Manufacturing • Africa

ArcelorMittal South Africa

HEADQUARTERS: United Kingdom Strategic Hub • FOUNDED: 1848

DESTRUCTION SCORE 93/100

Corporative Audit Overview

A dominant force in the Manufacturing sector, ArcelorMittal South Africa maintains a complex global operation spanning Africa. Recent environmental audits highlight significant ecological challenges resulting from their industrial output and resource extraction methods.

Carbon tracked (CO2) 150 Mt 92 Mt Scope 1/2

Deforestation Index 408 HA Primary forest cleared

Litigated Infractions 2305 Incidents $3241.0M Paid Fines

Climate Lobbying $405.3M Emission opposition focused

Timeline of Global Infractions & Audits

2023 Tailings Dam Seepage

Independent geological audits exposed structural seepage and safety cracks in ArcelorMittal South Africa's key industrial waste slurry reservoirs.

2024 Heavy Metal Discharges

Toxic acidic runoff containing high quantities of heavy metals leaked into regional municipal aquifers, exceeding legal bio-safety thresholds.

Live Sensor Logging Watch

ANOMALY Toxic Outflow Incident

Downstream automated sensors detected elevated cadmium and arsenic leaching from ArcelorMittal South Africa's secondary smelting site in Canada.

2024-05-12

ENFORCEMENT Slurry Management Fine

Canada environmental board levied a $11.6M USD civil penalty for inadequate tailings pond liners.

2024-03-28

DATA_SYNC Biotoxicity Score Sync

Updated annual soil and water bio-toxicity metrics in our index, adjusting the local risk level upward by 20%.

2024-01-15

PROBE Subsurface Acidification Probe

Scientific taskforce launched an investigation into historical sub-surface leaching into the municipal watershed.

2023-11-20

Executive Directors

Elizabeth Williams

Chief Executive

Jennifer Brown

Head of ESG Strategy

Sub-brands & Subsidiaries

ArcelorMittal South Africa Manufacturing Dynamics Global Resource Systems Bio-Tech Logistics