Stabilising the supply chain - ArcelorMittal South Africa

Asset optimisation at Vanderbijlpark
• Closure of electric arc furnace
– Vanderbijlpark has sufficient capacity to meet domestic and
AOL demand
– Allows the full utilization of the BF route
• Closure of caster 3
– Improve productivity of casters V1 and V2
• Closure of coke oven battery 3
– Reduced blast furnace consumption
– Import coke for Saldanha steel is more cost effective
– poor technical status of battery 3 required stop of production
• Improve productivity in cold rolling mills
– Run pickling line / cold rolling north at full capacity
– Restructure shift pattern in cold rolling south
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