This presentation by Joseph Mathews, from ArcelorMittal, was given at a session titled "Mining in the Global Landscape: A case study from Liberia" at the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case on June 10, 2015. For more, please visit http://www.landscapes.org/london/

1. Mining in the global landscape:
a case study from Liberia
June 2015Joseph Mathews, General Manager External Relations, ArcelorMittal Mining

2. South Africa
Iron Ore
* Includes share of production
Presence in 60 countries and an industrial footprint in 19 countries
Mining assets in
11 countries
USA Iron Ore
Minorca 100%
Hibbing 62.31%*
Mexico Iron Ore
Las Truchas &
Volcan 100%;
Pena 50%*
Liberia
Iron Ore 85%
Algeria
Iron Ore
49%
Brazil
Iron Ore
100%
New projects /
exploration
Existing mines
Canada
AMMC 85%
Bosnia
Iron Ore
51%
USA Coal
100%
South Africa
Manganese
50%
Ukraine
Iron Ore
95.13%
Kazakhstan
Coal
8 mines 100%
Kazakhstan
Iron Ore
4 mines 100%
Iron ore mine
Non ferrous mine
Coal mine Coal of Africa
7.9%
Canada
Baffinland 50%
1
Geographically diversified mining assets
Corporate responsibility focus demands respect to the health, safety and the
wellbeing of our employees, contractors, suppliers and communities
Indian Iron
Ore & Coal
exploration
license
The world’s leading steel and mining company

3. ArcelorMittal Liberia
2Mining and exporting around 5 million tonnes of direct shipping ore per year

4. North Liberia landscape
3An ancient landform with a mosaic of bush and secondary forest

5. The biophysical landscape
4Startling biodiversity, but nothing much bigger than chimpanzees

6. Landscape management in practice
Why is a mining company involved?
5One day the minerals will be history, and all this will be forest again

7. What we actually do - enabling people
to adapt their landscape
6Our Biodiversity Conservation Programme in Liberia uses a landscape approach
Using science and alternative livelihoods to achieve sustainable biodiversity and
conserve natural resources

8. Development of the socio-economic
and cultural landscapes
7
Very low development indicators; we are helping to develop a subsistence-based economy
A rich, but little known and understood culture, well worth helping to preserve

9. Stabilisation of the agricultural landscape
8
Infertile soils are suited to shifting cultivation; truly sustainable alternatives are
elusive, but trials are yielding some promising results
Multiple land tenure systems exist, and land allocation planning is extremely weak
Changing from cultivation to stabilised sustainable agricultural practices is hard

10. Ebola in the landscape
Role and contribution of the EPSMG
9The EPSMG - the only private sector group on Ebola in the world
ArcelorMittal was a founder of the Ebola Private Sector
Mobilisation Group.
• EPSMG – in country: partner with local NGOs to deliver
airport-screening isolation units, treatments centres
• Food: supplied to isolated patients, armed forces and
healthcare workers
• Logistic and support donated: Fuel & petrol,
accommodation, office space
• Education & Awareness: 50, 000 employees with a
potential of > 350,000 dependents, 200 front line health
workers
• Communication: 23,150 mobiles phones; 10 000 smart
phones for data
• Re-building public health systems: supporting doctors
& nurses, 4 vaccine trials, mass media education
campaigns

11. Conclusions
10
A big industry like mining is inevitably part of the wider landscape. Understanding that
landscape and helping to manage it responsibly are big but essential commitments.
ArcelorMittal present in Liberia for nearly ten years
• Understanding the landscape in which you operate takes a long time and requires
a dedicated team of in-region staff – rather than simply commissioning consultants
to carry out studies for the company.
• It is necessary to take a long-term view. Twenty years is the minimum timeframe.
• We are still learning what it means to be a positive corporate force in the
landscapes in which we work. This learning must continue throughout our tenure.
• Modern extractive industries need to work based on consensus and avoid conflict.
• Managing expectations is hard, but essential; we cannot be the only development
agency responsible for entire regions.
• But with partners, we can transform entire landscapes, helping to sustain natural
resources and ensure long-term wealth in all senses: natural, cultural, social and
economic.

12. The landscape challenge
11Our generation has the potential to ruin the landscape, or to safeguard it for the future