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ESTEP - European Steel Technology Platform

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0000

The European steel industry and its policy-making partners decided on March 5 2009 to proceed with the ULCOS (Ultra Low CO2 Steelmaking) project and adopted new programmes related to manufacturing and building to respond to the challenges of the future. The total budget corresponding to these programmes, which fit into the public-private Partnership initiatives set forth by the European Commission in its Economic Recovery plan, amounts to approximately €1 billion in the short and medium...

Pre- galvanised crash barriers

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000

A hot new ArcelorMittal product in progress is Z600 double-sided pre-galvanised steel, to be used for crash barriers.
ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe (FCE) has developed a new galvanized strip product for highway crash barriers, which has just been approved for commercial use in Germany. According to experts in our Group, Europe's potential requirement for steel used in barriers is estimated at almost 1m tonnes, and this suggests "a steep increase in demand" for our innovative...

Financial response to the crisis

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000

While in-depth financial information for ArcelorMittal can be found at our corporate website ( www.arcelormittal.com), we here at boldspirit thought it would be helpful to our colleagues around the world to take a look back at all the financial transactions that have been implemented since the liquidity crisis. These transactions help the Group to lengthen its debt maturity profile, to refinance existing indebtedness and accelerate its net financial debt reduction target for 2009.
Financial...

Restarting a Blast Furnace – A team challenge

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Did you know that restarting a blast furnace is a complex technical operation that requires some time, a skilled team and a lot of knowledge sharing. boldspirit spoke to Jean-Louis Lebonvallet, a member of our CTO-Technology team and an iron making expert. He told us about some of the challenges that can arise during the complex operation of restarting a blast furnace.
"Challenges and risks could come from unusual conditions that have to be controlled in addition to the usual risks and...

Those old soldiers of the steel industry

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:00:00 +0000

At the moment a huge amount of knowledge exchange is occurring within our Group about blast furnaces, what happens when they are idle, what happens when they start up again and how the technology can be improved in the future - not only in terms of being in a stronger position when real recovery occurs, but also in terms of the environment and improved productivity.
300 years of history, at a glance
Iron, a chemical element, is used to make steel, an even more durable metal compound. Simply...

Fondatioun Kriibskrank Kanner

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:17:00 +0000

With the aim of raising awareness for child cancer, 8 banners were put up on 8 of Luxembourg's most well known buildings, one of which is our own ArcelorMittal headquarters. The main message is one of hope; that cancer can be beaten.
A financial and physical commitment
"This campaign was entirely financed thanks to donations from our sponsors. These companies are entirely carrying this campaign - financially and physically - by putting up the banners on the facades of their buildings,"...

Project Radio

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Project Radio has been running since October, 2008 in Jharkhand, India on Radio Dhoom - a popular local FM radio channel in Ranchi.
Aimed at creating awareness among people, Project Radio seeks to help the people in the region make informed choices. Designed as a four-step engagement programme, the first two steps were covered by teasers and radio spots to interest people on issues of industry led development. The local language - Nagpuri, was chosen to communicate our messages.
Radio spots...

A new start for Xinhuamen Primary School

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:34:00 +0000

On May 12, 2008, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan Province, a mountainous region in Western China, killing about 70,000 people and leaving over 18,000 missing.
Following the Tangshan earthquake in 1976 which killed over 240,000 people, new construction codes had been implemented to ensure that China's buildings would be ‘quake-proof'. However, the collapse of schools, hospitals and factories around Sichuan following this latest natural disaster makes it unlikely that the codes...

Steel generations

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:56:03 +0000

Some people, besides iron, seem to have steel in the blood. The passion for our core product runs in certain families around the world from generation to generation, and that includes our CEO Mr Mittal, our CFO Aditya Mittal and the members of their family! It's clear to see that steel has a proud heritage when we take a look at our ‘Steel generation' series on our ArcelorMittal Web TV blog.
Everything started in May 2009. Frank Mrozek, a colleague from ArcelorMittal Cleveland, in the...

Cooking with boldness - Volume 1

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:06:22 +0000

One incredible thing about working for a global company like ArcelorMittal is how international we are! Despite language barriers and our huge geographical reach - and even in such difficult times as the current economic environment - there is one thing we can all agree on; we like to eat!
In September of 2008, we launched a new initiative - our ‘glocalised' publications - entitled 1. With this new format, every ArcelorMittal local magazine has both global as well as local content, in a...