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Thomas A. DanjczekPresidentSteel Manufacturers AssociationSeptember 13, 2011
Changing Times in Steel – Safety & Markets
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Outline
•SMA
•Safety
•Changes
•Steel Demand Drivers & Forecasts
•Raw Materials
•What the U.S. Needs to Do
•Final Thoughts
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About the SMA
-Composed of 35 North American electric arc furnace (“EAF”) steel producing Member Companies, and 123 Associate Member steel industry suppliers
-Today, roughly two-thirds of U.S. steel production comes from the scrap-based EAF process, up from just 10% in the early 1970s
-SMA Members account for approximately 80% of total domestic steel capacity
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SMA Safety OverviewKey Drivers to the SMA Safety Committee Success
• Safety Committee Meetings
• Safety Statistics Benching
Marking
• Fatality Prevention Initiative
• Workplace Specific Safety
Surveys• Sharing of Site-Specific Best
Practices
• SMA Safety Website
• Upstream/Downstream
Safety Awareness
• Education & Outreach
• First Hand Governmental
Compliance Awareness
• SMA Safety Awards
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Key to SMA Safety Committee SuccessKey Drivers to the SMA Safety Committee Success
• Need within our industry (2003)
– 14 fatalities…
• Strong initial leadership
• Board top down directives (at every meeting)
• Involved core industry members (i.e. 4 leaders plus 6
additional) in planning, soliciting, “boots on the
ground”
• Inclusive
– Union and non-union
– Companies and suppliers
– Safety professionals , safety committees, production
managers, and “hourly” employees
• Awards and Recognitions
• OSHA involvement
• More focus on industry specific
process and procedures versus
governmental regulations
• Costs
- None additional to SMA
- Modest hotels
- Cohesive and full schedule, all
work…
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- Meetings are held in the spring and fall each year
- Attendance averages around 100 members, associate members, and
guests
- Opportunity for sharing information on best practices and new safety
tools and protection
- Includes a presentation from an OSHA representative
- OSHA Director Dr. Michaels addressed group in fall 2010 in Arlington, VA
- Usually include an optional plant tour
SMA Safety Committee MeetingsSFSA Annual Meeting
Held on March 2011 in Jacksonville, Florida
•141 Attendees (member company representatives and associate members)• OSHA Update from Compliance Assistance Specialist • Optional plant tour of Gerdau Jacksonville Mill• Agenda Items Included
– Addressing Contractor/Trucking Fatalities– Truck Driver Fall Protection– Mobile Equipment Lock Out and Maintenance– Pedestrian Pathways– Electrical Safety NFPA 70E Compliance– Surviving an OSHA Inspection– Industrial Hygiene: Hex Chrome and Crystalline Silica– Aging Workforce– First Aid– Emergency All Call Systems– Unsafe Act Audits– Duel-Hearing Protection
Spring 2011 SMA Safety MeetingSFSA Annual Meeting
SMA Safety StatisticsSMA Members voluntarily report monthly data on number of recordable cases, lost workday cases, days lost, and hours worked.
Compiled year-to-date data is circulated to members as a spreadsheet each month.
Company A Company B Company C Company D
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Lost Time
Recordables
First Aids
SMA Safety DocumentsSMA’s safety documents do not provide an industry standard, and do not set industry best practice.
These surveys and guides are intended as tools to assist individuals and companies in their efforts to prevent injuries in the steel industry.
The purpose is not to take the place of an individual company policy or procedure, but rather to provide general procedures and practices to assist member companies in developing safe procedures as part of a comprehensive safety program.
Fatality Prevention Initiative
Addresses Six (6) critical areas:
1. Confined Space;
2. Fall Protection; Lockout-Tryout;
3. Mobile Equipment
4. Material Handling; and
5. Rail
6. Cranes (Completed in 2011)
Focusing on five priorities in addressing crane fatalities:
◦ operator visibility and attentiveness;
◦ maintenance;
◦ fall hazards;
◦ charging the EAF/ladle handling; and
◦ non-routine procedures
Videos to be completed by the end of summer and introduced to the SMA in October 2011
SMA Safety SurveysRegular questionnaires distributed by member request to address specific safety topics – anonymous results shared with all members
-Topics have included: prescription medication,
aerial lifts/permits,
cellular phone policies,
heat illness/fruit program,
hot works permit/fire prevention,
protective eyewear/sealed eyewear,
lifting and rigging/inspections,
motivational safety speakers,
safety incentives,
hearing protection/NRR/sized ear plugs
kevlar FR jackets,
measuring annual safety performance
SMA Safety Websitewww.steelsafety.org
-Notes and presentations from Committee meetings, 2002-2011
-Safety survey results, grouped by date and topic
-Meeting notes grouped by date
-Presentations from meetings grouped by date and topic
-Catalogue of company incident and near miss reports
-Fatality Prevention – document, audit tools, and videos
-Radiation safety resources
Contractor Safety
SMA members have many contractors that work on our sites exposing the facility to higher exposure to risk. Improving the safety of the industry means that we must also improve contractor safety on our sites.
Many SMA members utilize contractor management systems that allow host steel companies to only allow contractors on-site who have demonstrated past positive safety performance, and have the safety programs in place to ensure safe job performance
Contractors are frequently invited to participate in and contribute to company safety committees
Spring 2011 meeting included a focus on Contractor Safety
Education & OutreachSMA partnering with the Association for Iron & Steel Technology to fund Don B. Daily Memorial Fund to promote steel industry safety and health
Will challenge North American university teams (students and professors) to submit proposals for grant funding in the theme area of safety and health awareness within the steel manufacturing industry
Dual objectives: promote safe workplaces for the steel manufacturing industry, and increase the number of students studying health and safety awareness relative to the manufacturing environment
SMA Board of Directors recognizes outstanding safety performance through the annual Don Daily SMA Achievement in Safety Award. ◦ 2011 recipient:
Chris Bullard and the Logistics Team Gerdau Ameristeel Midlothian
SMA Safety Awards
Safety ConclusionsSMA members have made great strides, and will be relentless in pursuit of continuous improvement until we achieve zero injuries in our workplaces
SMA members have benefited from relationship with OSHA, including speakers at meetings, training resources, and cooperative programs
The SMA, through its members, has been a driving force in improving safety performance
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SFSA Annual Meeting Changes
Deeper Recession
Variable Cost Control
Engineers
Scrap Prices
High Unemployment
Labor Intensity
Inventory Levels
China
Safety
Consolidations
Customer Requirements
Environmental Regulations
Foreign Ownership
Transportation Costs
Ore Prices
Energy Costs
Currency
State-Owned Enterprises
Other Factors…
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SFSA Annual Meeting Steel Changes
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011F40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Capacity Utilization (%)
Raw steel capacity utilization may reach 75% in 2011
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Finished steel demand drivers in US
Actual Fitted
Three variables drive demand:• NA auto build• Non-residential construction• Appliance shipmentsR² = 85%
Source: First River
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U.S. finished steel demand forecast
Actual ADC
Forecast
Source: CSM, FW Dodge, AHAM, First River
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Auto build & non-res construction expected to recover, but not to previous peak NA Auto Build (Million Units)
23Source: CSM Worldwide, FW Dodge
ForecastNon-Res Construction
(Million Sq. Feet) Forecast
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U.S. net imports expected to remain lowerUS Imports & Exports
(Million Tons)
25Source: AISI, First River
Net Imports & US Dollar
Net Imports as % of demand(3 year rolling average)
$ IndexImports (%)
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• Recovery underway, but slow
• Increased exports and imports (5mmt of semi’s imports) YOY
• Not normal cycle of recession, overcapacity
• Relative strong demand in auto; construction lagging
Comments on Current U.S. ProductionSFSA Annual Meeting
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Raw Material Cost and Availability is #1 Issue for NAFTA Producers
• Many countries continue to impose a variety of restrictions on exports of vital raw materials
– Export prohibitions
– Export duties
– Export quotas
– Other measures
• Trade-distorting restrictions on exports of raw materials
– Give domestic producers in the exporting country an unfair advantage
– Increase worldwide costs of production
– Place a heavy burden on steel industries in developing countries that do not have substantial iron ore reserves or steel scrap supplies
Raw MaterialsSFSA Annual Meeting
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World Scrap Supply and Consumption, By Region
World Scrap Supply, 2008
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Domestic Supply
Apparent Consumption
Source: World Steel Association
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3,000,000
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5,000,000
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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Source: U.S. International Trade Commission - Dataweb
U.S. Scrap Exports to China - 2004 - 2009
While China Restricts Exports of Scrap, U.S. Exports to China Have Surged
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What does the U.S. need to do?
• Assume a Pro-Manufacturing Agenda– Business Tax Reform– Border Adjustable Taxes– Currency Adjustments– Energy Independence– Reasonable regulatory measures (Environment/Labor)– Climate for investments (Jobs, Jobs, Jobs) and Infrastructure
• Solve the structural problems that caused the recession - Real Foundation
– Bad loans and securities on bank balance sheets– Reduce huge trade deficits
• Policy incrementalism is not sufficient
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Final Thoughts
• Ultimately, the world needs greater total supply of scrap and steel• U.S. is in a traffic jam, moving slightly forward, but don’t know other consequences.
Don’t look to Washington, DC for help• Environment of uncertainty and volatility will continue in U.S. industry until economic
fundamentals are in equilibrium• In U.S., dissatisfaction/perception that U.S. Government is not tackling the right
issues (i.e. “It’s the economy, stupid.”)• Reasons for optimism in steel in U.S.:
– Scrap-based, 70% of cost – local supply– Low cost on global basis (energy is neutral, labor less than 10%, others have
higher transportation costs)– Relatively strong U.S. market and U.S. resiliency– Better U.S. company balance sheets
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