Mining Magazine September 2014 | Page 143

ARCELORMITTAL MINES CANADA
CANADA how things need to run . We want to take their suggestions and implement them . We ’ re going to do some retraining , reorganization of work and work methods so our productivity is best in class and everything is running consistently .”
Though the company can ’ t control certain things , such as ore grade , it still provides superior service in everything it can control .
“ We ’ re benchmarking ourselves in terms of equipment availability , utilization , productivity workforce and best practices ,” says Wood . “ We can ’ t change the ore body but we plan on being world class in everything we can control .”
The company works toward ambitious goals , including their zero-thirty-thirty goal . Wood explains that this goal , “ entails zero harm , 30 million tons a year and 30 dollars a ton . It ’ s an aspiration we work every day on . That ’ s what our operational excellence teams are
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