Bayou Steel was purchased by ArcelorMittal in July, 2008. ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest and most global steel company, with 310,000 employees in more than 60 countries. ArcelorMittal is the leader in all major global markets, including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, with leading R&D and technology, as well as sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and outstanding distribution networks. An industrial presence in 28 European, Asian, African and American countries exposes the company to all the key steel markets, from emerging to mature.

Through its core values of sustainability, quality and leadership, ArcelorMittal commits to operating in a responsible way with respect to the health, safety and wellbeing of its employees, contractors and the communities in which it operates. It is also committed to the sustainable management of the environment and of finite resources. ArcelorMittal recognises that it has a significant responsibility to tackle the global climate change challenge: it takes a leading role in the industry’s efforts to develop breakthrough steelmaking technologies and is actively researching and developing steel-based technologies and solutions that contribute to combat climate change.

The LaPlace facility, Bayou Steel, is one of the largest recyclers in Louisiana. The steelmaking facility, which began operations in 1981, recycled over 1.3 billion pounds of scrap metal in 2007. The shredder facility, which began operations in 1995, recycled over 160 million pounds of scrap metal in 2007. Much of this scrap metal consists of automobiles and discarded appliances which would be littering the streets and occupying valuable landfill space were it not recycled.

The off-site emissions reported are transfers of “shredded fluff”, including foam and fabric from automobile seats, dashboards, and other plastic parts from automobiles and appliances. The majority of this off-site transfer is in the form of zinc which is properly landfilled.

Bayou Steel employees approximately 491 persons, as well as 25 full-time contractors. Of the 491 employees, 242 live in the tri-parish area. Bayou Steel has operated in St. John Parish for 27 years.

Our Philosophies, Policies and Values
(which are accessible via the Internet on our Web Site)

In addition to meeting demands for price, quality and financial performance, Bayou Steel offers its customers, stockholders and stakeholders the confidence of being supported by an organization whose environmental management systems (EMS) are unparalleled in the industry. Bayou Steel is also a leader on environmental matters in the communities in which we operate.

It is the policy of Bayou Steel Corporation to effectively perform all activities in order to meet environmental quality objectives. The Company’s objectives for environmental quality are:

• to protect public health and the environment through pollution prevention and continual improvement of our operations;
• to exceed the requirements of relevant environmental legislation and regulations;
• to regularly review progress toward environmental targets and goals, and;
• to be recognized as a good corporate citizen.

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