentorship programming in STEM fields

For small, high-touch STEM programming, our partner programs focus upon:• project-based work to ensure students are not just receiving an introduction to, but a major experience, in STEM• skill building in a specific STEM discipline, such as metallurgy, architectural design, engineering, etc. • creating relationships with students and effective learning environments that drive engagement in the long-term• mentorship programming in STEM fields

To quantify success in these programs, we evaluate teachers’ abilities to inspire STEM interest in students, the number of students

choosing to return to STEM classes year over year, internships and unique study experiences gained prior to college, college acceptance and persistence rates, the number of graduates choosing STEM majors, students’ ability to identify STEM careers and paths, as well as the number of graduates choosing to work in the metals and mining industry.

These STEM strategies are executed locally through our facility-level Councils for Stronger Communities (CSCs). The CSCs select grantee organizations to implement a localized strategy that best meets each commu-nity’s unique needs. The last issue of USA 1 Magazine covered STEM grantmaking surrounding our facilities in Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota. Below is an overview of our STEM grantmaking in Alabama, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Alabama • AM/NS Calvert STEM summer camps: Week long free summer STEM camps for students in Mobile County with activities and field trips designed to strengthen their STEM skills.• Field trip scholarships: Many schools in Mobile County do not have the resources to fund field trips for students. To increase the exposure of students, AM/NS Calvert has created a STEM Field Trip Scholarship Fund to which individual schools may apply to have the cost of field trips to STEM-based venues and activities reimbursed.• Mobile Area Education Foundation: Through the Mobile Area Education Foundation, AM/NS Calvert is funding the creation of learning modules based on Engaging Youth in Engineering (EYE) for use in curriculums in Mobile County elementary and middle schools which did not previously exist.• Mobile Baykeeper: Combining environmental awareness and STEM learning, AM/NS Calvert has funded the development of learning modules and curriculums based on Baykeeper’s Strategic Watershed and Awareness Program or SWAMP. This program raises students’ awareness of the importance of the community’s watersheds and trains them to monitor local waterways for water quality using science.• Gulf Coast Exploreum and Science Center: AM/NS Calvert has provided funding to the Gulf Coast Exploreum and Science Center to create hands-on workshops for students on subjects ranging from engineering and mechanics.• STEM collaboration: AM/NS Calvert has funded and

driven formal collaboration among local organizations that provide STEM-based programming to area students, increasing cooperation and leveraging resources toward shared-strategic goals.

Ohio• Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland: With 15 clubs through-out the city, BGCC is expanding its Academic Success programs to include more STEM experiences. Youth and teen members are participating in everything from robotics competitions to Girls Who Code clubs.• College Now Greater Cleveland: Trained College Now advisors embedded at 65 high schools help identify students who are interested in STEM fields and guide them toward college and career opportunities that will further their STEM interests. • Great Lakes Science Center: The Great Science Academy is an immersive science program for grades 6 - 9. Designed as a hands-on, fun and challenging learning experience, Great Science Academy brings students together twice a month on Saturdays to explore STEM.• Invent Now: With ArcelorMittal support, 15 schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will offer Club Invention, an afterschool program that encourages creative problem-solving using essential STEM concepts. Club Invention teachers are getting special “lab” training on project-based teaching.• Open Doors Academy: ArcelorMittal STEM professionals helped develop and teach a weeklong summer camp focused on STEM in manufacturing. The camp was called “From Tinkerer to Thinker to Manufacturer.”

“Teenagers don’t take classes because they prepare them to be better problem solvers and more responsible citizens, even though those are our goals for them as teachers. Students take classes that are fun, because STEM class takes awesome field trips, like visiting ArcelorMittal Weirton. Our STEM students get to design, build, 3d print, and send their robots into competition against other schools. ArcelorMittal has made all these opportunities a reality at our school, and while our students are having fun, they are also learning essential skills for successful careers.”

– Chris Mockbee, STEM teacher, Brooke High School, West Virginia

“Science, technology, engineering and math are critical skills for the industries in Central Pennsylvania, and we are deliberately focused on preparing graduates for careers so they can lead innovation and economic development to improve the world around us. ArcelorMittal has been a vital partner to help us advance our initiatives for STEM education in the region. Through ArcelorMittal’s support and leadership, we have also been able to expand our impact on STEM education by providing high school students with enhanced summer programming and help high school math teachers incorporate all aspects of STEM education into their math curriculum.”

– Chancellor Mukund Kulkarni, Penn State Harrisburg

After building and programming their own robots, Weir High School students take their robots to the local elementary school to teach younger students the fundamentals and inspire their interest.

Cleveland volunteers Jue Li and Patrick Dobrowolski lead an afterschool Techie Club at Mound STEM Elementary School, where students in grades 3-5 learn basic computer coding.

Open Doors Academy scholars learn to build their own electromagnetic motors with help from Cleveland volunteer Dave Umerley in an ArcelorMittal-sponsored STEM manufacturing camp.


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• Tech Corps: An afterschool Techie Club at nearby Mound STEM Elementary school includes 10 weeks of interactive activities focused on a variety of computing topics and providing 3-6 grade students with an awareness of technology- and STEM-related careers.• WIRE-Net and Max Hayes Career Tech High School: WIRE-Net is helping Max Hayes teachers develop learning experiences that integrate academic and career-tech classes while exposing students to real-world STEM and manufacturing.

Pennsylvania• Brandywine Red Clay Alliance: A watershed conservation program for Coatesville area school children that includes a STEM environmen-tal education program for local school children, a summer education enrichment program and an education internship.• Coatesville Area School District: ArcelorMittal is support-ing the implementation of a new afterschool STEM robotics program. Students will build skills in the engineering design process while designing and building robots.• Norristown Area School District: Implementation of hybrid learning classrooms to enhance mathematics curriculum in schools. The district is also implementing Project Lead the Way STEM and engineering curriculum at the middle and high school level. • Penn State Harrisburg:

ArcelorMittal partners with Penn State Harrisburg on a STEM summer enrichment program for area high school youth. This free, two-week program provides hands-on STEM learning in a college environment and exposure to local STEM professions and companies such as ArcelorMittal.• Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education: ArcelorMittal is supporting the expansion of their environmental STEM afterschool programming to students in the Norristown Area School district. • Steelton-Highspire School District: ArcelorMittal funds technology purchases to improve STEM classroom learning and outcomes in Steelton. • Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts: Support for STEM programming for school groups and the general public through the Science on a Sphere exhibit and portable planetarium. ArcelorMittal also funds the Girls in STEM Girl Scout badge program, proving experiences to engage youth in the Center’s hands-on STEM exhibits.• Young Men and Women in Charge (YMWIC Foundation): ArcelorMittal supports this organization’s afterschool STEM programming and tutoring for youth in Coatesville and Norristown. Participants who meet and maintain academic requirements are eligible to receive scholarship support for college and internship opportunities. • YMCA of Greater Brandywine: Believe and Achieve is a free

afterschool program for Coatesville youth and includes a STEM curriculum in addition to homework help and other enrichment activities.

West Virginia • Brooke High School: With ArcelorMittal support, Brooke High is expanding its robotics program to teach students simple program-ming. Students from the after-school Technology Club compete in regular robotics competitions.• Oak Glen High School: The MATH (Making Art and Technology Happen) program is a unique STEM entrepreneurship challenge in which mathematics students work in teams and compete to design, prototype, test and market an item they produce with laser-cutting equipment. • Weir High School: Not only do Weir High students learn coding through an afterschool robotics program, but they also plan activities to introduce STEM and robotics to younger students at the local elementary school. • John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center: This career tech high school prioritizes experiential learning. Students learn and practice large pipe cutting techniques on special equipment purchased with ArcelorMittal support.

“The Mobile Area Education Foundation is excited to partner with AM/NS Calvert in this unprecedented endeavor by any local business to provide more than 2,000 youth in North Mobile with the opportunity to gain critical 21st Century skills in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). AM/NS Calvert’s support will enable these thousands of youth to access cutting edge STEM curriculum in their schools and to be exposed to rich out-of-school learning through field trips and AM/NS Calvert STEM Summer Camps that build upon their classroom learning. Thanks in great part to AM/NS Calvert’s economic investments into our local workforce, Mobile is quickly becoming a high tech, advanced manufacturing economy. AM/NS Calvert stands out as a visionary leader among business and industry in the Mobile area. It is making investments of philanthropy and employee giving, not for short-term press, but for long-term impact in the lives of all our youth and their families. MAEF and our community at large is truly blessed to have AM/NS Calvert as great community stewards.”

– Carolyn Akers, Chief Executive Officer of the Mobile Area Education Foundation

Through the STEM programs at the Brandywine Red Clay Alliance, local Coatesville youth have the opportunity to learn about environmental education first hand.

Students participating in the Penn State Harrisburg STEM summer enrichment program learn about civil engineering through hands-on projects as part of the two week camp.

Students from Citronelle High School in north Mobile County are being trained as water monitors through a grant partnership between AM/NS Calvert and Mobile Baykeeper.

The Girls in STEM Girl Scout badge program facilitates engaging STEM experiences for youth across the region at the Whitaker Center for the Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, PA.

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ArcelorMittal grant launches student interest in STEMHammond Academy of Science and Technology students got to be the first in the country to test the brand new Expedition Mars mission and space probe, now offered at the Challenger Learning Center in Hammond, Indiana. Students experienced a realistic circuitry activity, while

building the control panel of a simulated probe, which they then launched into space.

A $30,000 grant from ArcelorMittal made this new mission and the space probe possible.

This mission is one of many offered by the Challenger

Learning Center to teach students STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills. Challenger Learning Center is a flagship partner in ArcelorMittal’s community investment focus area of STEM education.

ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor Council for Stronger Communities (CSC) member Jim Lang, presents the $30,000 check to the executive director of the Challenger Learning Center during the debut of Expedition Mars. The funds were used to purchase software and equipment to enhance STEM learning experiences for area students. Summer Paris

Several highway spots around the ArcelorMittal Cleveland are getting special attention from United Steelworkers Local 979 volunteers. Four union commit-tees – Veterans, Next Gen, Women of Steel, and Rapid Response – are participating in the state’s Adopt-a-Highway program and doing regular litter pickups at four sites.

“Adopt-a-Highway allows several of our Local 979 groups to get involved in the community. The areas we take care of are all near the Cleveland plant – Harvard Avenue ramp, West 7th Street ramp, Jennings Freeway ramp, and a stretch of I-176. We chose these locations so our members and those who travel to and from the plant can see the positive difference we are making,” explained Mike Longa, training coordinator, USW Local 979.

“While our members are out doing the cleanup, they wear the lime green safety vests with USW Local 979 emblazoned on the back. It’s great that they are

increasing public awareness and put our local union in a positive light. ArcelorMittal management has been very supportive of the effort and assisted us whenever possible,” said Dan Boone, president, USW Local 979.

Every year, ODOT collects millions of pounds of highway trash, spending millions of dollars

in labor and equipment. The Adopt-a-Highway program helps defray some of those costs. More importantly, it engages the community in creating clean, attractive, litter-free environments.

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I Give Boldly to Habitat for Humanity of Porter County because, after 9/11, I realized that I had a responsibility to give something back to my commu-nity. Over the last 15 years, we have built 24 homes, providing decent shelter for more than 56 family members. I like the Habitat model. Families that participate put in sweat equity hours along

with volunteers while we build the house. Then they purchase the house and have a very affordable mortgage. At Habitat, our motto is – we do not give a hand-out, we give a hand-up. I’m grateful that ArcelorMittal matches my donations to this great organiza-tion. To learn more about Habitat for Humanity, please visit: http://www.habitat.org/

Tom Barnett is manager, environmental technology at Indiana Harbor.

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The colors of the fall season were on display as employees and family members gathered at Taltree Arboretum for the annual ArcelorMittal Family Volunteer Day in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Sponsored by the Burns Harbor and Indiana Harbor Councils for Stronger Communities (CSC), volunteers attended from Burns Harbor, Indiana Harbor and the Global Research and Development Center.

Taltree is a 360-acre reserve of formal gardens, woodlands,

wetlands and prairies located in Northwest Indiana. This was ArcelorMittal’s seventh family volunteer day event at Taltree. Grade school and high school students who participated also received needed volunteer credits for their efforts, which is an annual requirement for many Indiana schools.

Activities for the morning included raking leaves, as well as clearing weeds and decaying plants from the Oak Islands exhibit. Taltree has one of the most diverse collections of oak trees in the nation. Visitors can view examples of oak habitats from Asia, Europe and America.

“We can’t thank the

ArcelorMittal employees and their families enough for their work with these projects,” said Stephanie Blackstock, executive director, Taltree Arboretum and Gardens. “The weather was perfect for these activities.”

Volunteers were invited to spend the remainder of the afternoon at Taltree’s onsite fall activities, which included hayrides, hikes, a visit to the Haunted Railway Garden and a walk on the “Trail of Scarecrows.” Children also spent time exploring the arboretum’s Children’s Adventure Garden, funded by ArcelorMittal.

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ArcelorMittal families help Taltree prepare for winter

I have a responsibility to give back to my community

Pictured above is Tom Barnett with Habitat for Humanity volunteer coordinator Kelly Longhi standing in front of a house they built in Valparaiso, IN.

USW Local 979 volunteers clean up four sites around the Cleveland plant through the Adopt-a-Highway program.

Finesse Consulting team members Amy Scobey, Jada Haynes, Linya Liu, Chris Jordan and Scott Fisher took first prize in the ArcelorMittal

sponsored case competition at the Kelley Business School at Indiana University.

Their idea? Attracting and retaining millennials with

a student loan relief program. Most of the team is shown here with their professor, Angie Perry.

Burns Harbor MEU employee James Derr, his wife Sandi and granddaughter Lilly, enjoyed the beautiful fall morning at Taltree Arboretum and Gardens on ArcelorMittal Family Volunteer Day.

Why do you Give Boldly?ArcelorMittal USA’s Give Boldly program matches up to $1,500 per year per employee on direct or payroll giving contributions when a match is requested on qualifying contributions. Since 2010, ArcelorMittal USA has budgeted up to $750,000 per year to match employee contributions which is matched quarterly throughout the year on a first come first served basis until that threshold is reached. Visit www.ArcelorMittalGiveBoldly.com to learn more.


Each year, ArcelorMittal USA asks the children of our employ-ees to submit a drawing for our company’s annual New Year’s e-card. This year, the theme was “steel in the future.” The winner is Anvi Bhattacharya, age 8. She is

the daughter of Tatha Bhattacharya, Ph.D., senior research engineer – steelmaking and casting, process research at Global R&D in East Chicago. Anvi received a $500 cash prize.

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Welcome the New Year with our futuristic e-card!

Jolice Pojeta

On a picture-perfect fall day, more than 75 ArcelorMittal employees laced up their sneakers in support of the American Heart Association Northwest Indiana Heart Walks in Lake and Porter counties.

The one-to-three-mile walk included teams from local companies, along with friends, family members and heart attack and stroke survivors. Attendees

remembered survivors and loved ones lost to heart disease and stroke through a special red balloon release.

Leading the Heart Walk events this year was Dale Heinz, Northwest Indiana Heart Walk executive chairman and senior division manager of primary operations, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor.

“Our goal is to raise awareness and lifesaving funds for research, education and advocacy in our community – and we are doing just that,” said Heinz. “For

the American Heart Association, life is why we’re committed to this mission of building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. This support stems from many caring individuals who understand the great need for organizations like the American Heart Association and its mission to help those with heart conditions, heart attack and stroke survivors – or those who are at risk – live longer, healthier lives.”

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The Northwest Indiana Heart Walk is a component of the AHA’s “My Heart. My Life.” behavior platform, a national movement to create and embrace an overall healthier lifestyle. AHA’s sweeping national goal is to improve the cardiovascular health of Americans by 20 percent and reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke by 20 percent by 2020.

Experts now believe that an adult who suddenly collapses due to cardiac arrest has enough air in his/her lungs and blood that rescue breaths are not needed during CPR. If you see someone collapse, call 911 or your facility’s emergency services, Begin hands-only CPR with straight arms and forceful compressions at about 100 a minute. Lift hands slightly after each compression to allow chest to recoil. Use an automatic defibrillator (AED) if available.

Tracy Schindler

Coatesville’s melt shop began a 30-day outage last fall to re-build the furnace, repair roofing and complete annual maintenance work. Approximately 10 different contracting companies were on-site to complete this work.

On September 23, employee Gary Robinson saw a truck driver collapse. The victim, Donnie Evans, was an employee of Bachman Trucking Company. Gary yelled, “Man down,” and immediately rolled Evans on his back and tilted his head back.

Michael Hinkle, a contractor from H.T. Lyons, heard Gary’s call and ran over. Michael removed his high-visibility vest and placed it under Evans’ head. Michael felt for a heartbeat and after a minute felt no heart beat at all. Michael asked if anyone knew CPR. Darrell Seitz, senior safety engineer had responded, having seen the incident. Darrell asked Chris Muller, division manager, electric melt shop, to call 911.

Darrell and Michael began CPR – Michael gave chest compressions and Darrell gave rescue breaths. After about a minute Evans was making attempts at labored breathing.

At the same time, dispatcher Josh Brown received reports of a “man down.” He immediately alerted and dispatched plant emergency services. Robert (BJ) March happened to be close by and responded immediately. March grabbed the jump kit, which included an AED (auto-mated external defibrillator). Darrell applied the AED and the analysis recommended “shock advised,” and so a single shock was delivered. Everett Carpenter, chief, security and emergency services, responded with ArcelorMittal’s ambulance, inserted an airway device and administered artificial respiration.

Nine minutes later, the county ambulance arrived on the scene and transported the

patient, breathing on his own, to Brandywine Hospital. Hours later, a medic from Brandywine Hospital came to ArcelorMittal and thanked those who saved Evans’ life. The medic stated that Evans would not be alive if not for

the quick response, immediate CPR and early defibrillation.

Tracy Schindler is a senior safety engineer at ArcelorMittal Coatesville.

ArcelorMittal employees and contractor come to the rescue of a ‘man down!’


Simonne Benoit was selected for Northwest Indiana Times’ 20 under 40 for 2016. Simonne joined ArcelorMittal in June of 2008 as an environmental associate, eventually accepting increased responsibility for water and ISO 14001 programs. She now works as an environmental engineer at Indiana Harbor, managing compliance with water treatment systems as well as conformance with the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System.

Her contributions to our company and Northwest Indiana over the past eight years are many. She was instrumental in developing a discharge water system at Indiana Harbor West steel producing. It now recycles 500,000 gallons of water a day for internal reuse that would have otherwise been discharged into Lake Michigan. Simonne was also selected to present at an environmental conference in Brazil on best practices at Indiana

Harbor and was nominated for and participated in ArcelorMittal’s Women Emerging in Leadership (WEL) program.

For Simonne, community service is a critical component of both her job and her life in general.

“I truly believe we are making the environment better in Northwest Indiana. When I was in college, trying to decide what I wanted to do, I said, ‘I want to change the world.’ I may not be doing it on as large of a scale as I expected, but I truly believe the work we’re doing here is making a difference.”

Outside of ArcelorMittal, Simonne volunteers with environmental organizations, mentors adolescent girls and supports a number of ArcelorMittal’s nonprofit partners throughout Northwest Indiana.

Simonne’s dedication to the environment and her community are extraordinary, and we congratulate her on this exciting honor.

Under 40 and at the top of their gameAmanda Allen

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Collaboration was critical to the rapid development of third-genera-tion, advanced high-strength steel. Research and Development, Indiana Harbor and Cleveland all contributed to this achievement, recognized by the Society of Innovators.

Simonne Benoit, environmental engineer, Indiana Harbor

Michele Jones transitioned from a paralegal to a locomotive trainer.

Paulina Johnson was selected for Crain’s Detroit Business’ 40 under 40 for 2016. Paulina is an account manager in our Southfield office and is responsible for a team of automotive accounts that generate about $145 million in revenue annually, mainly to General Motors’ suppliers and plants. She is also president of the Detroit chapter of the National Black MBA Association, a nonprofit organization geared towards championing diversity and inclusion initiatives with corporate partners and providing leadership training and develop-ment for minority professionals. She joined this group in 2002 while she was working for Ispat Inland in Chicago. She has held a variety of positions with increasing authority within our company, working in customer service and then moving to automotive account management sales in 2011.

“With account management,

you’re responsible for your territory and there’s an entrepre-neurial spirit about it. I love that, and I love the flexibility.”

So what’s Paulina most proud of?

“My ability to develop other people is my biggest accomplishment. I’m always trying to teach team members how to enhance their skill set and grow in their careers.”

And her career advice for younger employees?

“Spend time with people who are two levels above you. Learn about their career path, their successes and their failures. Branching out and meeting people outside of your department will expand your network and enhance your opportunities.”

ArcelorMittal is grateful for Paulina’s leadership in our automotive business and around the office, inspiring others to reach their full potential.

Paulina Johnson, account manager, Southfield

Kelly Nissan-Budge

The ArcelorMittal advanced high-strength steels development team has been inducted into the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana for the development of new third-gener-ation, advanced high-strength steel (3G AHSS). The society’s mission is to promote the region as one which discovers and encourages, celebrates and honors creativity and innovation. Each year, the society recognizes innovation by inducting individuals and teams. Entry level recognition is that of Members. The next level of recognition is that of Fellows, followed by the Accelerating Greatness Award and the organization’s highest award the Chanute Prize.

David White, director of process research, ArcelorMittal global research and development, nominated the team for the honor.

White described the teamwork in the nomination packet: “The team members paired clear management objectives with strong project management techniques to reduce turnaround time on product development. This required cooperation among

operations, technology, quality and research departments. Product development and plant trial cycle times for third generation advanced high- strength steels were reduced from approximately 2.5 years to 4 months. The team’s responsive and interactive approach allowed them to overcome technical and organizational obstacles encountered in the complex and multi-faceted process of steel manufacturing. The result was the delivery of 3G AHSS to market with unprecedented speed.”

Congratulations to all the employees at Research and Development, Indiana Harbor and Cleveland who contributed to the rapid development of this advanced high strength steel.

This team of employees was also recognized for innovation by ArcelorMittal. In 2015, the USA received ArcelorMittal’s highest internal award, the Performance Excellence Award. More than 100 entries were received and just six projects were honored.

ArcelorMittal is not new to recognition by the Society of Innovators. In previous years, Global Research and Development has been honored with the Chanute Prize for developing a portfolio of automotive solutions called S-in motion®.

Also inducted this year were

several ArcelorMittal community partners including Dunes Environmental Learning Center, Michigan City Schools, the Porter County Career and Technical Education Center, Valparaiso University and Purdue University Northwest.

Read more about 3G AHSS collaboration here

Watch a video about 3G AHSS collaboration hereRead more about the Society of Innovator’s Induction Ceremony here Read about the Global ArcelorMittal Performance Excellence Award here

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Michele Jones, locomotive trainer for No. 3 and 4 blast furnaces at Indiana Harbor, has been with ArcelorMittal since 2008. She comes from a long line of steelworkers. Her father, grandfathers, uncles and cousins all worked in steel, so she was confident it would be a stable career choice. What might surprise you, however, is that she did not start out in the steel industry.

After graduating from college with a paralegal degree and a computer programming degree, Michele began working at a law firm in Hammond, Indiana. She enjoyed working for a criminal attorney, but there was one particular case that personally affected her and threatened to compromise her morals. She turned to what was in

her blood: steel.Michele explains that she’s

very happy she made the switch.“As a locomotive trainer,

I have the opportunity to teach everyone the ways to do things safely and correctly. The safety aspect is my favorite part of it – being able to share past experiences with others to ensure the safety of everyone.”

While the transition wasn’t without challenges, she eventually made the adjustment from three-piece suits and nylons to greens.

“It took me awhile to get used to it, but one plus is I now have a smaller laundry bill – no more dry cleaning for me!”

Have you made a dramatic career change? We’d love to share your story. Email us at [email protected] and type “Then/Now” in the subject line.

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Development team honored for third generation AHSS

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Paulina Johnson

Simonne BenoitThen/Now: From a three-piece suit to PPE

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IMA inducts ArcelorMittal into Hall of Fame

Kelly Nissan-Budge

The Indiana Manufacturing Association has inducted ArcelorMittal into the IMA’s Hall of Fame. ArcelorMittal was honored, along with 18 other companies that have been making products in Indiana for generations.

This recognition is a positive reflection on the thousands of hardworking

men and women in Indiana who deliver on ArcelorMittal’s promise to produce safe, sustainable steel.

For more than a century, steelmaking has been the fabric of Northwest Indiana. ArcelorMittal legacy companies in Indiana date back to the early 1900’s. While the name and technologies have changed over the years, the region has remained the company’s home.

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Accepting the award on behalf of 10,000 hardworking men and women working for ArcelorMittal in Indiana are (left to right) Tom Hargrove, president, USW Local 1010; Wendell Carter, vice president and general manager, ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor, and Lonnie Asher, president, USW Local 1011.

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Richard Campoli, controller, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, has been named controller, ArcelorMittal USA. In his new role, Rick will have responsibility for all of the plant controllers, shared services, financial reporting, internal reporting and planning, and taxes. Rick joined I/N Tek in November 1990 as an assistant to the controller and held various positions of increasing responsi-bility within I/N Tek and I/N Kote as controller and manager of procurement and materials, culminating in his current position as controller of Burns Harbor since October 2007. Prior to joining ArcelorMittal, Rick had experi-ences in the area of SEC reporting,

internal auditing, tax, economic analysis and merger and acquisitions with IC Industries, Allied Signal, and corporate and division controller experiences with Uniroyal. Rick has a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA from Indiana University. Additionally, Rick is a CPA and completed a post-graduate program at the University of Notre Dame in executive management. He will report to Neil Kohlberg, vice president, finance and procurement, ArcelorMittal USA.

Javier Sanchez, senior represen-tative, labor relations, has been named manager, labor relations, ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor. In his new role, Javier will be responsible for administering Indiana Harbor’s collective bargaining agreements.

Javier joined ArcelorMittal Guipuzcoa (Bergara), Spain in 2008, and led human resources at ArcelorMittal Lesaka in 2009. He transferred to labor relations, ArcelorMittal USA in October 2011, followed by labor relations assignments at Burns Harbor in 2012 and Indiana Harbor in 2013. Javier holds a law degree and a master’s degree in business law from the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, in addition to a master’s certificate in human resources from Cornell University. He will report to Wendell Carter, vice president and general manager, Indiana Harbor.

Jennifer Sarb, process manager, supply chain management, has been named manager, planning and scheduling, ArcelorMittal Coatesville. In her new role, she

will be responsible for Eastern Plate supply chain management. Jennifer began her steel career in 2006 in primary scheduling at Indiana Harbor, transferring to Coatesville in 2014. During that time she has held various positions of increasing responsi-bility within supply chain management. Jennifer received her bachelor’s degree in supply chain management from Michigan State University. She will report to John Sakelaris, division manager, planning and schedule, plate mills, ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon USA.

Tony Trial, process manager, plate – shipping operations, has been named manager, plate – shipping operations, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. In his new role, he will be responsible for managing and overseeing all

shipping operations for both the 110" and 160" plate mills. This includes shipments of rail, truck, and barge material, internal shipments between Burns Harbor and Gary, and interplant movement of scrap and second-ary material. Tony began his steel career with predecessor company Bethlehem Steel in 1998. He has held positions of increasing responsibility within the plate mills, including shift manager and process manager. He received his Associate of Science degree in business from Purdue North Central in Westville, Indiana. He will report to Ames Hazlett, division manager, 160" and 110" plate operations.

Susan Zlajic, manager, state tax and government relations, has been named director, state tax

and government relations, ArcelorMittal USA. As director, Susan assumes overall responsibil-ity for ArcelorMittal USA’s state and local government relations program in support of the company’s business objectives. In addition, Susan will continue to maintain overall responsibility for ArcelorMittal USA’s tax advocacy agenda as part of the ArcelorMittal Group tax policy network. Susan joined ArcelorMittal USA in April of 2006, prior to which she had almost ten years of state and local public policy experience, most extensively with the Northwest Indiana Forum. Susan earned her bachelor’s degree in business from Purdue University. She will report to Marcia Miller, vice president, government relations, and Joseph Wallace, tax director, ArcelorMittal USA.

On the move at ArcelorMittal USA

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ArcelorMittal’s seventh principle of integrity: lead by exampleIntegrity is at the heart of how we do business at ArcelorMittal. It is a fundamental part of our company’s DNA. It is essential that all of us follow the same ethical and moral standards in our daily work. Therefore, in November 2014, ArcelorMittal’s principles of integrity were introduced. Since then, the communications teams have been actively promoting these three pillars and eight principles, so that you as employees take ownership of them.The way you deal with work situations is in your own hands. We rely on you to make the right decision – and lead by example!

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What it means: • Demonstrate ethics and integrity in your actions and

decisions (assess and mitigate the risks, follow the rules, always protect the reputation of the company).

• Always behave as if you were an ambassador of the company.

Examples of non-compliance: • not making conflicts of interest

transparent, not only in your relationship with your management but also towards the employees that report to you

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Several months ago you may have noticed a new program that was pushed to your computer: Skype for Business! IT rolled out this new technology to ArcelorMittal USA to replace AT&T Connect and older office communicator tools. This exciting new technology is not only more versatile, but it also offers new functionality that can be leveraged to make every day work easier and more efficient. And it saves money!

What is Skype for Business?Skype for Business is a telecon-ferencing service that offers many exciting features, such as the ability to send instant messages, make video and voice calls, host conference meetings, share your screen – as well as files – and join meetings from your mobile phone.

Benefits of Skype for BusinessThere are numerous benefits to using Skype for Business. Here are just a few: • You can use it anywhere. Whether you are at your office or on the go you can still connect to a Skype meeting from your computer, smartphone or office phone. • Want to have a Skype meeting

with a person who does not have Skype? No problem! If a recipient of your conference meeting does not have the Skype for Business application, they will be taken to a web browser page, which functions in a very similar fashion.• It is an excellent way to stay in touch and instantly connect with colleagues and customers. • Connect better with team members without the hassle of travel. The ability to share desktops, files and start calls at the push of a button, makes connecting with teams and sharing information extremely easy.

Having issues or want to learn more?To find help and additional resources, our Skype for Business Center is a great place to start. Look below to find the webpage address. The site contains step-by-step guides and short videos that show how to use the different features Skype for Business has to offer.

If you are running into technical issues with Skype, please contact the Help Desk.

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Last year, ArcelorMittal employees in the U.S. completed 114 volunteer projects and donated more than 4,237 hours of their time to our local nonprofit partners. Over 800 of these hours were dedicated to #STEM volunteer initiatives. #IVD2016 #GlobalApplause

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Thanks to The Field Museum for a terrific Corporate Family Day featuring steel and Calumet-focused activities!Review ArcelorMittal USA on Glassdoor

We’d love it if you would take a moment to review the company on Glassdoor. Glassdoor is a leading destination for job seekers to research companies and decide if they want to work there. We also use employee feedback on Glassdoor to listen to you so that we can become a better company. It’s important that our employees are providing continuous feedback on what it’s like to work here so we can continue improving and attracting great talent like you. Your feedback is completely anonymous.

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ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks plans to set up a new manufacturing plant in Detroit and create at least 120 jobs over five years. #drivenbysteel

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The Michigan Strategic Fund on Tuesday approved a $2 million performance-based grant for the Detroit project.

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Product development and plant trial cycle times for third generation advanced high strength steels were reduced from approximately 2.5 years to 4 months! #innovation

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With support from ArcelorMittal and the Sustain Our Great Lakes program, Cuyahoga River Restoration is working to make the shipping channel healthy and productive for both industry and fish through a program called “Habitat for Hard Places.”




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Global58 European steel CEOs write to EU heads of state for ‘make or break’ supportIn an open letter, 58 of Europe’s most senior steel industry executives, representing almost 100 percent of EU steel produc-tion, have sent EU leaders a clear message: “Make the right choices to ensure that our sector and its value chains flourish, investment continues, and the jobs of the men and women who work in our sector are sustained.”

EuropeArcelorMittal Asturias reaches 100,000 metric ton milestone with cruise ship builder STX FranceArcelorMittal Asturias is celebrating the shipment of 100,000 metric tons of steel plates to customer STX France in St Nazaire, France. The steel plates made in ArcelorMittal’s heavy plate mill in Gijón, Spain have so far been used to build the world’s largest cruise ship, “Harmony of the Seas.” The successful partnership between the two companies led to STX France selecting ArcelorMittal as the preferred supplier of flat steel for the construction of new ships.

Ukrainian Prime Minister officially opens new pulverized coal injection system for Kryvyi Rih’s blast furnace No. 9Volodymyr Groysman, Prime Minister of Ukraine has officially opened the pulverized coal injection system at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih’s blast furnace No. 9, after a $60 million investment. Paramjit Kahlon, CEO, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih said, “We are implementing an investment program worth $1.2 to $1.5 billion at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih by 2020-2021. As the country’s largest investor, we hope Ukraine will continue to encourage foreign investment and support businesses like ours. The resource efficient technology in this new pulverized coal injection system will enhance our productivity, decrease operating costs and reduce the amount of natural gas and coke used at blast furnace No. 9.”

AmericasDofasco named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for third straight yearNow in its 18th year, the Canada’s Top 100 Employers competition determines which employers offer exceptional workplaces. The 2017 winners, including ArcelorMittal Dofasco, were announced in a special magazine feature in The Globe and Mail, one of Canada’s national newspapers. “Ours is the kind of company that is constantly changing and evolving to continue to be successful decade after decade… to keep our position in the top one percent of companies around the globe – to be world class. We’re more than a steel company as we’re not only making steel stronger, lighter and more sustainable, we’re transforming tomorrow,” says president and CEO Sean Donnelly.

For more information, go to www.myarcelormittal.com.

1 is a publication for all ArcelorMittal employees located within the United States of America.Editor:Liz JohnsonUSA Communications Team:Amanda Allen, Kelly Nissan-Budge, Edra Finley, Mary Beth Holdford, Summer Paris, Jolice Pojeta, Scott Posey, Heather Ross, Thomas Smith, Beth Spurgeon, Bill Steers, Marcy Twete, Heidi UmbhauGuest Contributors:Tom Barnett, Tracy SchindlerPhotographers/Videographers:Liz Johnson, Zachary Miller, Stupp Corporation, Wikipedia: Ryan Browne (Cook + Fox Architects), Hyperion924, Sailko, V8americanpower, Brion L. Vibber, Justin A. WilcoxDesign:Goodnight and AssociatesPrinter:Accucraft ImagingCirculation:20,000

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Pictured on cover:ArcelorMittal researchers are always innovating to develop new steel products that are lighter, stronger, safer and more sustain-able than the competition.

Globally we boast some of the most technologically advanced automotive steelmaking operations.

As a result of all this research and investment, we are introducing a new generation of advanced high strength steels (AHSS). These innovative steels include the launch of new press hardenable steels (PHS) Ductibor® 1000 and Usibor® 2000 – both of which are already available for OEM qualification testing in Europe – and martensitic steels MartINsite® M1700 and M2000. These new steel grades will help automakers further reduce body-in-white weight to improve fuel economy without compromis-ing vehicle safety or performance, with the added bonus that steel has a significantly smaller environ-mental footprint compared to competing materials.

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Steel Search Trivia Challenge

How long is some of the bridge plate we produce for Stupp, a company that specializes in

infrastructure development??

In each issue of 1 Magazine, you’ll find our Steel Search Trivia Challenge. Answer the question correctly (you’ll find the answer in this edition), email your response to [email protected] and you’ll be entered into a random drawing for a $100 gift card (one winner per issue, ArcelorMittal USA employees only). Deadline for entries for this edition’s contest is February 3, 2017.

Another winner in ArcelorMittal’s Steel Search Trivia Challenge

In the November/December 2016 edition of USA 1 Magazine, we asked: What city is home to the company that makes Emerson InSinkerator® garbage disposals?

We selected our latest

winner (in a random drawing) from hundreds of entries and the winner is Burns Harbor’s Jim McMahon. He had the correct answer (Racine, Wisconsin) and will receive a $100 gift card.

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Sustainability

10 years, countless contributions

These 10 buildings are just part of a story that dates back to the 19th century, when steel allowed buildings to reach new heights. The construction of Chicago’s 10-story Home Insurance Building in 1895 was just the beginning. Today, ArcelorMittal steel is the backbone of countless buildings around the world. It’s just another reason to be proud as we celebrate ArcelorMittal’s 10th anniversary year.

One Detroit Center (Detroit)

Bank of America Tower (New York City)

U. S. Bank Tower (Los Angeles)

2 Liberty Place (Philadelphia)

345 California Center (San Francisco)

Hearst Tower (New York City)

Empire State Building (New York City)

1 World Trade Center (New York City)

John Hancock (Chicago)

150 N. Riverside (Chicago)

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