Global Action on Arcelor Mittal

BOSNIA — “The Federal Inspectorate has fined ArcelorMittal 13 300 KM [around EUR 6000] for yet another pollution incident in the River Bosna in Bosnia-Herzegovina, just a day after the company reportedly denied that it was the cause of the most recent incident.

Laboratory analysis of samples taken during the pollution incident in the Zenica area has confirmed that the substances involved originated from ArcelorMittal Zenica’s slag landfill.

Very high pH values, electrical conductivity of TDS (total dissolved solids) and suspended particles were registered, and the confirmed values of the tested quality parameters are characteristic for waste waters from a

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Vanderbijlpark Steelworks, ArcelorMittal South Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — “Rather than dealing with its dirty air, ArcelorMittal is playing with hot air, local and global environmental groups say. The groups, which call themselves Global Action, say the global steel producer has gone on the “meeting offensive” in South Africa instead of releasing its environmental master plan on air pollution. Residents in the Vaal Triangle, where one of the company’s operations is located, have accused it of polluting local air and groundwater, and causing respiratory illnesses,” Wiseman Khuzwayo and Ingi Salgado, Business Report.

Arcelor Mittal operations in Zenica, Bosnia. (Adnan Dzonlic)

“On 21 October 2009 the European Investment Bank’s board of directors approved a loan to ArcelorMittal worth EUR 250 million for a research and development programme said to be all about bringing environmental added value to the company’s European operations. Couldn’t a company the size of ArcelorMittal be expected to either fund the project out of its own resources or be able to access commercial loans, leaving advantageous EIB funding to companies more in need? Frustrated by their dealings with the EIB on these matters, Bankwatch, ClientEarth and Global Action on

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