Investors on the shop floor!

Twice a year, we invite our analysts and investors to come and take a look at ArcelorMittal ‘from the inside’… And that’s what they did on April 2 and 3, during the first Investor Days of 2008.  But time is tight for our analysts who get little respite from their 12 hour shifts at the office…

So a whirlwind 48 hours begin: day 1 kicks off with presentations from our GMB members. At 8:30am, 100 plus guests take to their seats as Mr Mittal opens the session. Grilling questions pursue, but our GMB members are old hands when it comes to interrogation and take it all in their stride.

There’s time for a buffet lunch before the IR team and analysts jump on a coach to John F. Kennedy airport; final destination: Toronto!

It’s another early start on day 2 as we board a bus to ArcelorMittal Hamilton, Dofasco Facility at 7:30am. Riding past the Great Lakes, we get a moment to take in the calmness, and cleanliness, of Canada. Then the site’s team takes the lead and the crowd is wowed by the sheer size of the facility; from KOMB and #1 Caster to Hot Mill to DSG to Central Shipping. It’s clear that this is world class steel in the making. Back on the bus, I chat to Dana Guido, analyst at Lehman Brothers; “You guys organise the best trips!” she tells me. I’m exhausted!