1. Challenges and Issues,
Human Resources and Trends

2. •Vertically Integrated Organisation
•Billet caster overproduction
(750,000 tonnes p.a.)
•Rolling mill bottleneck (400,000
tonnes p.a.)
•No domestic competition
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

3. •Weekly maintenance
program
• 24 hour minimum
shutdown for Electric Arc
Furnace (EAF)
•Breakdown issues
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

4. •Cleanup time for Ladle
Furnace spillage- 27 hours
•Heavy maintenance on
furnace every few years
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

5. •Strict Safety Requirements
•High risks with heat, fire
and explosive elements
•Noxious fumes
•Noise emissions
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

6. •Dealing with metal in several
stages- crushed scrap, liquid,
hot slag, hot billets, cold steel
•Hazardous toxic
contaminants-lead, copper
•Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

7. •Single use trucks for inbound
and outbound transportation
•Export of excess billets to
Newcastle mill
•Inbound scrap quality control
•Warehousing of materials
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9. •Council refused original
application in September 1988
•Land and Environment
Committee appeal
•Strict Environmental
Regulations
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

10. •Air filtration of lead dust and
other contaminants
•Water treatment
•High power consumption
•Carbon emissions
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

11. •Business cycle effect (Boom,
downturn, bust)
•Interest Rate charges
•Infrastructure investment
•Ongoing maintenance costs
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

12. •China and SE Asia competition
•Currency exchange rates
•Offshore suppliers for
manufacturing equipment
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

13. •Achieved with ‘zero’ work-related
incidents
•Continually improve health and safety
performance
•Comply with applicable health and
safety laws
•Identify hazards, assess, control and
monitor risk measures, and implement
the appropriate mitigating
actions
•Management of risks in the workplace
Michael Monteleone, Vijayanarayana Karigiri, Michal Buchowiecki, David Alexander

14. •High investment in training
•Graduate program- 2 years
•Mentor program
•Low turnover of staff
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