1 Company 1 Community 1 Magazine ArcelorMittal USA May/June 2017 Vol. 10, No. 3 03 Brett: Sustainability and integrated report launch Jolice Pojeta 06 Heroes work here Meet the lifesavers of Burns Harbor and Indiana Harbor. Kelly Nissan and Jolice Pojeta 07 A natural solution for water treatment Moss makes it possible. Summer Paris 08 Driving STEM at Penn State Pilot program prepares students for technical careers. Beth Spurgeon 05 This is us Get ready for summer with ArcelorMittal and Siegal.
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03Brett: Sustainability and integrated report launch
Jolice Pojeta
06Heroes work hereMeet the lifesavers of Burns Harbor and Indiana Harbor.
Kelly Nissan and Jolice Pojeta
07A natural solution for water treatmentMoss makes it possible.
Summer Paris
08Driving STEM at Penn StatePilot program prepares students for technical careers.
Beth Spurgeon
05This is usGet ready for summer with ArcelorMittal and Siegal.
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Our 10 sustainable development outcomes are how we will contribute to making a more sustainable future, from the way we make steel and use resources,
to how we develop new products, and support our people and our communities.
ArcelorMittal Zenica – one of the most important industrial companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the country’s top exporter – has officially inaugurated the world’s first industrial-scale, hybrid-filtration technology in its sinter plant.
Prior to ArcelorMittal’s arrival in Zenica in 2004, the steel plant had been largely out of operation since 1992, with little or no investment made at the factory for several decades.
ArcelorMittal Zenica is the first steel plant in the world to have this technology installed in its sinter plant. A total of $3.2 million has been invested in the new technology, which has cut dust emissions significantly, to well below the European Unit limit. The company plans to install a second filter, so that both sinter plant stacks’ dust emissions are filtered.
The filter technology is the culmination of a major collabora-tion between Danish global engineering company FLSmidth and ArcelorMittal’s R&D team, with a team of seven researchers and six technicians working on the design and testing stages of the project. It is to the credit of the teams involved that the project went from concept to industrial-ization within two years.
ArcelorMittal signed a collaboration agreement with FLSmidth to build a pilot plant for the filter in Gijón, Spain, as well as to work together on adapting the technology – which was originally developed for cement plants – to work in sinter plants, which convert iron ore into sinter feed which is then used in the blast furnace.
In addition, ArcelorMittal is installing the technology in its
operations in Dabrowa Górnicza, Poland, while a third installation in Gent, Belgium, is also in progress.
Speaking about the filter innovation, Pinakin Chaubal, head of process R&D at ArcelorMittal, said, “I’m extremely proud of the team involved in this project, which sets a new global standard for sinter plant emissions. The installation of the hybrid filter in
ArcelorMittal Zenica is an important milestone in the project which has involved our R&D team, ArcelorMittal technical specialists, and ArcelorMittal sites in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Spain. I would also like to thank FLSmidth for their highly professional collaboration on this innovative development.”
“This will improve
ArcelorMittal’s competitive edge in an important market sector,” said ArcelorMittal Zenica CEO Biju Nair. “To be sustainable, we must pay attention to improving our environmental footprint, and the efficient production of high quality products that meet the expectations of our customers.”
ArcelorMittal Zenica inaugurates world’s first hybrid filter
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1 Safe, healthy, quality working lives for our people
2 Products that accelerate more sustainable lifestyles
3 Products that create sustainable infrastructure
4 Efficient use of resources and high recycling rates
5 Trusted user of air, land and water
6 Responsible energy user that helps create a lower carbon future
7 Supply chains that our customers trust 8 Active and welcomed member
of the community
9 Pipeline of talented scientists and engineers for tomorrow
10 Our contribution to society measured, shared and valued
All underpinned by transparent good governance.
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ArcelorMittal and Marcegaglia submit offer for IlvaArcelorMittal and Marcegaglia have submitted an offer for Ilva, the Italian steelmaking company.Highlights of the offer are as follows:Intention to produce 9.5 million metric tons of finished products• Increase production from current levels to six million metric tons a year by 2018 from three blast furnaces currently in operation, in compliance with the AIA.• Maximize finishing capacity by bringing up to four million metric tons of slabs and hot rolled coil (HRC) to Ilva.• Intention to increase primary production to eight million metric tons plus over the longer term, supplemented by two million metric tons of additional slabs and HRC.• Utilize new low-carbon technologies including carbon capture and utilization, and low-impact steelmaking.
Investment commitments of nearly $2.5 billion in addition to the purchase price• Environmental capex of more than $1.1 billion, including remediation capex, to reach optimal environmental perfor-mance in key areas including air emissions and water treatment.• Industrial capex of nearly $1.3 billion, including catch-up capex for delayed maintenance and major capex program for blast furnaces and steel plants, including reline of blast furnace No. 5.
• Supported by significant available credit lines of more than $5.4 billion.
Expand product range with targeted investment in high quality products• Develop Ilva’s product range with high quality products for automotive, construction and energy segments.• Leverage ArcelorMittal’s extensive European sales and marketing network.• Leverage ArcelorMittal’s technical automotive team to develop homologations for demanding OEM segments.• Strong relationship with key customer guaranteed with Marcegaglia as shareholder.• Restore role of leading supplier of steel to the Italian market and beyond.
Invest in new research and development center in Taranto• Dedicated R&D center to be launched with initial investment of $10.8 million.• First objective will be to focus on environmental, process and product technologies that will help Ilva accelerate the imple-mentation of its environmental, industrial and commercial plan.• Program to reach best-in-class performance levels.• Benchmark against ArcelorMittal plants worldwide to identify areas of largest opportunity and deliver process
and productivity improvements.• Inject production know-how and specialist support to improve in priority areas.• Ensure best-in-class production system in place covering competitiveness, quality, safety and environment.
Long-term commitment to the community• Consultation exercise to be run with the local community to understand areas where community would most value support.• Aim to become an active and welcome member of the community, based on a culture of transparent two-way dialogue.• Employment opportunities in the wider ArcelorMittal group.
Mr. Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and chief executive, ArcelorMittal, said, “We believe the ArcelorMittal and Marcegaglia consortium is the best partner for Ilva. Our managers and engineers have been studying the company for some years and well understand what needs to be done to turnaround the performance and ensure a strong, safe and sustainable future for the employees of Ilva and the people of Taranto. We are confident that we have the right industrial plan, the right environmental plan and the right commercial plan to support the transformation of Ilva into a company that will once
again be a jewel of the Italian manufacturing landscape, adding value to the Italian economy and all stakeholders.”
Aditya Mittal, CEO of ArcelorMittal Europe and group CFO, said:
“We are very excited about this opportunity to partner with Ilva. At the heart of our plan is an investment commitment of more than two billion euros. This will transform Ilva’s environmental performance, as well as improve the stability and efficiency of the operations and re-orientate production towards the high-added value products that must be Ilva’s future.”
Antonio Marcegaglia, chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia, said, “As an Italian, it has been sad to watch the decline of this great company in recent years and we are excited to have the chance to contribute to a new renaissance of this Italian steel icon.”
“Marcegaglia wanted to partner with ArcelorMittal because we were convinced the combination of operational and financial excellence with a deep knowledge of the market represents the most powerful solution for the renaissance of Ilva and its people.
You can watch the video about the bid on YouTube – youtube.com/arcelormittal
Before and after the installation of the hybrid filter at ArcelorMittal Zenica.
How can we to transform a steelmaking byproduct into a valuable source of iron (Fe) that can be used in the sintering process? This was the question on the minds of our colleagues at ArcelorMittal Ostrava in Czech Republic when they started the project dubbed “Enrichment of steel slag 0-8mm” in August 2015.
They found that using strong magnets allows for reduction of unwanted components, such as phosphorus, in the steel slag and increase of Fe percentage from 35-40 percent to 54-57 percent. Thanks to its composition, the material replaces iron ore and fuel, adding value and recycling the byproduct back into the process, making it more sustainable.
Prior to implementing the project, the site was consuming
some 800-1,000 metric tons of steel slag on average. In the first year after the enrichment project was implemented the amount increased to 1,450 metric tons per month (a 40 percent increase), while over the last year an average of 1,900 metric tons per month was achieved – an estimated $770,000 benefit for the company. In the next few years the team will be looking at increasing the volume to 4,500 metric tons each month.
The idea for the project comes from the technical excellence team at ArcelorMittal Ostrava, after they benchmarked with Harsco, a metals and minerals company based in Košice, Slovakia. But the execution was a combined effort of the technical excellence team, sintering and transportation.
Turning waste into resources at ArcelorMittal Ostrava
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ArcelorMittal Ostrava is using magnets to extract valuable iron from steel slag.
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Summer Paris
U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH) joined representa-tives from ArcelorMittal, the United Steelworkers, BlueGreen Alliance and the National Wildlife Federation at the Cleveland Auto Show in February to showcase the economic power of innovation in manufacturing.
With the auto show as the backdrop, the focus was on new fuel-efficient vehicles and the role that Ohio manufacturers and workers are playing in producing them.
“Here in Ohio, we’re serious about growing and sustaining quality manufacturing jobs, as well as ensuring that we’re making our economy more efficient,” said Representative Kaptur.
Specifically, ArcelorMittal is at the forefront of developing
new advanced high-strength steel grades that allow our automotive customers to make vehicles lighter-weight and more fuel-efficient without compro-mising safety.
ArcelorMittal’s Cleveland facility and its more than 1,900 employees are leading the industry in producing many of these grades, with roughly 50 percent of the steel the facility produces going to automotive applications.
“ArcelorMittal is constantly in a state of technological revolution, not just here in Ohio and the U.S., but globally, and we work closely with automakers every day,” said Eric Hauge, vice president and general manager of ArcelorMittal Cleveland.
Hauge and Dave McCall, district 1 director of United Steelworkers, together thanked Representative Kaptur for her continued advocacy for
Mary Beth Holdford
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined representatives from ArcelorMittal Cleveland, the United Steelworkers, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga Country Port Authority and Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) for a March 20 press conference that centered on the need for investment in our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. Brown outlined a blueprint that he and Senate colleagues have been working to rebuild and repair the nation’s infrastructure using American-made products and American labor.
“I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and with President Trump to put [Americans] to work creating an infrastructure system that will be the envy of the world once again,” said Senator Brown.
This approach is welcomed by ArcelorMittal USA, a proud supplier of safe, sustainable steel to infrastructure construc-tion projects and a supporter of “Buy America” requirements. Additionally, the company relies on the nation’s infrastructure in many ways, including the transportation of raw materials and finished products via waterways, roadways and bridges.
The press conference was held in downtown Cleveland on the east bank of the Cuyahoga River, just a few miles upriver from one of ArcelorMittal’s largest integrated steel mills in the U.S., ArcelorMittal Cleveland. The event also overlooked Irishtown Bend, an unstable hillside that threatens to collapse into the river and negatively impact maritime transportation, land and business owners, including ArcelorMittal.
“The Cuyahoga River is a lifeline to ArcelorMittal Cleveland. Current local waterway needs such as aging bulkheads and the unstable hillside at Irishtown Bend – coupled with national issues such as the need for an expanded Soo Lock – threaten
the flow of materials to our operation, as well as other facilities along the Great Lakes,” said Eric Hauge, vice president and general manager, ArcelorMittal Cleveland.
“There is no question that our country needs greater infrastructure investment, the creation of additional dedicated revenue sources for such investment, and a commitment to execute those investments with American steel and labor,” Hauge said.
Recently, the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority requested federal support for a $48 million initiative that would help to stabilize Irishtown Bend, thereby protecting homes, businesses and sewer lines, as well as safe and efficient travel of the river to and from ArcelorMittal Cleveland and other river stakeholders.
“Fully functioning infrastruc-ture is essential to our operations here at the Port of Cleveland,” said Will Freidman, president and CEO of the port authority. “Irishtown Bend presents us with a serious threat to jobs and commerce, but also an incredible opportunity to improve the Cuyahoga River ship channel and protect upriver businesses that rely on the ship channel. We commend Senator Brown for elevating this critical issue in our nation’s capital.”
ArcelorMittal Cleveland, recognized as one of the most productive steel mills in the world, had record shipments last year, with nearly 60 percent of its finished product shipped to other Ohio manufacturers. In a typical year, approximately four million tons of iron ore and limestone are delivered to the facility via the river. An additional 10 million tons of raw materials are shipped to other area businesses throughout the Cleveland harbor.
“The navigation of our waterways – and the infrastruc-ture system that supports our business – is as essential to steelmaking as our blast furnaces, steel shop and rolling mills,” said Hauge.
In early March, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave the nation’s infrastructure a “D+” grade – showing no improvement since their last report in 2013.
“We are literally at a crossroads: we can either choose to invest the money needed to sustain American commerce and lead the world or we can choose to fall behind and yield the American way of life,” said Grace Gallucci, NOACA’s executive director. “Funding our nation’s infrastructure at this point in time, at this point in history, is that important.”
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American manufacturing jobs and her leadership in supporting industry innovation in Ohio.
“Here in Cleveland, we represent the members of local union 979. The plant is one of the most innovative, efficient and productive steel mills in the world, and we’ve jointly worked very closely with management to make it that,” McCall said. “Innovation and American manufacturing go hand in hand.”
At the event, the BlueGreen Alliance and Natural Resources Defense Council released a report about how innovation and investment to meet fuel economy standards have been critical to the U.S.’s economic recovery.
Senator Sherrod Brown outlines infrastructure blueprintArcelorMittal to benefit from ‘Buy America’ requirements and improved roads and transit systems
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John Brett
Sustainability is at the heart of ArcelorMittal’s business in the United States and around the world. It rings true in our values – sustainability, quality and leadership. It drives our mission of producing safe, sustainable steel. And it is the foundation of the 10 sustainable development outcomes that frame the kind of company we aspire to be today and in the future. Still, in many ways, sustainability is difficult to define and understand. The old adage applies: “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it.”
In 2015, when ArcelorMittal announced our 10 sustainable development outcomes, it was clear we must develop a process to set goals, develop procedures, and understand the impact of these outcomes on our business. From health and safety to air, land and water; from our products to our pipeline of talent, these outcomes position us for success in the future.
This month, our corporate responsibility and sustainability team, in collaboration with leaders across the business, will release our second annual United States Integrated Report. This report showcases our sustainability efforts and directly connects those efforts to the financial sustainability of our business.
I am committed to building
a sustainable ArcelorMittal in the United States in numerous ways. Chiefly, our business must be commercially sustainable. In 2016, we underwent significant restructuring in our operations, charting a course for a stronger future. We cut costs in strategic ways, idled non-essential operations, and divested four long carbon facilities. Simultaneously, we invested in our other assets and completed phase one of a substantial transfer of millions of tons of production across several facilities to better align products with individual site capabilities. These changes directly support our global Action 2020 initiative, which addresses our long-term financial sustainability – ensuring we are able to achieve operational excellence and maintain a license to operate and a license to grow in the future.
As we build momentum for our business and position ourselves for financial sustainabil-ity and growth, I am also committed to driving sustainabil-ity through a culture of transpar-ency and active stakeholder engagement. Our annual United States Integrated Report directly addresses this goal. It is important that our stakeholders at every level – our customers, suppliers, communities and others – understand our work and actively engage in it. That is why we continue to report on both our successes and challenges in this format.
Finally, our sustainability initiatives are deeply tied to the communities in which we operate. Sustainable development outcome number eight challenges us to be active and welcomed members of our communities. Our communities are so much more than just the physical locations of our facilities. They are the places our employees choose to live and raise their families. They are the places our future workforce is educated and trained. It is incumbent on us as a company to engage with community stakeholders and work to develop strong, resilient communities that will partner with our company as we continue to grow and evolve. This commitment to resilience drives outcomes for our company and for our people, and is the reason I’ve committed to maintaining a strong community investment budget in the United States. In 2016, we invested nearly $7 million in local initiatives in the areas of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education, environment, and health and safety. Even in challenging economic times, we remained committed to our communities and will continue that commitment today and in the future.
I ask you all to take the time to visit our USA website and read this year’s Integrated Report. Each of you is a key partner in achieving the sustainability outcomes that drive our work.
Sustainability and integrated report launch
John Brett, CEO, ArcelorMittal USA
U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur speaks with Eric Hauge and Dave McCall at the Cleveland Auto Show.
2. Products that accelerate more sustainable lifestyles
The 2016 United States Integrated Report will be available online starting May 22 at http://usa.arcelormittal.com/sustainability. Watch for additional highlights from the report in our next 1 Magazine.
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Nagendra Singh
A sticker is a condition that occurs on a coke battery when coke cannot be pushed out of an oven. Stickers cause production loss, oven wall damages and reduce the useful life of a coke oven battery.
Despite several interrelated causes, stickers are almost always preceded by increased pushing forces, commonly referred to as hard pushes.
The Burns Harbor coke plant has developed a system of digital tools, email reports and alarms that help track and investigate hard pushes. This system uses
statistical analysis, hi-tech programming and instrumentation to warn of impending problems to stay a step ahead by taking proactive corrective actions.
In 2014, a coke plant project team gathered to address the tracking and investigation of hard pushes to avoid any possible scenarios that can potentially lead to stickers. The team included: Ron Burtless, mainte-nance technician electrical; Bob Gregg, process control engineer; Tim Candiano, division manager, coke plant and me.
As a first step, electrical technicians installed watt-meters in the pusher machines to measure the pushing forces, in addition to the already existing ammeters. The pusher machines were programmed to send this information into a database. The operating technology and process automation groups then developed statistical tools to analyze this data and to generate email alarms to warn plant management if any of the 164 ovens on the batteries started to push hard.
A suite of graphic tools was developed, in-house, to analyze the characteristics of the hard pushes based on a theoretical analysis of a normal push. A checklist was developed to help the plant management with root-cause identification. This checklist looks at several plant parameters, any one or a
combination of which can result in a hard push. These include battery heating, coal handling operations, coal-blend design, machine-oven interface, charging process, oven conditions (including carbon deposition, instrumenta-tion and process control faults), machine conditions, etc.
This system has helped us: • study the impact of changing coal blends on the battery, allowing fine-tuning of the blend.• pinpoint ovens with deteriorat-ing conditions and plan preventa-tive maintenance.• identify pusher and door machine electrical/mechanical issues and repair them, etc.
As a result, all ovens on both Burns Harbor coke batteries (33 and 22 years old respectively) are in service. In 2016, the coke plant exceeded its production targets while maintaining its coke quality performance at historic levels. Regular, condition-based maintenance on the ovens has allowed the coke plant to avoid expensive end-flue and through-wall repairs, resulting in huge savings for the Burns Harbor coke plant.
Nagendra Singh is process manager, operating technology, coke plant, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor.
Burns Harbor coke team develops system to enhance sustainability
The reduction in hard pushes at the Burns Harbor coke plant has allowed for more coke to be pushed out than ever before.
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The millwrights at ArcelorMittal Shelby recently received and installed new Betex induction bearing heaters, allowing them to sweat bearings of larger sizes safely and more accurately.
In the past, bigger bearings were heated with a torch or an oil bath heater, making it difficult and slow to reach desired temperatures. The new induction heaters have a swinging support arm that allows easier and safer loading. The new units can be set to a desired temperature and, once that is reached, the machine
shuts down until it gets six degrees below the desired temperature. Then, it then begins heating to maintain the desired temperature. Proper heating and sweating techniques will allow millwrights to get longer lives out of very expensive bearings.
The units operate on 480 volt single phase power, which allows the heaters to reach desired temperatures at a very fast rate. These units can also be used to heat gears for gearbox assemblies.
Improved bearing technology at Shelby
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AM/NS Calvert has achieved ISO 14001:2015 certification, a reflection of the facility’s effort to set up an effective environmental management system. Calvert was audited in February and auditors found zero non-conformities, a rare accomplishment.
System is considered to be an industry best practice,” the auditors noted.
Calvert is one of the first in the ArcelorMittal group to receive this certification.
AM/NS Calvert achieves environmental milestone
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5. Trusted user of air, land and water
Kelly Nissan
When pipe lines go bad, the results can be catastrophic. An explosion or leak can cause death, destruc-tion and environmental impacts lasting for years. As a supplier to this industry, ArcelorMittal understands how critical it is to provide safe products.
Global Research and Development engineers are developing steel which is thicker and tougher than any other steel made by hot strip producers in North America.
“The steel must be clean of defects to avoid a rupture initiation,” said Dmitri Sidorenko, lead research engineer, plate and energy market products, ArcelorMittal Global Research and Development, East Chicago. “We’ll be expected to supply steel
which passes rigorous ultrasonic inspections.”
In the United States, there are 185,000 miles of oil pipelines and 320,000 miles of gas pipelines. And 82,000 additional miles of new pipe line is planned to meet energy infrastructure needs.
Line pipe has to be strong enough to handle immense pressures, especially in gas transmission – 2000 pounds per square inch of operating pressure for typical long distance gas transmission. And for ArcelorMittal to supply line pipe steel, we must meet the standards set by the American Petroleum Institute.
Line pipe can be made from either steel plate or hot rolled coils. ArcelorMittal supplies both to all the major pipe producers using API 5L in the United States primarily for long distance oil and gas transmission. Plate is
produced at the Burns Harbor plant and coils at AM/NS Calvert.
At the manufacturing site, coils are cold-formed into a tube and welded into a pipe up to 48 inches in diameter and 80 feet in length.
“Inspection is critical for the manufacturer. It’s interesting to me, that if you go to a pipe mill, the section where the pipe is actually made is fairly small. The majority of the space is used for inspections,” said Sidorenko.
Line pipe steels made today are 34 percent stronger than pipe made in 1950s through the 1970s and have 10 times greater impact toughness.
“While ArcelorMittal didn’t invent this type of steel, we are always tweaking it,” said Michael Mulholland, research engineer, plate and energy market products, ArcelorMittal Global Research and Development, East Chicago. “A big
difference is the carbon content. We’re taking more out now. In earlier days the mix was about 0.20 percent carbon, we’ve taken it down to 0.04 percent. Less carbon makes the steel tougher and easier to weld.”
The transmission pipes are pressurized with gas or oil. The pressure can drop, then go back up, based on the volume of fluid inside, and that causes fatigue in the steel. If there’s an inclusion or other defect the pressure can cause a crack and that will eventually go through the wall of the pipe.
Global Research and Development engineers are currently working on how to make the gauge heavier while increasing the toughness and strength.
“The research piece is important, but it’s the crew at the hot strip mill that really has the pressure to perform,” added
Mulholland. “It’s a very demanding product in terms of its quality and cleanliness requirement. Everything has to go right.”
ArcelorMittal has an advantage over other mills when the gauge requirement is greater than one-half inch. AM/NS Calvert has a heavy gauge coiler which can roll one inch, and Burns Harbor can roll plate to one inch as well.
“Calvert was making a lighter gauge, now they are learning to make thicker. We’re on-site a lot to help them through the learning curve,” said Mulholland. “They encounter significant challenges with dimensional uniformity and winding. We talk to various people to understand their problems, give our recommendations then
prepare for trials and observe what’s taking place. We can see when something goes wrong, and offer ideas to fix it.”
“This is really teamwork,” concluded Sidorenko. “As researchers, we have access to the best information and can make impact quickly. We can reach out to colleagues in Europe and learn from them as well. We bring best practices to the hot mills. Employees are hesitant to push the limits, they don’t want to damage equipment – and rightly so. We do our best to explain everything to help them feel better about trying something new.”
Line pipe development and production demonstrates cooperation
Line pipe steel must be designed to resist impacts and running fractures. A running fracture can run for miles if the steel isn’t tough enough.
Slabs are made in Mexico, Brazil and at the Indiana Harbor plant, then shipped to AM/NS Calvert. It takes a very powerful finishing mill to make line pipe.
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Kelly Nissan
Dr. Vikas Patel, research engineer, ArcelorMittal Global Research and Development, East Chicago, is the recipient of the 2017 SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) Yoram Koren Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.
Since 1980, this award has recognized manufacturing engineers, age 35 or younger, who have made exceptional contributions and accomplish-ments in the manufacturing industry.
Patel was nominated by Dr. Daolun Chen, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario who said, “Dr. Vikas Patel was one of my best and most productive PhD students. Vikas was working very hard with new ideas for his dissertation. He proposed a variety of interlayers to address the challenges in the welding of dissimilar alloys, and achieved a lot of interesting results. We were very lucky and proud to have Vikas as our PhD student. Congratulations to Vikas for the prestigious award.”
The award is based on a single outstanding accomplish-ment, such as technical publica-tions, patents, academic or industry leadership, or for several significant accomplishments in one or more areas of activity.
Dr. Patel’s career with ArcelorMittal began in 2015. His is responsible for research developments in sheet metal welding of third generation advanced high-strength steel for the automotive industry. He credits his passion for innovation to a class during his master program where he learned the challenges of welding dissimilar metals was a bottleneck in manufacturing.
“Plants send me weld samples to evaluate,” said Patel. “I work with technicians in the
laboratory to test ideas and analyze results.”
In addition to providing written recommendations for solutions, he travels to plants across the US to help employees at the finishing lines execute the solutions. Welding the ends of coils together is required at the pickle, annealing and galvanizing lines.
“I like to give my recommen-dations in person. It gives me a chance to build relationships and trouble-shoot in the actual setting. If we have to alter a parameter, we can try it out and I’m right there to observe,” added Patel.
Dr. Patel and his team have invented new methods to join ultra-high carbon steel. He has filed three patent applications for this method, which are currently under internal review.
“Vikas has been at ArcelorMittal a relatively short time and already is off to a very successful start,” said Hal Long, group manager, processing and control, ArcelorMittal Global Research and Development East Chicago. “Because he is willing to take risks and to look at new possibilities, he has come up with innovative ideas to address
difficult welding problems. These solutions are enabling us to produce new products on our continuous process lines which otherwise would have a higher risk of strip breaks. Because of his leadership and enthusiasm, we have entrusted him with a global project on welding of advanced high-strength steels to bring together and enhance our global knowledge in this important area.”
Dr. Patel holds a PhD in mechanical engineering with a specialty in ultrasonic spot welding and joining of lightweight alloys, and is recognized interna-tionally for this expertise.
He has received the Technical Innovation Award from ArcelorMittal NAFTA and is the recipient of eight university-based awards, including the Ontario Graduate Scholarship from Ryerson University. His work is published in numerous publica-tions, including Scripta Materialia. In just the last five years, his work has been sited nearly 300 times.
Patel will receive the SME Yoram Koren Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award at the 2017 SME Annual Meeting in May.
Dr. Patel joins technician Cindy Cooke in the laboratory at Global Research and Development, East Chicago, to analyze weld microstructure using an SEM microscope.
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AM/NS Calvert has received Ford Motor Company’s Q1 Certification. Ford only bestows this recognition on its “Preferred Quality Suppliers” for their commitment to excellence beyond ISO/TS16949 certifica-tion requirements in the areas of capable systems, ongoing performance, site action plan,
customer endorsement and continuous improvement. At the ceremony, President and CEO Robrecht Himpe was presented with a plaque commemorating the achieve-ment, along with a Ford Q1 flag that was raised above our main entrance.
“We’re honored to receive
this recognition from such an important automotive customer,” Himpe said. “This is a major step toward having our plant identified as a main supplier for the automotive industry. Congratulations to our team and thanks to Ford for this demonstration of confidence in AM/NS Calvert.”
Ford Q1 award presentation and flag raising
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Jolice Pojeta
Spring is in the air and that means preparing our lawns to look their best during the months ahead. One ArcelorMittal customer – Siegal Steel – specializes in making steel for residential and commercial lawn mowers.
A customer of ArcelorMittal
Riverdale, Siegal Steel is a steel processor located in Chicago, Illinois. Established in 1940, Siegal provides stock steel to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), metal stampers and fabricators. Siegal supplies products for industries that include: automotive stamping, hand tools, window hardware, blades, lawn and garden, and agriculture.
Riverdale provides 10B38 medium carbon hot rolled steel. “Siegal has been a partner in the improvement of our 10B38 blade business,” said Mark Dutler, operations manager, ArcelorMittal Riverdale. “They have helped us improve our product by providing excellent technical feedback about the performance of our product. A partnership like the one demonstrated between
Siegal Steel and ArcelorMittal Riverdale, should be held up as the type of relationship we should foster with all of our customers.”
When Siegal receives our product, they pickle and slit it according to their manufacturing
customers’ specifications. For blades, material is sent to various processors, who produce blades for companies such as Toro, John Deere and Honda, Husqvarna and MTD. They also provide steel for aeration tines, casement windows for Pella, Anderson and Marvin and automotive shock absorber rings for Tenneco.
Lou Bower, account manager, sales and marketing, ArcelorMittal USA, said ArcelorMittal is most likely Siegal’s largest supplier of
this particular hot rolled medium carbon
boron grade.“As a customer, they
require steel that has no seams or cracks,” said Bower. “The steel must be as clean as possible, to ensure the product meets safety specifications especially when producing mowing blades. We have regular technical meetings with Siegal and I can say we have a very good relationship with this Riverdale customer.”
Riverdale supplies Siegal Steel with hot rolled product for lawn and garden products
Aeration tines produced by Siegal Steel with steel from Riverdale.
Residential and commercial lawn mowers by Toro and John Deere are equipped with blades made from Riverdale’s hot rolled 10B38 grade.
Mower blades made from hot rolled product from ArcelorMittal Riverdale.
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Employee reacts quickly to save a life Kelly Nissan
Indiana Harbor machinist Dave DiMichelle knows that Lake Michigan can turn from calm to fearsome in a matter of moments. An ordinary day of leisurely boating with his brother turned into a day a woman with her dog – and the DiMichelle brothers – will never forget.
“We spent the day boating on Lake Michigan. We were heading back to the marina because the waves were getting bad,” said Dave DiMichelle. “We saw something orange bobbing up and down in the distance. We thought it was someone in a life jacket who had fallen off a boat, so we headed toward it.”
They discovered it was only an inflatable beach chair, which
had blown into the water. But a hundred yards away from it, they spotted a woman and her dog on a kayak.
She was not wearing a life jacket and the wind was blowing her quickly into deeper water. She was too tired to paddle against the strong current.
“She wasn’t calling for help because she was so far away, no one on the beach would have heard her. And if it hadn’t been for the orange beach chair, we would have passed right by her. The color of the kayak just blended in with the water.”
Instinct took over. Dave put on a life jacket and jumped into the water with a jacket for the woman and a tow rope for the kayak.
“We towed her and the dog back to shore and got a standing ovation from the people on the beach. It didn’t really sink in until
later. My brother kept saying, in disbelief, ‘we saved that woman’s life today, we saved that woman’s life.’”
Only months before, two men died in a boating accident at the marina where Dave docks his boat.
“There’s a cross to mark the spot,” said Dave. “The day we rescued her, I took my brother to see it before we headed out. Ironic I suppose.”
Only a few weeks prior, shop services hosted a member of the Coast Guard in the department to talk about water safety, as part of SummerSafe.
“It’s important to know how to help someone, so you don’t end up hurt as well,” said John Hopkins, IP Division 35 vice commander, 9th Western Region, US Coast Guard Auxiliary. “I talk to ArcelorMittal employees about rip currents and proper
communication tools like radios, flags, flairs and life jackets. Every time I come out, employees tell me they learned something. If the information I share saves just one life, then the effort is worth it.”
“An event like this can transfer over to my co-workers at the mill,” said Dave. “We saved her because we were observant. We were watching our surround-ings. We saw something orange that was out of place. And that’s what we have to do at work. Always look at what’s going on around you. When you see something that doesn’t look right, investigate it. Watch out for yourself and your coworkers.”
As Dave was docking his boat at the end of a heroic day, a friendly fisherman boasted, “I got twelve Coho today.” Dave smiled back and said, “I topped that one!”
The accolades continue for ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor employee Brian Sadowski. In February, the Indiana General Assembly honored Brian for saving four people – two of them children – from drowning in Lake Michigan last summer.
Indiana State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Ogden Dunes, authored the resolution and Rep. Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City,
sponsored the resolution in the House of Representatives.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 credits the iron producing MTE with saving the four people one afternoon last June. Brian, and his wife, Michelle, attended the session when the resolution was proposed and approved by the Indiana General Assembly.
“Michele Sadowski first noticed a troubled young man in the water, and Brian jumped into (Lake Michigan) without hesitation to assist,” Tallian said,
“not knowing that this one individual would be a fraction of those relying on him that day.
“Anyone spending time along the lake knows how dangerous it can be, regardless of how tranquil the surface appears. Due to brave individuals like Brian, people are saved each year from Lake Michigan. Our traditional first responders should know they have backup in Northwest Indiana,” Tallian said.
For more than 40 years, ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor, has hosted a Black History Month program in February to recognize the rich, cultural history of the black community. ArcelorMittal employees from a number of our facilities make the trip to Indiana to take part in this important initiative.
Over the years, a number of prominent individuals have spoken at this event: Jesse Jackson, Harry Porterfield, Mamon Powers, Jr., Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, Richard Morrisroe, Representative Vernon. G. Smith, the Jackson 5, two Tuskegee Airmen, and a number of players from the
Negro league baseball: Henry Presswood, Ted Radcliffe, Al Spearman, Johnny Washington and Charles Johnson.
The theme of the 2017 Black History Month Program was “Do you know who you work with?” Individuals from Indiana Harbor, Burns Harbor, the commercial department and the sales group made up the audience of at least 150 employees. The group was diverse in every sense of the word: young and old, male and female, people of different ethnicities and employees from multiple departments.
Paulina Johnson, automotive account manager at ArcelorMittal USA, shared her personal experiences in life and also her journey at ArcelorMittal. One key takeaway was how important it is that everyone recognizes and
values their working relationships. Only through doing so will employees develop both individually and collectively.
She explains, “ArcelorMittal has become successful because of the employees they have working for them. We all bring something to the table to make ArcelorMittal the global giant that it is. We all have a history. We all make our own ArcelorMittal legacy every day we come into the office.”
While many individuals helped out the day of the event, Jessica Amos (Indiana Harbor), Josephine Alvarez (Burns Harbor), Lynette Mahone (Chicago), Joyce Price (retiree), Sylvia Clark (retiree) and Joe Medellin (Indiana Harbor) championed the 2017 program.
Pictured (from left to right): Planning committee member Jessica Amos, keynote speaker Paulina Johnson, program speaker Darrell Reed and planning committee member Lynette Mahone.
Burns Harbor’s Brian Sadowski saved four people from drowning in Lake Michigan last summer. As a result, the Indiana General Assembly honored him earlier this year with a special resolution.
Indiana Harbor employee Dave DiMichelle enjoys boating, but never forgets about safety. Last summer he saved a woman and her dog from drowning in Lake Michigan.
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To the rescue at WeirtonJesse Lamone
Working safely in a confined space is a concern in the steel industry. And ArcelorMittal Weirton took proactive steps to be ready for an emergency, staging a confined space rescue drill earlier this year.
The City of Weirton Fire Department worked with the Weirton team, and from the time the department was called to the time the “victim” was rescued, was just 26 minutes. Employees did not know that the drill was taking place, but responded quickly to move equipment so that it would
not delay emergency workers arriving at the scene.
“We kept the drill quiet to see how employees would react in the event of a real emergency,” said Todd Martin, maintenance manager, tin mill. “This was a great training exercise for the Weirton Fire Department and ArcelorMittal. It was a huge success. We look forward to more joint training drills with the City of Weirton.”
The exercise also provided valuable insight and real life training to Weirton Fire Department rescue personnel.
“This gave the Weirton Fire Department rescue team the opportunity to see what kind of conditions they would encounter
in an industrial environment inside the mill during this kind of rescue. We got to use rescue equipment that we normally don’t use like the 4-1 rigging system for confined space rescues,” said Weirton Fire Captain Bob Hinchee.
“ArcelorMittal Weirton did an excellent job of maintain-ing a controlled training environment,” added Weirton Fire Chief Jerry Shumate.
The team gained valuable knowledge from the exercise that will help them if they ever have a real confined space emergency at Weirton.
Jesse Lamone is a facility loading analyst at ArcelorMittal Weirton.
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ArcelorMittal Cleveland is testing a new approach to water treatment and turning to Mother Nature for inspiration. A pilot project that kicked off this spring is using a plant – moss – to replace chemicals traditionally used in the hot strip mill water treatment process.
While the idea may be new to ArcelorMittal and the steel industry, it is hardly new to the natural world where moss has been purifying water in lakes, rivers and streams for millions of years.
The Cleveland facility is partnering with Creative Water Solutions for the pilot project, using a special variety of sphagnum moss.
“This sphagnum moss is in the areas of the world known to have the purest water, and it comes from areas, interestingly, that have iron ore,” explained David Knighton, CEO and president of Creative Water Solutions.
Specifically, the sphagnum moss grows naturally in the northern United States where it pulls iron from the water and soil so habitats can survive. According to Knighton, the same job the moss does in nature can be put to good use in an industrial water treatment setting. The moss stabilizes pH, absorbs iron and other metals, purifies water and inhibits corrosion and scaling in the system. All of these contribute to a more efficient water treatment process.
“So these are all the things that the chemicals have been trying to do [in the traditional
water treatment system] but the moss does it naturally.”
So far, the pilot project is showing promising results. In the first month of the trial, the moss was successfully reducing metal content in the water, maintaining the correct pH and meeting all the same performance requirements of the chemical treatments.
Energy engineer Rishabh Bahel has been overseeing the project. Bahel monitors the facility’s overall water usage along with other utilities.
“The main reason we wanted to do this was for water reduction and reducing chemical usage, or even completely eliminating chemicals,” he explained.
Other potential benefits include protecting equipment from damage and corrosion over time. Overall, using moss is more sustainable and
environmentally-friendly, but it is also at least 20 percent more cost-effective than chemicals.
“Roger Yee volunteered the hot mill for the pilot program to test the moss and see its benefits firsthand. He has been very instrumental in proving this concept,” Bahel said.
Bahel admits there have been skeptics, but he is encour-aged by the early results of the pilot and the partners’ commit-ment to innovative, sustainable solutions. If the moss continues to perform well in the hot mill furnace cooling tower, then the team may try it in other water treatment systems or power houses onsite.
The sphagnum is loaded into lobster cages and lowered into the water.
No. 4 steel producing lime plant employee, Benjamin Zavala (center), assists DNR personnel by checking on the falcons between visits and providing escort to the nesting boxes.
These three healthy chicks, and all peregrine falcons, are protected from harm by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Indiana state law.
The moss packets are replaced every 30 days, after they’ve absorbed a significant number of impurities.
For more than 20 years, peregrine falcons have been nesting at Indiana Harbor in East Chicago, Indiana. Once discovered, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Fish and Wildlife (DNR) has been visiting and documenting them.
To date, 55 falcons have been fledged at Indiana Harbor. Twenty-five at the 4 steel producing lime plant, 19 at the former No. 11 coke battery
preheat tower and the blast furnace PCI building, and 11 fledged at 3 steel producing.
In 2013, the peregrine falcon was taken off the Indiana endangered species list and is now considered a “species of special concern.”
A few cute chicks thrive at Indiana Harbor
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fledge[flej] to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.
Harvest time for the delicious, local honey is in June, July and August and is in big demand at R&D.
Machine shop supervisor Valentin Gheberta has a passion for bees. He raises them on the Global Research and Development campus in East Chicago.
For the first time in history, several American bee species have been classified as endangered, according to the Climate Institute.
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ArcelorMittal drives STEM at Penn StateBeth Spurgeon
ArcelorMittal and Pennsylvania State University have a long history of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) collaboration. Penn State has been part of our formal Campus Partnership Program since 2009. Since then, the University has received funding to support STEM pipeline development, recruitment and diversity in engineering and materials programming. As a result, ArcelorMittal employs many enthusiastic Penn State graduates.
It’s easy to identify them proudly cheering for their Nittany Lions teams throughout the year!
In 2016, ArcelorMittal Steelton’s Council for Stronger Communities (CSC) expanded upon our partnership with the establishment of the Penn State Harrisburg STEM Summer Enrichment Program (STEM-SEP). STEM-SEP’s primary goal is to improve the STEM skills and readiness of area high school students, particularly those from underrepresented groups. In 2016, 28 students from 12 area high schools participated in a free, two-week summer enrichment workshop. The pilot program was
designed to improve high school student preparedness for STEM in college while promoting active learning through hands-on experiences and activities. STEM-SEP staff included 11 Penn State STEM professors.
For the mechanical engineer-ing portion of the program, students designed, tested and redesigned paper airplanes to improve their performance. A competition was held to determine which design produced the maximum flight distance. Mechanical engineering topics introduced during this session included: forces, fluid mechanics, efficiency and sustainability. In the
second session, students got hands-on experience with 3D printing. The steps – from conceptual design to 3D modeling, preparing the CAD file for print and 3D printing – were demonstrated using real life applications. Students also had the unique opportunity to tour our ArcelorMittal Steelton facility. Evaluation of the STEM-SEP program sessions show that the 2016 STEM-SEP was very successful in introducing participants to STEM disciplines and career opportunities. The program will continue in the summer of 2017.
Steven Taylor, general manager of ArcelorMittal Steelton, noted of the partnership, “The STEM-SEP program is about much more than giving back to our local community. It is part of our larger effort as a company to develop a talented pipeline of scientists and engineers that will continue to revolutionize the steel industry. In addition to our work with Penn State Harrisburg, the Steelton CSC has implemented targeted STEM initiatives at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts and Steelton-Highspire School District.”
Also as part of this larger initiative, Dave Wirick, retired general manager of ArcelorMittal Steelton and member of the Board of Advisors for Penn State Harrisburg, has been instrumental in bringing together area industry leaders to discuss how to collaboratively address local STEM needs.
This is just one example of ArcelorMittal’s commitment to making a more sustainable future
for our company, by creating a pipeline of talented scientists and engineers for tomorrow.
Through the Penn State Harrisburg STEM Summer Enrichment Program, 28 students from 12 area high schools came together to learn about STEM from university professors.
Indiana Harbor employee Judy Cremieux addressed about 700 students, teachers, parents and volunteers representing middle schools across Northwest Indiana. She shared words of encouragement and gave students a glimpse of what her job is like as an engineer in process automation.
Global R&D employee Liwei Zhang and Indiana Harbor employee Rick Johnson volunteered to judge “Mission Possible.” Students designed, built, tested and documented a Rube Goldberg-like device that completed a required final task through an optional series of simple machines.
Burns Harbor employee Andrew Smith helped students in the chemistry lab and graded their work for “Food Science.” Students studied the science behind milk products and experimented with ingredients and physical parameters to produce and analyze them.
I/N Tek and I/N Kote employee Lazo Trkulja was a timer for the “Wright Stuff.” Teams designed and built a rubber-powered monoplane to achieve maximum time aloft.
USA employee Nanette Krygier helped time, measure and grade the “Scrambler.” Students designed and built a mechanical device to transport an egg along a track and stop as close to the center of terminal barrier without breaking the egg.
Students were able to conduct hands-on engineering activities during the free, two-week program last summer. They were exposed to an array of STEM career options, including the steel industry.
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Kelly Nissan
The science competition season is in full swing in Northwest Indiana. A series of Science Olympiad competitions involves nearly 4,000 students throughout the region, who demonstrate their STEM, cooperation and leadership skills in multiple competitions. Winners advance to the state competition held at Indiana University, Bloomington, then nationals, held at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Valparaiso University hosted its 5th annual Science Olympiad Invitational in January. These events require great coordination, planning and dedicated volunteers to ensure a smooth-running competition day.
Valparaiso University event coordinator, Bob Clark, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, director of the mathematics and science education enrollment and development program and Science Olympiad Invitational faculty mentor said, “We had 32 teams competing, so we really
appreciate all of the volunteer support ArcelorMittal employees provided. They were a delight to work with and they all seemed to have a great time.”
ArcelorMittal has partnered with Science Olympiad for several years. Our financial and volunteer support aids the nonprofit’s mission to improve the quality of STEM education, increase student interest in science and create a technologically literate workforce. The partnership supports the mission of Science Olympiad across the United States and provides direct financial support to teams near the Indiana Harbor, Burns Harbor, I/N Tek and I/N Kote plants and the Global Research and Development campus.
“We were all impressed with the amount of work students put into their projects,” said Rick Johnson, senior CIP quality engineer operations technology steelmaking, Indiana Harbor. “It was nice to see how much support they received from their teachers, classmates and family members who were at the Valparaiso Invitational.”
Teams across the U.S. receive
a rules manual at the beginning of the school year. It includes events touching on all the sciences. Students may be asked to build a structure, design a vehicle, launch a device or even identify a fossil. Teams compete in 23 events at each competition. They practice after school from September to May.
“I was really impressed at how competitive the students were,” said Andrew Smith, associate engineer, Burns Harbor. “To take an interest in science at a young age is both important and awesome. I look forward to volunteering with Science Olympiad again.”
“We’re facing a shortage of skilled workers in manufactur-ing,” said Gary Norgren, manager of raw materials, ArcelorMittal USA and volunteer coach at St. Thomas More in Munster. “We must educate our young people and encourage careers using STEM skills. The Science Olympiad partnership gives us that opportunity. The excite-ment exhibited by the students as they apply the concepts they have learned to their various
competitions makes all the hard work preparing for the events worthwhile. Watching a newbie 6th grader grow into an experienced 8th grade leader of the team is also very enjoyable to watch.”
In 2016, ArcelorMittal invested nearly 50 percent of our grant funding – just over $3 million – to educational nonprofits supporting STEM in the United States. It’s the cornerstone of ArcelorMittal’s community investment program.
It also aligns with sustainable development outcome number nine which identifies a need for talented scientist and engineers for tomorrow. ArcelorMittal’s 10 sustainable development outcomes underscore everything we do related to overall business strategy.
If you would like to volunteer for Science Olympiad in Lake, Porter or LaPorte County, contact [email protected].
Students have fun testing their STEM skills
9. Pipeline of talented scientists and engineers for tomorrow
9. Pipeline of talented scientists and engineers for tomorrow
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Jolice Pojeta
From looking at insects through a microscope to making leaping catapults, ArcelorMittal employ-ees had fun hanging out with members of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Porter County’s first science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) Expo.
About 40 children partici-pated in the recent after school activity, held at the BGCPC’s Valparaiso Club.
The 13 ArcelorMittal volunteers had just as much fun at the children, who ranged in ages from seven to 14. Each child visited all 13 stations that included STEM-related activities. After participating in each, the kids got a stamp on their STEM Expo passport that, when filled, allowed them to enjoy the afternoon snacks.
“What a great STEM Expo! This was my first time volunteer-ing,” said Fran McCoole, adminis-trative clerk, plate, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. “I enjoyed seeing the excitement in the children’s faces when they completed each experiment. I can’t wait to do it again next year!”
“When I engage young
scientists and engineers, I am reminded of the value of exploration; of seeking to understand and engage in the pursuit of continuous improvement and of the need for sustainability,” said Gabriel Monroy, senior engineer, structural maintenance, MEU, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. “I was impressed with the manner in which the staff of the Boys and Girls Club has helped spark interest in STEM within these children. Their enthusiasm was obvious and genuine; and, it served to remind us of the value of STEM for the sustainability of our community and of ArcelorMittal.”
Some of the STEM Expo stations offered by the local club included: making catapults, using a 3D printer (purchased through funding made available by ArcelorMittal), brilliant binoculars, making ‘floam’, hand bubbler, using microscopes, the power of magnets, color-changing lemonade and one devoted to coding.
“The Boys and Girls Clubs did a wonderful job of selecting activities that kept the kids entertained, while also allowing them to learn about engineering, robotics and chemistry,” said Don
“As a first-time participant, I was impressed with the members’ sense of general knowledge about science topics,” added Bill Sammon, manager, procurement, mill services and byproducts, ArcelorMittal USA. “I enjoyed challenging the young folks about how they learned scientific concepts, where they see them in action and what type of careers they are considering.”
Harbor, said, “Getting kids involved in STEM early is important because it’s easier to make it fun at their age. As children grow, especially girls, it’s sometimes easy for them to stop being interested because of societal norms such as it being viewed as ‘nerdy’ or ‘uncool.’ Having roots and interests already established makes it less of a challenge to keep students interested in STEM, rather than trying to introduce it later in life.”
Katelynn Stanko, science club coordinator, Boys and Girls Club of Porter County, added, “It was amazing to see many youth
members participate in our Club’s first STEM Expo. They were able to experience what I feel when I am providing STEM activities – a world of wonder and all its components! I truly believe our Club members had a taste of how amazing the world of STEM is – and that our Expo inspired them
to become more curious and motivated to participate in STEM programs. A special thank you to ArcelorMittal for their support and volunteerism – it is greatly appreciated!”
Boys and Girls Clubs expo gets kids excited about STEM!
Oh, the many things that can be spotted under a microscope! Assisting these young scientists with this lesson in biology were ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor employees (from left): Blake Crisman, Gabriel Monroy, Dan Price and Chris Hoitenga.
Tyler Botbyl, process manager-annealing, finishing department, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, helps one Boys & Girls Club member with an experiment as part of the recent STEM Expo.
Kelly Nissan
ArcelorMittal is supporting Crossroads YMCA with a $21,250 grant that will support a variety of
programs – including ones which focus on physical fitness, health and nutrition and character development.
Crossroads YMCA consists of four branches in Indiana: Southlake Family YMCA (Crown
Point), Griffith Family YMCA (Griffith), Hammond Family YMCA (Hammond), and Whiting Family YMCA (Whiting).
“Crossroads YMCA is very happy to receive this grant from ArcelorMittal. The Y is a
community-based, charitable non-profit so this grant helps us continue to provide high- quality, and affordable before and after school childcare to children through our branches in Lake County. We look forward to an on-going relationship with ArcelorMittal to strengthen our local communities,” said Laurie A. Halaska, CEO of Crossroads YMCA.
Through partnerships like this, Crossroads YMCA is able to provide before and after school programs for 600 youth. The areas of focus were selected based on data about the state of children’s health in Lake County.
ArcelorMittal’s support of Crossroads YMCA underscores its commitment to be an active and welcomed member of the community and to provide opportunities for children to thrive in a safe and healthy environment.
“ArcelorMittal is dedicated to the communities where we operate,” said Kevin Vana, process manager, security & emergency
services, ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor. “We recognize our responsibility to provide safe havens for local children. The support to Crossroads YMCA marries our business strategy to provide safe, healthy, quality working lives for our employees with the needs of the local community.”
Crossroads YMCA is one of many nonprofits across Northwest Indiana to receive
funding from ArcelorMittal to support healthy and safe communities. In 2016, ArcelorMittal USA invested nearly $1 million in nonprofit organizations and programs specific to health and safety.
Crossroads YMCA receives grant from ArcelorMittal Corporate Responsibility>
It’s a chilly afternoon in February, but youth from Jackson Elementary School in Chesterton, Indiana, didn’t waste their after-school hours on screen time. Instead, they explored chemistry through a fun and messy hands-on experiment at the Duneland Family YMCA’s after-school program.
The young scientists learned about polymers, as they created their own bouncy balls by mixing borax, corn starch and glue to create a chain reaction. The reaction, called cross-linking, causes the long polymers to stick to each other, giving the balls their bounce.
This “DIY Bouncy Ball” activity is one of many designed to teach students STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) concepts at the Duneland Family YMCA’s after school program. Grant support from ArcelorMittal has fueled great
improvements to the STEM learning program, and youth enrolled in the YMCA after-school program experience hands-on STEM activities each week.
“ArcelorMittal is pleased to support the Duneland Family YMCA after-school STEM program,” said Jolice Pojeta, manager, corporate responsibility and communications, ArcelorMittal. “Even at a very young age, these children were able to experience a fun lesson in both chemistry and physics by creating their own bouncy balls. It’s an easy way for students to learn and create their own experiments at the same time.”
During the 2016-17 school year, students built their STEM skills through engaging activities, such as:• experiencing physics and engineering as they design, build, test and improve catapults to launch marshmallows• investigating how objects
behave in water by predicting and testing which types of balls will sink or float, then constructing their own boats to keep pennies afloat• exploring physics concepts like speed, mass and volume by building simple ramps and racing cans of different sizes and shapes• improving their observation skills, while exploring nature to collect and inspect rocks, twigs leaves and more in their “enviro-lope” (environment envelope)
With a focus on safety, health, social growth, and academic enhancement, the Duneland Family YMCA after-school program serves kindergar-ten through eighth grade students with a variety of programmatic and activity options to explore and develop their interests and talents. The Duneland Family YMCA is a charitable nonprofit organization, focusing on youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.
Youth bounce into STEM at Duneland YMCA’s after-school program with ArcelorMittal support
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Jackson Elementary School second grade student Nicola Pescatore, gets a little assist from his Duneland YMCA after-school STEM instructor in making a bouncy ball. Nicola, age 8, is the son of Joe Pescatore, manager, power and utilities, MEU, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, and Tara Loftin, sourcing manager, scrap, procurement, ArcelorMittal USA.
Students from Jackson Elementary School mix borax, corn starch and glue, creating a chain-reaction to produce their own bouncy ball at the Duneland Family YMCA after-school program. ArcelorMittal supports the Duneland YMCA after-school STEM programming.
ArcelorMittal’s grant to Crossroads YMCA supports programs for children which focus on physical fitness, health and nutrition, as well as character development. Crossroads YMCA serves four communities in Northwest Indiana.
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Summer Paris
Every spring and summer, a group of ArcelorMittal Cleveland co-workers and friends get together for a weekly bicycle ride. You don’t need a fancy bike, a lot of experience in cycling, or cash to pay for dues. The only requirement to ride is that you work in the ArcelorMittal Cleveland hot strip mill… or you know someone who does!
“Joe Sears and I started the group about 35 years ago, and we have never stopped riding. All are welcome, at all ages and ability levels. It’s not just for people who work at the mill – we have employees, contractors, family and friends who ride with us. There really is no pressure, you either show up or you don’t, and then maybe we’ll see you the next week,” explained Dave Manning, a former employee who now works as a consultant at the facility.
As Manning suggests, the
beauty of the cycling club is in its simplicity.
“We ride to just to ride,” said Dylan Winn, shift manager, mechanical. “When I was in college, I rode my bike to get places on campus. This is different because it’s about getting off the couch, being outside and enjoying nature, and the comradery of the riders.”
Typically, someone in the group takes responsibility for organizing the weekly ride and sends out an email with the week’s route to the 70-plus people on the list. There are always a couple different options for where to start the ride, to accommodate whether a rider is interested in a shorter or longer distance. And there is always a social meetup after the ride, a gathering at a local bar or a backyard barbecue hosted by one of the members.
For Brandon Lindrose, a newly hired associate mechanical engineer, the social aspect has been great. He has both made
new friends in the group and brought friends from outside work to join. “Let’s be honest, a cold beverage tastes so much better after a long bike ride,” Lindrose admits. “But I also really enjoy the exercise
and the friendly competition. I tried all last summer to beat Joe Sears in a race!”
In addition to the weekly rides, members of the group also organize a team for the annual charity ride Bike MS: Buckeye
Breakaway in August. Their team is called the “Hot Mill Pedalers,” and they raise thousands of dollars each year for multiple sclerosis research.
Other activities have included pedaling on the
Cuyahoga River with the Cleveland Brew Boat, an end-of-season picnic, and wintertime wallyball and racquetball games.
Anyone interested in learning more or joining a ride can contact Dylan Wynn at [email protected].
Sally Buckner
When my husband and I go hiking – which is often – he will see me looking intently at the foliage with a mischievous look in my eyes. Then he will say, “Don’t even think about it.” He fears I will pick a leaf and taste it. At this point, I laugh and keep walking. Many people react the same way to the thought of eating weeds – but guess what? The nutrition in many common plants and weeds, like dandelions, often far exceeds the nutrition in lettuces and other greens you buy at the store (and it’s free). Most of them taste great. Really they do, but some taste better than others.
My personal favorite is lambsquarters. This particular summer weed is considered to be a nuisance by farmers in the Midwest. It grows – well – like weeds. Yet, in the pioneer days, people ate lambsquarters regularly. Then spinach came along and replaced it. Lambsquarters is absolutely delicious and is very high in nutrients, just loaded with calcium, vitamin A, and minerals. Its seeds are in the quinoa family. It contains more iron and protein than raw cabbage or spinach, more calcium and vitamin B1 than raw cabbage, and more vitamin B2 than cabbage or spinach.
Most commonly recognized are clover and dandelions. You can go right on out to your own backyard and pick yourself a salad – provided your lawn is not covered with pesticide. The flowers and seeds are the parts of these plants that are of greatest interest to most foragers. The flowers are used raw in salads as well as sautéed, stir-fried or fried as fritters. They are high in protein and are a good source of calcium,
chromium, magnesium, niacin, phosphorus, potassium, thiamine and vitamin C. Dandelions, something we all readily recognize, are loaded with vitamin K, plus many more vitamins and minerals. You can literally weed your yard and make dinner at the same time.
Chickweed is another one that grows abundantly. Chickweed is loaded with nutrition, being high in chlorophyll, minerals – especially calcium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron, phospho-rus, and potassium, vitamins – especially C, A (from carotenes), and B vitamins such as folic acid, riboflavin, niacin, and thiamine. Some people even have chick-weed as decorative landscaping. Lunch and landscaping, who knew?
Now, I am not suggesting that you go eating everything you see growing out of the ground. Some plants are poisonous and you have to know which ones are not. Similarly, you do not want to eat anything growing in an area that is within 80 feet of the street, or those that could be covered in pesticide – like a commercial area.
If you want to know which plants you can eat, and which you cannot, just do an internet search of “wild edibles” for your area.
So just remember, if you are ever lost in the woods for several days, all grasses are edible, and when you emerge from the woods – you will be healthier than when you went in!
Sally Buckner is the HR/LR Manager at I/N Tek and I/N Kote and an A.C.E. certified health coach with a specialty certification in fitness nutrition.
The incredible, edible weed!
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Know your benefits and enjoy Chicago!If you live in the Chicago area, or are planning a trip to the Windy City, you’ll probably dig into some deep dish pizza, down a Chicago dog – or two – and take a walk by the city’s landmark Picasso sculpture. But did you know, that as an ArcelorMittal employee you are eligible for FREE entry to some of Chicago’s top attractions?
Because of ArcelorMittal’s generous support of the Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum and Museum of Science and Industry, all employees can visit these institutions at no cost!
Each of these institutions also offers special Corporate Family Days throughout the year when they invite ArcelorMittal employees to bring a certain number of guests along for free. Indiana and Illinois residents will receive an email when these days take place.
Shedd AquariumAdmission: Free VIP Admission for employee (no guests): entry into the aquarium galleries, Wild Reef exhibit, Abbott Oceanarium, Polar Play Zone, Amphibians, and the aquatic show. Stingray Touch is not included but can be purchased at time of check-in for $3.
Required documentation: Need a valid photo employee ID OR business card with valid photo ID OR a recent pay stub with a valid photo ID
Other benefits: Free admission to Jazzin’ at the Shedd during the summer for employees.
Field MuseumAdmission: Free general admission for employees plus one guest
Required documentation: Employee ID, business card or most recent pay stub
Other benefits: Discounted tickets to special exhibitions – All Access Pass (all current special exhibitions and one 3D show): adults $17, children $12, students/seniors $14; Discovery Pass (one current special exhibition, or one 3D show): adults $11, children $8, students/seniors $9; $10 off individual, family, and family plus memberships; $10 discount to Dozin’ with the Dinos.
Museum of Science and IndustryAdmission: Free museum entry for employee plus one guest
Required documentation: Employee ID or business card
Other benefits: 15% discount on additional museum entries and Omnimax tickets; $20 discount on household level memberships.
Questions? Contact [email protected] are a good source of vitamins A, C, E, K, B6 and other nutrients.
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Amanda Allen
Matthew Duncan, manager, supply chain management, corporate planning, ArcelorMittal USA, has been named division manager, corporate planning, facility loading and order management. Matt will be responsible for leading the development of the annual and monthly facility plans, order management, facility loading, as well as coordinating sales demand with operations. His main focus will be to optimize billings, inventories, delivery, production and costs across ArcelorMittal USA. Matt began his steel career in 2008 at Indiana Harbor and has held various positions of increasing responsibility within the supply chain management group. Matt spent his first four years in external logistics as an analyst, until becoming process manager, corporate process improvement. In 2014, Matt was promoted to manager of planning at Burns Harbor, where he was responsible for the development of MRF and business plan production and shipping plans, as well as providing support to continuous improve-ment initiatives. Matt received his Bachelor of Science degree in biosystems engineering and applied engineering from Michigan State University. He will report to Gary Mohr, vice president, supply chain manage-ment, ArcelorMittal USA.
Thomas Hoffner, planner, supply chain management, coal and coke, ArcelorMittal USA, has been
named manager, supply chain management, marine and raw material logistics. In this role he will be responsible for the delivery of iron ore, coke and coal, as well as requirements for ArcelorMittal USA’s integrated plants, including utilization and oversight of our time-chartered lake vessels. Thomas joined the company in July, 2011 and has held various positions of increasing responsi-bility within supply chain management. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in agribusiness management from Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania. He will report to Pete Georgeon, general manager, central logistics and external processing.
Biswajit Sarkar, lead engineer, process automation, steel producing, ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor, is named manager, process automation, steel producing, ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor. Biswajit joined ArcelorMittal in 2008 and has provided daily and project support to customers at internal logistics and steel producing. Prior to joining ArcelorMittal, Biswajit had 14 years of work experience at Steel Authority of India where he held various technical and managerial positions in mainte-nance and operations. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Bangalore University in India, and an MBA in business and econom-ics from Indiana University. He will report to Bill Dalzotto, senior division manager, MEU, ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor.
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Melissa De La Fuente
I Give Boldly to the Animal Rescue Foundation of Mobile (ARF). The organization is committed to helping stray or homeless animals become healthy and find loving homes, while preventing an increase in the pet population. ARF is run on volunteer power and donations. Volunteers work three shifts per day, where they feed, bathe and have enrichment time with dogs and cats. ARF also makes sure that each animal that is adopted is up to date on their vaccinations, is spayed or neutered and is microchipped for safety. The cost of bedding and boarding these animals far exceeds the adoption fee that ARF charges, so this really is a labor of love on a tight budget. I donate to ARF because I see firsthand how funding is desperately needed and that the existing funds are used conservatively. The organization is literally saving lives with each donation it receives.
I’ve recently taken over as coordinator of our Junior Volunteers and the Junior Board of Directors, which raises money for ARF through Dirty Dog Washes and other initiatives. They also volunteer through
local schools and at our adoption facility.
My family has volunteered with ARF for almost two years now and our family grew by one when we adopted our former ARFan, Blaze. Volunteering with our kids is important to us, because we believe that we are teaching them compassion and empathy while also instilling a sense of duty to the community in which they live. I encourage my fellow employees to Give Boldly to the organizations that are helping our community.
For more information about the Animal Rescue Foundation of Mobile, visit: http://animalrescuemobile.org.
I Give Boldly because…I believe in our four-legged friends.
Melissa De La Fuente, pictured with a puppy she fostered, works as an engineer II, MES production support, AM/NS Calvert.
Justin ran a successful catering company for more than 25 years, cooking Polish and Italian food for all types of special events.
Justin now works as a receiver at I/N Tek and Kote, a role which he truly enjoys. 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.
Jolice Pojeta
Safety is a major focus for ArcelorMittal and a priority for members of Purdue University Calumet’s Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium (SMSVC).
To meet the challenge of today’s steel industry, as it finds innovative ways to enhance employee safety training, Purdue’s Center for Innovation through Simulation and Visualization (CIVS), is developing new safety training tools that engage workers through interactive simulations under the guidance of the SMSVC project technical committee members.
ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Deerfield Woods training representatives recently visited the center to learn more about some of the immersive 3-D technology for safety training programs developed by CIVS. CIVS representatives gave a demonstration to the training team late last summer but then inquired visiting the CIVS lab to get a more detailed look at the different safety training modules.
Those attending from the Burns Harbor training center were: Jeffry Mitchell, Kenny Dillon, James Leighty, Jeff Eckert and Kevin Cantwell.
“People have likely seen bits of visualization technology on TV commercials,” said Mitchell. “A number of our folks were interested in seeing the inside workings of a blast furnace using 3-D simulation model.”
Mitchell says the team had a good exchange of information between the Purdue graduate students who run the center and create the simulation models.
“We see the potential of how this tool can be useful to us in our safety training program as both an educational supplement and tool to work more safely and efficiently,” he added.
Immersive 3-D technology has great advantages versus traditional classroom learning. The learner gains a greater feel for real life safety scenarios and the 3-D Interactive Incident Simulator for Steel Industry Training developed by CIVS and was demonstrated by John Moreland, senior computer engineer at Purdue.
“The demonstrations were absolutely amazing,” said Cantwell. “What we saw was the future of doing work with the vision of a 3-D experience, with views of the outside and insides of our working systems.”
Dillon added, “I wish we had this technology 30 years ago. I would have had a better understanding of how a machine or system operated before I got in it and worked on it. It would have saved so much time.”
Also, demonstrations were given on the CIVS projects, HALT: Heads-Up Assisted Lockout/
Tagout and the 3-D Interactive Incident Simulator for Steel Industry Training.
A beta version of “Fall Protection Safety Simulator” is now available to consortium members, including ArcelorMittal, for testing. The simulator takes trainees through a scenario of working at heights on a recupera-tor, making choices along the way to select personal protection equipment, choose anchor points, practice safety awareness and experience the consequences of unsafe actions.
“The systems we saw could provide a valuable ‘heads up’ training for our MTEs and MTMs in dealing with the steps of a purge procedure, prior to the hands-on work,” said Leighty.
“The possibilities for safety and craft training are endless using the virtual reality simulation technology,” added Eckert. “The transfer rate of information is almost immediate. Knowledge
that might take hundreds of hours in the field could literally be learned in a day!”
CIVS is also developing a safety simulator “Interactive Training for Heavy Mobile Equipment Safety” under a Don B. Daily grant from the AIST Foundation.
The 3-D interactive simulators are proving to be a more engaging, cost-effective method of reaching the industry workforce and helping consortium members meet their safety goals. CIVS and the SMSVC are working with industry trainers and union representatives to identify additional simulation scenarios.
“An SPD is a thousand words, a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth 10,000 words but a 3-D immersion takes you inside the operations and goes beyond what words can provide,” said Mitchell.
Deerfield Woods trainers get taste of hi-tech 3-D safety training experience
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ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor’s Deerfield Woods training members take part in the virtual reality simulation experience offered by Purdue University’s CIVS. Pictured from left are Kevin Cantrell, MTM, finishing; Kenny Dillon, union training coordinator; Jeff Eckert, MTM, iron producing Jim Leighty, MTM, steel producing (wearing virtual mask) and Jeff Mitchell, safety representative.
Amanda Allen
Justin Mazur, receiver at I/N Tek and Kote, has had a career path that may surprise you.
He started working at the age of fourteen as a dishwasher at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Two years later, he became a bagger at a local grocery store. At age 18, he joined the Marine Corps, later returning to the grocery store as a cashier.
It was during his time working at the grocery store that he opened his own catering business, and it pretty much
happened over night. The catering company for his sister’s wedding didn’t follow through and so, at the last minute, Justin took it upon himself to save the day. With only four hours, he whipped up food for all the guests.
For the next 27 years, Justin ran his own catering company with the help of his mother and sister, providing food for events with as many as 2,000 guests. He grew up in a large Polish family and everyone did their share of cooking, so he felt comfortable in the kitchen. Justin mainly cooked Polish and Italian food. He enjoyed it immensely, but decided to switch gears after a while,
working for a food service company, as well as a ceramic tile company.
In 2010, Justin joined I/N Tek and I/N Kote as a materials handler. His late brother had worked at the plant for many years, and his brother-in-law was (and still is) an ArcelorMittal employee.
According to Justin, “The final move in my life turns out to be the best job I have ever had. Even though I have enjoyed all the jobs I’ve had, I wish I would have listened to my brother and joined years ago.”
So why is this his favorite job? He explains that it’s the
friendliness of the people.“Everybody, no matter if
you’re crossing the street or coming into work, everyone waves and calls you by your name. It’s an enjoyable place to work and people are just happy here. The care and concern for employees and their welfare, and particularly the concern for everybody’s safety, sets this place apart.”
At age 60, Justin is embarking on his seventh year of employment at ArcelorMittal, and he couldn’t be happier.
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GlobalArcelorMittal the most admired steel company in the worldFortune magazine has ranked ArcelorMittal the number one steel company in the world for the second year in a row on its “World’s Most Admired Companies” list. On the overall metals industry list, ArcelorMittal ranks second just behind Arconic (formerly Alcoa), with an overall score of 5.93. Other companies that made the top 10 include Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal in third place, POSCO in sixth, followed by Nucor and ThyssenKrupp in seventh and eighth. The number one overall company is once again Apple.
ArcelorMittal colleague among most inspirational women in miningWing-Yunn Crawley, biodiversity manager from our mining operations in Liberia, has been named one of the “100 Inspirational Women in Mining” for 2016 by Women in Mining (WIM) UK, which celebrates the positive impact of women within the global mining sector. Wing has also made a top 10 list, compiled by the editor of Mining Global magazine, who whittled down WIM’s original 100 to the 10 he felt were most inspiring of the them all. His list featured in the January 2017 issue of Mining Global Magazine, which focused on women in mining.
ArcelorMittal wins quality award from world’s largest automakerArcelorMittal has picked up a supplier award from Toyota Europe, in recognition of our impressive quality performance. ArcelorMittal employees from the automotive Europe commercial team and the ArcelorMittal Atlantique and Lorraine team travelled to Toyota Motor Manufacturing’s plant in Burnaston near Derby, UK, to receive the ‘Built in Quality’ supplier award.
ACISArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih starts hot tests of new coke oven battery number sixArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has started hot tests of coke oven battery No. 6, which uses a stamp charging technology so new, it’s the first of its kind in Ukraine. This improvement, along with a similar project on battery No. 5, will increase in-house production of coke and coke oven gas, decreasing the amount of purchased coke and natural gas required, while reducing emissions. More than 200 new jobs will also be created at Kryvyi Rih.
AmericasArcelorMittal Brasil and Votorantim sign agreement combining their Brazilian long steel businessesArcelorMittal Brasil and Votorantim have agreed to combine their Brazilian long steel businesses. Votorantim Siderurgia will become a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Brasil and Votorantim will hold a minority stake in ArcelorMittal Brasil. The combined businesses will have an annual crude steel capacity of 5.6 million metric tons and annual rolling capacity of 5.4 million metric tons.
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, Edra Finley, Mary Beth Holdford, Summer Paris, Jolice Pojeta, Scott Posey, Heather Ross, Thomas Smith, Beth Spurgeon, Bill Steers, Marcy Twete, Heidi UmbhauGuest Contributors:Sally Buckner, Melissa De La Fuente, Jesse Lamone, Nagendra SinghPhotographers/Videographers:Susan Alterio, Boys and Girls Clubs of Porter County, CA Immo, Crossroads YMCA Barry Felton, Liz Johnson, Aran Kessler, Jolice Pojeta and Siegal SteelDesign:Goodnight and AssociatesPrinter:Accucraft ImagingCirculation:20,000
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World of steel construction and architecture at the click of a mouse
Constructalia, one of the world’s leading steel reference sites for the construction industry, has undergone a revamp and is now available via a new URL: construc-talia.arcelormittal.com. As the leading global provider of steel for construction, our company plays an important role in contributing to architectural achievements and the new website is a perfect source for architects, engineers, and building owners. Pictured is Tower 185 in Frankfurt, Germany – presented in a case study on the website – built with 76,000 square meters of ArcelorMittal’s Cofrastra 40 composite floor sheets, which were used for the flooring system.
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Steel Search Trivia Challenge
How many falcons have learned to fly at Indiana Harbor??
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 June 9, 2017.
Another winner in ArcelorMittal’s Steel Search Trivia Challenge
In the March/April edition of 1 Magazine, we asked: When will construction begin on One Vanderbilt in New York City, a skyscraper that will be built with ArcelorMittal plate?
We selected our latest winner (in a random drawing) from hundreds of entries and the winner is Harold “Butch” Keylor at Global R&D in East Chicago. He had the correct answer (July 2017) and will receive a $100 gift card.
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Sustainability
10 years, countless contributions
These 10 men and women represent the United States armed forces, supported by ArcelorMittal with steel for a variety of military applications. ArcelorMittal is currently the largest supplier of armor steel plate to the United States Armed Forces for many fighting vehicles, including the up-armored Humvee. We have also supplied steel plate for every submarine and aircraft carrier in the Navy’s fleet. It’s just one more reason to be proud as we celebrate ArcelorMittal’s 10th anniversary year.
Memorial day is May 29, and a time for us to remember all those who died while serving in our country’s armed forces.
