www.scaw.co.za a member of the Ferrous Metals and Industries Division of Anglo American plc

SCAW METALSTTGROUP

DECEMBER 2009

ScawJunctionArbor Amour

For the love of Nature, Norman Mbazima added another tree to the Union Junction site, near the grand, old giant above, on Arbor Day 2009, 6 September.Arbor Day originated in 1872 in the United States territory of Nebraska. Mr J. Sterling Morton, a newcomer to the tree-less plains of Nebraska, persuaded the local agricultural board to set aside a day for planting trees and through his position as editor of Nebraska’s first newspaper, encouraged participation in the event by publishing articles on the value of trees for soil protection, fruit, shade and the building industry.

New Business Units

As Scaw Junction wasnabout to go to print, the news about Anglo American’s pend-ing sale of the Scaw

Metals Group was announced.“We stopped the press to

bring our employees this impor-tant news,” said Norman Mbazimabefore his departure from Scaw as the group’s CEO.

“We know that by the time that you, our colleagues and other readers, see this issue of

Scaw Junction, you would havealready heard the news. However,what you may not have realisedyet is that this development will bring new opportunities for those who are willing to embrace thechange and reach out to make a positive contribution to your newemployer.

“This sale has come about because Anglo is divesting fromits non-core businesses andis creating a new structure of Business Units around its coremining commodities.

“In addition to Scaw, Anglowill be selling its portfolio of zincassets, the Copebrás phosphatesand Catalão niobium businesses in Brazil, the metallurgical coalbusinesses in Canada and Venezuela, and Tarmac.

“Anglo has created seven new Business Units, each headed by a CEO reporting directly to Cynthia Carrol, Anglo’s CEO.

“I will be heading Anglo’sThermal Coal Business Unit andwill be based in South Africa, so, in the same way that you will havenew challenges, so will I. Perhapsthat’s what it is really all about, not just at work, but life in general. If we get too comfortable we don’tgrow, and if we stop growing ourminds become stagnant and wemiss out on life’s exciting chal-lenges and opportunities. So, let me encourage you to embrace the change and do your very best.”

Platinum: Neville Nicolau in South Africa Thermal Coal: Norman Mbazimain South AfricaMetallurgical Coal: SeamusFrench in AustraliaCopper: John MacKenzie in Chile Nickel: Walter De Simoni in Brazil Kumba Iron Ore: Chris Griffith inSouth Africa Iron Ore Brazil: Stephan Weberin Brazil

Anglo’s new Business Units and their CEOs are:

S M t l ’ CEO NScaw Metals’ CEO, NormanMbazima, will officiallyleave Scaw to take up his new role in Anglo’s Coaldivision on 31 December.

Some Scaw

products

The assets identified for divest-ment will be managed as aseparate Non-Core Assetportfolio until they are sold.Duncan Wanblad will head thisbusiness as group director. He willcontinue to be based in London and will report directly to Cynthia Carroll. Cynthia said, “PhilipBaum, the chief executive of the Ferrous Metals and Industries division, will be leaving the groupas a result of the changes.” She wished Philip well in his future endeavours and thanked him forhis valuable leadership andguidance in his tenure with thegroup.

STOP PRESSAnglo to sell Scaw Metals and other businesses

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2009 has arguably

been the most

challenging year

for the world

economy since

the last world recession

in the early 1930’s.

All of Scaw’s operations

around the world had to

deal with unprecedented

declines in demand for

their products.

The operations most

harshly affected were

Rolled and Cast

Products, and Wire and

Strand.

Whilst the Grinding

Media, Steel Wire Rope

and Chain operations

were not as badly af-

fected, they also had to

adapt to weak demand

because of reduced

levels of mining activity.

Scaw has proven its mettleDespite change, the show will still go onThe group’s operating environ-ment was made more difficult by profit margins coming under ex-treme pressure because of intense competition and the requirement by our customers to reduce costs as their own profitability was ad-versely affected by the economic downturn.

Scaw has weathered the stormDespite these adverse circum-stances in all steel and engi-neering markets, Scaw has “weathered the storm” fairly well, primarily because we turned adversity to advantage by work-ing smarter, spending wisely andsaving money.

I congratulate you all on your performance. I have been impressed by the way employees joined together to withstand the

economic onslaught that hit us. Well done and thank you.

There are signs that the worst is behind but we must not slacken our efforts to continually strive to improve our performance and to

prepare ourselves for the more prosperous times which will come as the economic cycle turns. We have proven our resilience and despite the pending sale of Scaw, the show must still go on.

On a personal note I have to tell you that I enjoyed being here and am sad to be leaving so soon. I leave you all with the wish that you may enjoy good fortune in the future.

Finally, I wish you and your families a happy and peaceful festive season in readiness for 2010.

BEING A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN MEANS EMBRACING

THE GUIDING VALUES

The Scaw Metals Group continues to uphold six val-

ues that guide how members behave and interact with

others:

SafetyCare & Respect

IntegrityAccountabilityCollaboration

Innovation

“I have enjoyed being hereand am sad to be leaving so soon ...”

SPEAK OUT! SCAW METALS NEEDS YOU TO REPORT CRIME. CONTACT TIP-OFFS ON:FreeCall: 0800 00 33 09 FreeFax: 0800 00 77 88 E-mail: scaw@tip-offs.com Website: www.tip-offs.com

STAFF AT MOLY-COP & ALTASTEEL CAN CALL:

FusionteamlaunchesblueprintThe Blueprint phase of the Fusion HR and Payroll project has been signed off by Scaw South Africa.

This brings the South African business one step closer to transferring to a common HR and Payroll system.

The aim of Project Fusion is to align and consolidate HR pro-cesses and systems.

The blueprint defines Scaw South Africa’s business require-ments in terms of the weekly and monthly payrolls, the structure of the organisation and employee data.

“The Project Fusion team, as-

sisted by Scaw’s HR and Payroll teams, was very busy during 2009 and is ending the year on a high. The HR and Payroll teams spent a lot of time in blueprint sessions with consultants, mapping out how the new SAP system should work, and it is rewarding to have a final and approved blueprint to take us to the next stage; the Implementation phase,” says Jane Erasmus, business project manager for Project Fusion.

Scaw will proceed with the Implementation phase of Project Fusion next year, once an imple-mentation partner has been appointed.

Scaw’s Chain Products has re-cruited 13 female trainee operators for its chain making production lines since 2004. In each case, the appointment followed assessments equal to their male colleagues.

So far eleven have qualified as fully-fledged chain operators. All the ladies live near the Chain factory in Vereeniging. One of the operators, Tsidi Mthimkhulu, has been found competent to produce higher grade chains and is currently producing 8 mm safety critical hoist chain. She says, “I am enjoying myself even though the task is challenging.” She has Matric and N6 Mechanical Engineering (Fitter) certificates.

Another operator, Memeng Ramaele, has gone on to complete her overhead crane training. She is the first woman in the factory to operate an overhead crane pendant. She says, “Sometimes people try to discourage me by saying that this is a man’s job, however, I find this encouraging because it gives me a sense that I am breaking new ground.” She added a comment similar to one that Tsidi made: “Before coming here I was unemployed and now I am able to put bread on the table for my family.” Memeng has Matric and N3 Electrical Engineering certificates.

My life

unchained

The ladies who operate machinery on Chain Products’ production lines. Tside Mthimkhulu (back row, wearing a blue overall) and Memeng Ramaele (back row, second right) have progressed to higher grade chains and overhead cranes, respectively.

AltaSteel

instructor

certified a

master

Duane Lang, the industrial trainer at Scaw’s AltaSteel operation in Canada, has completed all three levels of the Master Instructor program offered at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). He received certification recently. Duane worked long and hard to achieve this distinction, attending night lessons at NAIT for over a year. Duane’s level of skill in this field is of great value to AltaSteel. He conducts skills courses that touch every employee at AltaSteel and are critical to the successful performance of the business. Congratulations Duane!

PHOTOGRAPHDuane Lang, industrial instructor (left), receiving a Master Instructor certificate from Gerald Foley, Dir HR, SHE.

Norman MbazimaCEO, Scaw Metals Group

Better asset management with improved systemsSeptember 21, 2009 marked the “Go Live” date for AltaSteel’s Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

The new system and software enables any employee to enter work requests and emergency work orders for any of the 8 000-plus assets on site.

Ultimately the system will enable users to locate any safety or lockout procedure linked to those assets.

Over 83% of employees had

been trained on the system at this Scaw-owned operation in Canada prior to it “Going Live” and on-going coaching and mentoring continues at the plant to ensure a smooth transition to the new way of doing business.

“By the end of our first week, employees had entered over 500 work requests,” said David Sonnenberg, CMMS Implementation project lead.

This project is one of the remaining phases of a Proactive

Maintenance Initiative (PMI) introduced in 2007 to establish business practices to achieve and sustain reliability excellence.

As part of this project, CMMS is designed to optimise the efficiency of the asset manage-ment business practices and work flows that had been developed by various cross functional groups on the site.

The implementation and transition to the new CMMS from AltaSteel’s many different legacy

maintenance systems began in October 2008. This change was led by a core team of twelve individuals comprising a diverse mix of unionised and salaried individuals, supported by people from all areas of the operation.

“After a lot of hard work by many employees throughout our organisation it has been very gratifying that the launch of our new CMMS has been so success-ful,” said Chris Jager, Altasteel president.

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Despite experiencing tough times, employees at Scaw’s Eclipse West plant in Benoni, South Africa, remain inspired to do good. The team in Tony Moodley’s department (Production Moulding) live the value of Care & Respect.

Susan Schroeder, HR manager at Eclipse West,

shared this story.

“Tony Moodley’s team has been on short time (three days) since the beginning of the year. As you can imagine, the guys are tak-ing strain financially and one would expect morale to be really low. On the contrary, Tony has managed to keep his guys positive and motivated, and the photograph shows this (wide smiles all round!).

“This photograph was taken on the day that one of Tony’s employees (Mr Nkosi) retired. Despite being financially-strapped, each employee contributed R100 to buy him a farewell gift. It shows that even in trying times spirits can be kept high, and the will to give and care maintained.

“Sadly, a week after the photograph was taken, Mr Nkosi passed away. Ten of the employees pictured travelled to the funeral in KwaZulu-Natal at their own expense to represent their department and show respect for Mr Nkosi and his family.”

Eclipse-inspired

care & respect

Mr Nkosi (centre) retired from Eclipse West a happy man; knowing that he was well-thought of by his peers.

Alean, mean, outper-forming machine is what Scaw South Africa’s Cast Products division will grow into

with the adoption of Project LEAN, a people-focused business model for continuous improvement from production to product.

By engaging the entire work-force, Project LEAN is able to identify areas for improvement and apply best practices to optimise plant and equipment performance on an ongoing basis.

The aim is to continuously provide enhanced products and

services more cost-effectively and faster.

Project LEAN is intent on doing more and more with less and less; while coming closer and closer to providing customers with exactly what they want.

THREE PILLARS OFIMPLEMENTATION“Cast Products has established three pillars of implementation: People, Plant & Equipment, and Sales & Marketing. The People Pillar is vital to the continuity of Project LEAN,” says Martin Volkwyn, operational and techni-cal manager, Cast Products, Scaw South Africa.

He adds, “The People Pillar will be rolled out in two phases; through the Team Leader

A dedicated team will be put together to roll out Project LEAN’s Sustainable Continuous Business Improvement plan. This team will consist of a continuous business improvement (CBI) manager for Cast Products, and a CBI facilitator in each foundry.

Martin Volkwyn, operational and technical manager, Cast Products, Scaw South Africa, outlines Project Lean.

Learnership and the Sustainable ContinuousBusinessImprovementPlan, known as the 20 Keys be-cause the plan incorporates 20 keys of learn-ing.”

“In addition to developing the leadership qualities of first-line super-visors, a Talent Managementstrategy will be implemented to support the development of foundry management skills.

“For the Plant & Equipment Pillar, an expert foundry equipment consultancy has been engaged to assist in the development of a mas-ter plan for the modernisation and rationalisation of Cast Products’ six foundry operations. The team for the Sales & Marketing Pillar is working closely with Scaw’s Value Based Management team to develop a long-term sales strategy to identify attractive market opportunities for Scaw’s foundry business.”

Benefits for the whole Benefits to the learners

confidence.

their work.

qualification.

qualification.

assessment.

life-long learning.

Benefits to the organisation

all levels.

(improvement of quality, cost and delivery performance).

LEAN holds with this philosophy: “Compete against perfection by identifying all activities that are muda (waste) and eliminat-ing them… this approach has kept Toyota in the lead for more than 40 years... However, you must master the key techniques (20 Keys) for eliminating muda.”

Cast Products going faster, better, leaner, meaner

CMMS Implementation team mem-ber Glenn Farrell (left) shows Dallas McKelvie (centre) and Dave Winter how to use the new CMMS.“The implementation of CMMS is a very important step in our journey to becoming a high-performing organi-sation and I thank everyone for their efforts,” says Chris Jager, AltaSteel president.

LEAN proposes: “First-line supervisors are the most important single force in an economy . . . they hold the power to turn on or turn off the productivity of most organisations. These are the men and women who maintain the crucial interface between the management hierarchy and the vast body of employees who put their hands on, or apply their minds to, the real work of the enterprise.”

First line supervisors will attend an 18-month NQF3 (National Certificate in Management) learnership programme, consisting of eight modules, to enhance their managerial skills and align them to the roll out of the 20 Keys.

4.

SA AMBASSADOR VISITS PROACEROn September 9, Proacer Chile was visited by the South African

Ambassador to Chile, Dudzile Moerane-Khoza, and SA’s First

Political Secretary, Ofhani Sengani (seen in the photographs on

right). Proacer is 50% owned by Scaw Metals.

Recently assigned to Chile, Moerane-Khoza indicated her

interest in visiting Chilean companies with South African invest-

ment and promoting ongoing interaction with them.

SHO

RTInternational

relations welcomed

Super-smart riggers’ outlet fuels sales

Since Johannesburg branch repositioned, revamped and relaunched its non-contract sales service

under the banner of Riggers Retail Outlet four months ago, sales of Scawproductsover the counterhave in-creased.

Having moved from the branch’s office block to a street level “shop” that bears signage that advertises the brands offered, the ultra-organised Riggers Retail Outlet captures passing trade more effectively than before.

Internal sales representa-tive David Mathabathe, who has

Members of Johannesburg branch gathered outside the new outlet on Cleveland road on 7 August, the day of its official launch to customers.Left, centre: The Scaw range of products may be purchased over the counter from this outlet.

“How may I help you?” says David Mathabathe who manages Johannesburg branch’s Riggers Retail Outlet. He sits in front of an array of neatly-arranged stock. David has worked for the group for 35 years and manned this service for 19.

SA’s best in baler twine an Agrinet finalist

Of all the suppliers of agri-cultural products in South Africa, Scaw Fibre Products in Durban was chosen as one of 13 finalists in the 2009 Agrinet Supplier of the Year Awards. The honours were announced earlier this year at Agrinet’s Supply Chain Conference.

Manager of Fibre Products, Alan Crawford, explains that the relationship between Fibre Products and Agrinet dates back 35 years. “The partner-ship combines Fibre Products as the market leader in agricul-tural baler twine and Agrinet as a world-class distributor in a formidable relationship that competitors have difficulty matching. This is an important advantage in these times of economic hardship.”

Brand Theunissen, MD of Agrinet, said the awards are made to those suppliers who have gone the extra mile in adding value to the agricultural supply chain, which includes achieving on-time deliveries.

“After visiting our facilities, the Ambassador congratulated the staff members and management of our company for the evident concern for, and care of, our employees and the environment, and urged us to continue the good work. She also expressed her appreciation of the warm reception she received,” says José Díaz, general manager.

ABOVE: PROACER EMPLOYEES WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM SOUTH AFRICA’S GOVERNMENT1. From left, front row: Jorge López, Ofhani Sengani, Dudzile Moerane-Khoza, José Díaz and Leon Hennen. Back row: Sabina Astargo, Alberto Muñoz, Richard Morales and Peter Oats.2. An interview with union leader Roberto Arraño (left).

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Alan Crawford (left) receives the 2009 Agrinet Supplier of the Year finalist award for Scaw Fibre Products. Alan heads the operation. With him is Brand Theunissen, MD of Agrinet.

Tim Schiel (right) heads up LeoScrap.

Since Scaw South Africa acquired scrap metal merchant, Leoscrap, earlier this year, the new acquisition has purchased approximately 34 000 tonnes of ferrous scrap to feed the furnaces of the group.

Leoscrap has continued to maintain the intensive focus on service delivery, coupled with good pricing policies, entrenched by the founding Krog family.

Leoscrap general manager, Tim Schiel, says, “The Krogs established the company in 1977 and enjoyed a long and solid supplier-customer relationship with Scaw. In addition to ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals are also collected and processed by Leoscrap. Roughly 30% of the ferrous scrap that is gener-ated each month comes from informal traders.”

He adds, “Scaw SA officially took over Leoscrap on 19 March 2009 with a current staff complement of 53 employees. The business is well-positioned in Refinery Road, Germiston, near Union Junction and central to the hub of the

industry. Leoscrap has a fleet of nine trucks ranging from 2-tonne through to 30-tonne capacity. To assist with the loading and off-loading of vehicles, five excavators are operated. A Baling Press and a Mosley Shear are used to process material.”

How is the newest acquisition contributing?

manned this service for 19 years, says, “This system is so much better for both the customer and me. It has made it easier for the customer to buy our over-the-counter products and easier for me to sell them.”

All of the stock has been arranged neatly and systematically so that cus-tomers are able to gauge the extent of the range quickly. The housekeep-ing is neat, administration of sales is efficient and service is swift.

David advises, “All Scaw products are available from this outlet. Everyday stock is available immediately but specials take a little longer to supply and should be phoned in beforehand.”

Scaw plans to establish a Riggers Retail Outlet at every branch in Scaw South Africa’s Distribution network. There are 13 South African branches.

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HIV/A// IDS It’s NOT going to happen to us!

Happy Holidays!We wish all of our readers a happy and peaceful festive period. For those travelling to holiday destinations, remember your life-protecting Golden Rules, and come home safe and refreshed.Many thanks to those of you who have contributed to this publication throughout the year. We look forward to receiving all of your news in 2010. Scaw Junction editorial team

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2009 LTI ACHIEVERS

Metallurgical Control divi-

sion at Union Junction has

achieved five years (one

million man-hours) without a

lost time injury (LTI).

Eclipse West and Boksburg

foundries in South Africa

have achieved one year

without a LT

Photograph 2: From leftFront row: Maxwell Ndoreka, Ropery SHERQ representative; LovemoreCharimi, SHERQ chairman; John Chapfuwa, Technical dept SHERQ rep; George Mubango, Ropery SHERQ rep; Alois Nyambiri, Stores and Rod yard SHERQ rep; and Valley Chinyan’nya, Engineering SHERQ rep.Back Row: Carter Njovana, group human resources manager; Misheck Sibambo, SHE manager; Godfrey Samkange, manufacturing director; Tandiwe Zinyuke, finance and administration manager; Innocent Keta, plant manager; Bigboy Pondo, buyer/controller, Stores; andNyaya Chokufa, SHERQ rep for Production Planning.

New collaboration opportunities Scaw’s operations in Canada, AltaSteel in Alberta and Moly-Cop in British Columbia, recently hosted two sales managers from the United States branch of the former Ozz Foundries, now part of the Scaw Metals Group. Tom Miller and Jeff High are very familiar with the US mining industry, however, their knowledge of the Canadian mining sector was limited. Tom and Jeff were able to take advantage of the strong relationships enjoyed by both Moly-Cop and AltaSteel (Moly-Cop through its sales of grinding media and AltaSteel through its sales of grinding rod) when they visited various mines in the country. This lays the foundation for new foundry sales opportunities for the Scaw Metals Group.

PHOTOGRAPH. From left: Al Shipton, vice president, Marketing and Sales, and Adam Brown, sales manager (both from AltaSteel) with Tom Miller and Jeff High from Scaw Foundries in the USA.

*SHERQ = safety, health, environment, risk, quality

Jurgen Theiss, head

of safety, health and

environment, Scaw

Metals Group, made

a presentation at the

South African awards

ceremony.

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2.

HIV/AIDS voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) were taken to Scaw’s Zimbabwe operation in September. Adri von Benecke and Susan Coetzee from Scaw SA’s Wire Rod Products division visited employ-

ees and spoke to them about the dangers of HIV/AIDS, focusing on the

importance of protecting themselves and encouraging them to be tested as a way of containing the disease. Those who attended VCT were given SHE T-shirts (seen right). Adri is SHE manager at Wire Rod Products and Susan is unit manager for the Life Clinic Centre at that operation.

“I am an HIV/AIDS

peer educator”

Zero injuries; harm

UNION JUNCTION MANAGEMENT COMBATTING HIV/AIDS WITH REALITYOn 5 October, the Union Junction management team attended a Reality HIV/AIDS training session.

Johan Burger, operations manager, says, “In order for us to make a difference as senior management we need to set the example and that is why I

requested my entire senior management team to attend the training together even though it would be the second time that many of them would do

so. The education that has been offered to all employees regarding HIV/AIDS is invaluable and will eventually be the driving force behind

preventing new infections.”

Congratulations to the many divisions that worked the entire period of 2008 without experiencing any lost time injuries and, as a result, were presented withZero Harm certificates at awards ceremonies held inSeptember 2009.

Presentation functions were heldgroup-wide and South Africa’s was hosted at Scawlands, Scaw’s recreation centre, where CEO Norman Mbazima handedthe certificates to divisionalrepresentatives.

Above left: Scaw CEO Norman Mbazima (third right) with representatives from the Wire Rod Products team. From left: Mike Borello, manager, Steel Wire Rope; Adri von Benecke, SHE manager; Amanda Jordaan, SHE officer;Richard Lydall, divisional manager, Distribution; Arlene Johnson, business process manager, Distribution; and Hans van der Poll, SHE consultant.

African winnersUnion Junction

& Hard face plate

ZIMBABWE AWARDSManufacturing director of Scaw Zimbabwe, Godfrey Samkang,presented a Zero Harm Certificate of Achievement to his team. Heis seen in photograph 1 (orange jacket), handing the certificate to Lovemore Charimi, SHERQ* committee chairman. Godfrey said,“Celebrating zero injuries is the biggest achievement. There is no bigger reward than having an entire year that is injury-free.”

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Production & efficiency improvements

South Africa, Chile, Canada

Proaction

Altered

steel

Proacer, Scaw’s 50%-owned grinding media business in Chile,successfully commissioned itsnew, mammoth dust extractorin August 2009, following eight months of construction.

“This US$310.000 invest-ment will improve environmentalperformance of the accumulatorconveyor and ball cooling sys-tem”, said Pedro Teixido, project manager.

He adds, “This new filter complies with local regulations in terms of reducing emissions and will prevent plant stoppagesduring air quality emergency incidents in Santiago.”

The team that brought Proacer’s dust extractor to life. On the left: Luis Hernandez`s contractor workers. Middle: Darinka Diaz, environmental chief, and Proacer’s Electrical & Mechanical team. On the right: Pedro Teixido, project manager.

Above: At Union Junction. Left: The new Ajax upset forge. Right: The shredder.

Tough economic timeshave not only resulted in the tightening of expenditure but havealso forced managers to

start investigating initiatives thatwill result in more efficient produc-tion. While the Cast Products divi-sion in South Africa is busy rollingout a strategic plan that has astrong focus on people, plant andequipment efficiency, the Scrap Processing division is reaping the rewards of 18 months of hard work focused on plantefficiency. Changes to the millhammer configuration and thebottom discharge grid positioning of the shredder mill have resulted in a 7% reduction in the kW hoursper tonne, an increase of 25% in tonnes/hour and plant utilisationbeing above 90%.

Majid Zamani, Scaw AltaSteel’ssupervisor, Furnaces andRefractory (above), has achieved spectacular results from a fiveyear project that has improved the refractory life of the operation’s electric arc furnace. Refractory lifehas increased over 400%; fromless than 400 heats in 2004 to a record 1 644 heats in 2009. This has brought about fewer refrac-tory changes, which is having apositive impact on every aspect ofthe operation – improved produc-tivity, safety and health, reduced waste and lower costs.

Looking to the future, Majid says that based on furnacecondition after 1 644 heats, hisSteelmaking team intends to prove that it can increase refracto-ry life far beyond the new record.

Hategekimana’shard work and good results prompted Scaw to give him a computer. Nigel Roach, I.T manager, Eclipse East Foundry(right),presented itto him.

ECLIPSE SUPPORTS HIS

STUDIES

Charito explains, “When we re-cently gave Christian a computerto help him with his studies, hewas so overwhelmed that whenhe came back to my office he had tears of joy in his eyes.

“That he is alive and com-pleting a National Diploma in Electrical Engineering is testa-ment to his determination to survive.

“Christian, an orphan refugee

from Rwanda, was 11 when the genocide started in that country in April 1994.

“Rebel soldiers occupied hishome, murdered his father anda brother, and shot Christian inthe legs because his parents

protested against the soldiers seizing their property. His mother escaped with Christian and hissiblings across the border to arefugee camp in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but his mom and sister died of

cholera there one year later. When his brothers returned toRwanda to reclaim their property, they “disappeared”.

Christian is the sole survivingmember of his family.”

A LONG ROAD TO SAFETY

Christian has travelled a long way since the events of his childhood. Having gradually made his wayout of Central Africa, he is, today, a legal immigrant in South Africa,entitled to live, study and work inthe country.

In 2007 he was granted studyassistance by Eclipse, which has enabled him to attend the University of Johannesburg. He is in his third year of study.

Charito adds, “Christian is a dedicated student. He studied his N3 Engineering diploma with a bursary from IST and obtained very good marks, so Eclipse has been happy to sponsor his studiessince. The donation of the com-puter will help him to complete the assignments required for his diploma.”

Computerdonatedto worthystudent

This is a story that really touched

my heart,” said Charito Long,

human resources manager at

Scaw’s Eclipse East Foundry in

South Africa.

“We often take things for

granted but we do not really

know what lies behind every

smile. Christian Hategekimana,

an engineering student who com-

pletes his practical assignments

at Eclipse between semesters,

has the biggest smile I have ever

seen, despite the unspeakable

suffering of his youth. He is a

very humble person, always so

grateful for every little blessing.”

Scaw South Africa.

Managerial appointments in Scaw

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NEW EMPLOYEESVictor de Kleijn – VBM reporting manager, Scaw Corporate Office.Moses Mothibi – product application support engineer, GrindingMedia, Union Junction.Sherwin Davids – product application support engineer, GrindingMedia, Union Junction.Lionel Daniels – plant engineer, Grinding Media, Union Junction.Robert Rostoll – IM finance owner, Union Junction.Kobus Loubser – HR manager for Union Junction & Scaw Foundries.

NEW POSITIONS FOR EXISTING EMPLOYEESPam Collinson – group occupational hygienist, Scaw Metals Group.

Ockert de Bruyn – plant manager, Eclipse West Foundry and Boksburg Foundry.Hendry van der Walt – production manager, Eclipse WestFoundry.Pat Riley – production manager, Boksburg Foundry.Cindy Greyling – commodity manager, Union Junction (UJ).Dennis Marx – plant manager, Ball Forge, UJ.Danja Steyn – project manager, Development & Drawing office, UJ.Sibuzo Mnkantjo – production manager, High Chrome Ballplant, UJ.

Mike Borello – manager, Steel Wire Rope (below right)g , p ( g )In his new role, Mike will take charge of one of Scaw Metals Group’s biggest and most technically-demanding factories. Leading a business of some 1 100 employees, Mike will ensure that the full business cycle is running smoothly. This encom-passes partnering with customers to determine optimal technicalsolutions for them, factory planning, optimis-ing production methods, ensuring the quality ofthe high-tech safety critical products manufac-tured, and meeting delivery and other customer expectations.

What makes them so special?

Marsha qualified fromKwaZulu-Natal University with anLLB (law) degree in 2001. Shejoined Scaw as procurement su-perintendent in 2007, after having worked for other companies. Shesays she enjoys working for Scaw because “it is large enough to learn, grow and develop but at thesame time small enough so that,as an employee, you’re not just a clock card number.”

Law-degreed Marsha Govender is being primed to take over from Campbell McKie Thomson as company secretary when he retires in 2012. This is a huge task for anyone, but this “little” woman, this gentle woman, has embraced this group-wide responsibility with the full force of her generous personality. She is the first woman and first black person to hold this post in Scaw and the many com-panies it has acquired over the past decade.

She says, “I think in my current role the mostimportant function is tomitigate risk within the organisation. This is

quite challenging and at the same time most enjoyable in that there are so many different facets to this. I appreciate the fact that I get to use my tertiary qualifications and am able to learn continuously by interacting with different people inside and outside Scaw, anddealing with a variety of issues.

“The depth of knowledge and insight that Campbell has, based on his experiences within Haggieand Scaw, is remarkable and I am most grateful for having a teacherand mentor like him.

“I think being part of the Company Secretarial team is bril-liant! Each member of the teamcontributes a different skill and as a team we leverage off this to ensure that we meet our deliver-ables.”

Steve van Wyk was so excited about a new opportunity at Scaw South Africa that he returned from

AltaSteel in Canada (where he worked for 2,5 years) to Johannesburg at the beginning of this year to join the team in the new Corporate Office as asset optimisation manager.

As his title implies, he looks for ways to optimise the assets in-herent in the group. This is some-thing he is good at, having donea lot of that for Union Junction for 19 years.

Of his experience as vice president of operations at AltaSteel in Edmonton, Canada, he says, “I have experienced-40°C and I have the T-shirt to prove it!” And adds, “I had a great time working with Chris Jager

(who heads the operation) andhis team, implementing a world-class maintenance system known as PMI. Their warmth offset the below-freezing winters.”

He continues, “I am reallyexcited about the future of Scaw. We have weathered the economicdownturn relatively well. We have been given a wonderful opportuni-ty to re-establish some importantfunctions and implement somenew initiatives necessary for oursuccess. What inspires me mostis the enthusiasm and determina-tion to succeed that I witness as I travel throughout the group.”

Steve’s first job at Scaw, In1993, was rolled products metal-lurgist. From there he took on increasingly more responsible positions in operations until hebecame manager, Mills division, in 2004. “We developed newproducts, new technology andnew processes, always strivingto improve the way we do things, particularly in the manufacture ofwire rod.”

Marsha Govender, assistant company secretary, is based at the Corporate Office. She joined Scaw from the One Anglo Supply Chain. Marsha is from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where her family still lives: “So I’m down in Durban as often as possible. I miss the family interaction as we are rather close, and I often get terribly homesick,” she says.

Optimistic by nature and by title, Steve van Wyk, Scaw’s asset optimisation manager, loves a challenge. Steve joined Scaw in 1990 as a bursary student study-ing Metallurgy at Wits University. He spent much of his holidays working at Scaw, mostly in MCD but also in the operations.He is married to Samantha and they have one child, Ryan, who is eight.

Scaw welcomes Richard Lydall back to South Africa. He left SA to work at Haggie Reid in Australia in January 1997. He returned to his home country in August this year and has joined Mike Borello’s team as divisional manager, Distribution, Scaw South Africa.

New to the group, Malekgetho (“Mali”) Hlatshwayowill support Campbell Mckie Thomson and MarshaGovender at Scaw’s Corporate Office. Mali joined Scaw South Africa as company secretarial admin-

istrator on 1 September 2009. She says, “Currently I am in the process of completing the final board exam for my Company Secretarial Certificate. I am studying through the University of South Africa and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. My future aspiration is to complete my CISqualification and study further to obtain my CA qualification.” She joins Scawfrom Alexander Forbes, where she held a similar position.

Assistance for company secretarial function

Welcome homeRichard

e vibrancy and flavour of Chile was captured Proacer as it celebrated Chile’s National

ay in September with employees and eir families. Hosted on Proacer’s soccer

grounds, La Cueca (the traditional Chilean dance) – seen right – sack races and other games, and a feast of traditional delights drew the Proacer people into a bond of “brotherhood”. Sabina Astargo, chief of human resources, said, “The festive

was possible because of the good relation-company and the workers, which has been

especially promoted by management’s commitment to include the family as a fundamental pillar to the development of our people.”

Proacer hosts cultural events on national day

Left: Juana Armijo and Jacqueline Palma serve typical Chilean food.

8.

Willie Jordaan (left) and his co-pilot, Five Delport, in front of the Piper Archer 180 ZS-SDR in which they swooped up tributes at this year’s President’s Trophy Air Race that saw 113 aircraft dart through South African skies.

Willie Jordaan, senior engineer atUnion Junction,and his co-pilot,Five Delport,

flew the full 1 188.7 km in South Africa’s 2009 President’s TrophyAir Race to finish eighth and win two trophies. This was afterthe engine of their Piper Archer stopped and then restarted just 8 m from the ground.

WORLD’S BIGGEST AIR RACEThe President’s Trophy Air Racehas been held annually since 1937 and is classified as the big-gest air race in the world. It takesplace over two days. In its 72years, the race has never had a fatal accident.

The race this year was be-tween Bloemfontein, the EasternCape and the Northern Cape. It attracted a record entry of 113aircraft, ranging from a two-seater Jabiru SP, to an ex-military Harvard T6. It is a map navigation race where no GPS equipment isallowed.

Willie says, “On the second day, between Bloemfontein and Hoopstad, the plane’s engine stopped following a fuel tankchange at a height of 60 m above ground. The plane had to be flownoff the route for an emergencylanding. Fortunately, the engine fired up again at 8 m above the ground, but had to be flown

across the route for 2 km beforeenough height was gained to cross power lines and get back onroute again.”

This detour put a dent in theirtime and cost them third place. “During the excursion, threeplanes passed us. Then, just fourkilometers before the end, a T6 Harvard and a RV7 racer also overtook us,” adds Willie.

SIX SECONDS BEHIND SECOND PLANEHowever, they had come third on the first day, a mere six secondsbehind the second plane – and this after a turbulent 1 500 m nosedive over 5 km that challenged allof the pilots. Willie lost his head-

phones twice during this dive, but one pilot cracked a vertebra andanother team had to make an emergency landing with a broken propeller.

Willie and Five did well to finish the race in eighth and win the Placo Trophy for the firstPiper home. They also won the trophy for the best club perfor-mance. They flew for the Witbank Aeronautical Association

The first ten aircraft homewere less than four minutes apart.Fifty-two planes finished withinthe first ten minutes.

Pilot’s brush with death ends in triumph

My superhero, my AltaSteel!

Inspired by the “S” on their sports shirts, reminiscent of a certain comic book superhero, the AltaSteelers did a “S”uper job in Edmonton’s super-hero-themed Corporate Challenge Games by coming first in the obstacle

old medals and placing sixth overall in their division.

Held during the Canadian summer,the games bring together business-

es in the Edmonton area and over10 000 participants on an annual

basis. This is a fun-filled, 16-day eventhat includes a variety of friendly sport-ng competitions including dragon boat

ng, basketball, swimming, darts, powerpull (tug-o’-war) and many others.

Eighty-one employees and retirees from AltaSteelparticipated in the event this year, which ended

with a barbeque.

AltaSteel’s super-spirited team that competed in the obstaclecourse came first. From left: Michele Johnson, Amanda Toth,

Mike Hill and Syed Shah.

PHOTO: THE TRIO AltaSteel’s swim

team raced tovictory, win-

ning three gold medals. From left: Jonathon

Schofield,Amanda Toth and A

THE GROUP PHOTO & ABOVE: The dragon boat racing team had to paddle to the beat of a drum, that was on a traditional Dragon

Boat, to the finish. This sport originates from ancient Chinese custom. The long, canoe-type

boat is fashioned into dragon.

The women at Scaw South Africa’s Chain Products lent their hands to raise funds for Hospice Vaal Triangle on15 August. This was in commemoration ofWomen’s Day.

Not only did Scaw donate funds to the hospice, but a group of ladies attended a fundraising event that was organised by, and hosted at, CreativeTalents in Vereeniging. Donations support the good work done by thehospice – caring for people with advanced incurable diseases, supporting their families and providing education and training to caregivers because, as they say,“a dignified death is the right of every human being.”

Chain Products’ Mannini Khambule says, ”We spent the morning of15 August being taught by Creative Talents how to make table cloth weights thatcould later be sold to raise more funds for the hospice. At the end of the morning,we were surprised to be given gifts of hair, beauty and fashion products.”

In support of deathwith dignity

Soccer stars come out to play

The “fundraisers” from Chain Products, South Africa.Mannini Khambule, marketing and management assistant (in the blue blouse with the white flowers), was nominated as hostess for the day by her colleagues.

These photographs show the camaraderie enjoyed by employees from the Grinding Media division inSouth Africa when they got together on 30 October to enjoy some friend-ly soccer matches at Scawlands, the Union Junction operation’s employee recreation centre. On the same day, Scaw UnitedFootball Club won the East Rand Industrial Knock-Out Cup (Germiston, South Africa) when itoutperformed Ussers Football Club3–2. Well done to the team on itsexcellent performance. Unfortunately, photographs of theScaw FC were not available.