Liberia - Arcelor Mittal contractors have declared force majeure and are moving people out of the country (company news)

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(Company News)

ArcelorMittal statement on operations in Liberia

Luxembourg, 8 August 2014 ? ArcelorMittal is currently mining and shipping 5 million tonnes of iron ore a year in Liberia from its operations in Yekepa and Buchanan (described as phase 1).

The company is also working on an expansion project (described as phase 2) that will see shipments rise to 15 million tonnes of iron ore with first production planned by the end of 2015.

Due to the evolving situation of the current Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, contractors working on the phase 2 expansion project have declared force majeure and are moving people out of the country. We are currently assessing the potential impact on the project schedule.
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http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/news-and-media/press-releases/2014/aug/08-08-2014

 

[Treyfish]

Re: Liberia - Arcelor Mittal contractors have declared force majeure and are moving people out of the country (company news)

...Luxembourg-based steel and mining company ArcelorMittal announced earlier in August that it has suspended the second phase of its iron-ore expansion project in Liberia meant to increase shipments from 4 million tonne-per-year to 15 million by the end of next year. The project cost was not disclosed.
?Due to the evolving situation of the current Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, contractors working on the phase two expansion project have declared force majeure and are moving people out of the country.We are currently assessing the potential impact on the project schedule,? the company said in a statement on August 8.
According to published reports, the project's 15 contractors are evacuating about 650 employees. ArcelorMittal has an estimated 500 direct employees in Liberia and an additional 2,100 foreign and local contractors; it invested $1 billion in operations there last year...:tiphat: http://enr.construction.com/busines...some-construction-projects-in-west-africa.asp
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[Emily]

Re: Liberia - Arcelor Mittal contractors have declared force majeure and are moving people out of the country (company news)

Patrick Sawyer was their employee.

http://www.frontpageafricaonline.com/index.php/politic/2669-ebola-struck-closed-to-home-e-mail-explains-patrick-sawyer-s-thought

Ebola Statement

?Ebola Struck Closed to Home?: E-Mail Explains Sawyer?s Thinking

Written by Rodney D. Sieh
Published: 15 August 2014

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Dear colleagues,

I am writing to inform you that today ArcelorMittal received information that the employee whose family member died on Tuesday, July 8th in Monrovia due to a confirmed case of the Ebola virus has died today, from a suspected case of Ebola. Results of the Ebola test are awaited.

The first thing I want to reassure everyone is that the employee, Patrick Sawyer, had very limited contact with his ArcelorMittal colleagues since his contact with the victim and therefore we do not believe anyone working at ArcelorMittal will be at risk. Patrick was last at the Buchanan site on 9th July when he informed us about the death of his sister.

We are speaking directly with those who met Patrick on this day to reassure them of this fact. Having informed us of this news, Patrick was submitted to the Ministry of Health for a medical observation and isolation and requested not to return to work until he had passed through the incubation period. He has not been at the Buchanan site or in any ArcelorMittal office since that time. Our thoughts and support are with his family at this very difficult time. ...