Rebuilding profitability and mitigating risk - ArcelorMittal South Africa

Technology – Asset Risk Management.
Confidential – for internal use only
Vulnerability index improvement to be
maintained
• ArcelorMittal South Africa systematically and
continuously works to eliminate major failures
• Structured approach to pro-actively identify, analyse
and mitigate exposures
• Action ongoing to reduce exposure:
– Fire detection and protection projects
Gas tanks and coke and chemicals building
in Vanderbijlpark completed
Boilers in Newcastle completed
Passive protection on cables ongoing
– Structural repairs
Caster spray chamber and basic oxygen
furnace flare stack completed
Blast furnace N5 in progress
– Relines/repairs of blast furnaces and Corex -
Blast furnace C completed
Blast furnace N5 planned
– Maintenance contracts for fire detection and
suppression systems
• Saldanha in place, contract scope drafted for
Newcastle
– Special action after BOF incident:
• “Industrial audit” (all sites, review additional
exposures and control effectiveness)
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ArcelorMittal South Africa
vulnerability index 5-year target
54
47
46
43
42
40
38
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Vulnerability index reduced from
62% in 2008 to 43% in 2012
ArcelorMittal Group target 38% in
2015
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