Eric Niedziela, ArcelorMittal, environment, steel

1. Florange case
European press event October 5 2015
Eric Niedziela, CEO Atlantique-Lorraine Cluster

2. Executive summary
• Agreement ratified with French government
30th November 2012
• Industrial footprint
• Investment program
• Social program
• Florange is now competitively integrated in the
ArcelorMittal Atlantique - Lorraine footprint.
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3. Good relationship with French
government
• Follow-up committee with French authority
representatives, Unions and AMAL CEO done on
regular basis managed by F. Marzorati ( who got
mandate from the French Prime Minister)
• Last Florange meeting was done in April 2015 with
plant visit focused on investments
• Special meetings have been done in Dunkirk (in
March 2015) and Basse Indre (in July 2015)
• Next Florange meeting is scheduled in November
the 20th.
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• Last visit from the French President
François Hollande

4. Florange PlantDunkerque Plant
Industrial footprint & results
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HSM production
(kt)
Coupling production (mainly automotive)
(kt)
5-stands production (mainly packaging)
(kt)
• According to market demand two BFs were idled
• From an industrial point of view, the reorganization in Europe
helped to run full the 2 businesses of Florange, automotive
steel and steel for packaging
• Dunkerque and Florange work together on an integrated
basis
Blast
Furnaces
Blast
Furnaces
Steelshop Steelshop
Hot strip
mill
Hot strip
mill
Finishing
assets
Finishing
assets
Mothballed assets
new

5. Florange is competitively integrated
in the cluster footprint
Dunquerke Florange
2,4 to 2,6 Mt of slabs
Coke blend from Dunquerke
700 kt of coke
7 Mt of slab capacity (6,6 Mt in 2014)
Delivery to Liege 1,4Mt, Florange 2,6
Mt and Dunkirk downstream 3 Mt
BF2 revamping in 2015 (investment of
92 M€)
The 3rd coking battery of Dunquerke
2,6 Mt downstream capacity
• Dunkirk is the terminal port for ArcelorMittal Atlantique-Lorraine raw material and
processes the same coal mix for its three coking batteries.
• The cluster, including Florange, is self sufficient in coke, and the quality of its homogenous
coke is a key factor for its blast furnace performance.
• Florange hot strip mill is as competitive as before, thanks to the coking gas availability.
• Special wagons fleet, for coke and for slabs, have been invested in to reduce transport
costs.

6. Investment program and results
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• Committed to a 180M€ investment
plan between 2013 and 2017
• 168 M€ already allocated or done
(93%)
• The commitment will be kept and
investment will continue
• More than 50M€ invested in
production of automotive products,
mainly for Usibor® feasibility in
large width
• Around 40M€ invested to reach
sustainable profitability of the
packaging business

7. Florange investment plan is reality
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2015
New laser welder
for the Coupling
2015: HSM
new motors Comité de Suivi visit 10 April 2015
2015
Gasholder
2015
5-stands hydraulic
screwdown
2012: Usibor®
large width
2015 Automation
of P&O entry
2015
Coke and Coal logistics

8. Direct shipments from Florange. 55%
for automotive, 60 % outside France
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 1,8 Mt/y , half for end users , half for AMAL sites in order to be finished
Market Share
Automotive
55%
Packaging
16%
Industry
29%
20%
Deliveries per country
French
42%
28%
Germany
Italia
9% 2%
Chec Republic
Belgium 3%
Spain 4%
Sweden 2%
Others
(10%)

9. Social program and results
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• Of 629 employees affected by the mothballing of the liquid phase, all found a solution
• 256 employees have exercised their right to retirement
• 40 employees have chosen a solution out of Florange plant
• 333 employees have joined a new position in Florange plant
• Ambitious training program with 65,800 hours between 2013 and 2014 : around
200h/employee
• Recruitment of 44 people since 2014, and 21 still to do by the end of 2015.
New position
in Florange
53%
Out of Florange
6%
Retirement
41%
629 employee
solutions
Recruitment in Florange
21
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2015
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Done
To do

10. The Florange site contributes to the
local economy in Lorraine
• 1 188 kt of finished products shipped in 2014
• Employees: 2200
• A 180 M€ investment plan for the assets
• Main local customers served by the site of
Florange:
Eurostamp, Magna Lorraine, Gestamp, PSA
Tremery, Ford (Sarre-Louis), multiple German
subcontractors related to automotive industry…
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