Coatesville
ArcelorMittal Coatesville, located about 40 miles west of Philadelphia, has produced iron and steel since 1810. Today, the Coatesville plant operates an electric arc furnace and has a capacity of approximately 900,000 tons of raw steel annually.
Examples of Environmental Excellence
Coatesville recycles at warp speed
ArcelorMittal Coatesville had been recycling paper since the 1990s. In April 2008, with the help of hourly and salaried personnel, the Environmental team expanded the recycling program to include plastic, glass and aluminum.
Distinctive blue and white recycling bins were placed throughout the plant to collect clean plastic bottles and jars, glass food and drink containers, aluminum beverage cans, and steel food and beverage cans. Janitorial services places the contents of the smaller bins into one of three 30-cubic-yard containers supplied by an outside transportation company. Once full, the materials are hauled away to a recycling center.
In the first four months of the program, the plant shipped 3,060 lbs. of plastic bottles, cans and glass to a recycling center rather than to a landfill.
Coatesville Receives ISO 14001 Certification
Coatesville was the first in a batch of newly acquired ArcelorMittal USA facilities to receive an ISO 14001 environmental management system certification by SRI Quality System Registrar.
Environmental Excellence Award
ArcelorMittal Coatesville received the 2007 ArcelorMittal Environmental Excellence Award. The award was established to recognize US facilities and their environmental managers for maintaining superior environmental compliance and continuous improvement to advance the company’s objectives and lead the way on environmental stewardship.
Clean-up of a historic creek
ArcelorMittal Coatesville teamed up with the first small watershed association in America, The Brandywine Valley Association (BVA), to clean up portions of the Brandywine Creek that runs through the plant property. Volunteers paddled downstream, picking up trash from the stream banks and stream bottom. More than 2,580 pounds of refuse was pulled from the creek. ArcelorMittal also presented a check for $4,000 to the BVA which relies heavily on corporate partnerships and volunteers to protect the picturesque and productive Brandywine Creek.