（外媒）安塞乐米塔尔计划2015年前提高自有矿山产能67%

  概述：由于成本不断升高，世界最大钢铁制造商安塞乐米塔尔计划在2015年之前把自有矿山产能提高67%，达到1亿吨/年的自给量。公司管理层表示，包括黎巴嫩，塞拉利昂，毛里塔尼亚等地都是公司寻找扩张机会的地方。该公司计划今天将投资6亿美元用于今年的扩产，但没有说明5年之内总投资量会是多少。目前安塞乐米塔尔的铁矿石自给率为50%，计划在2014年之前将这一比例提高至75%-85%。

  原文：ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, is seeking to expand iron ore production capacity by 67 percent by 2015, raising its self-sufficiency in raw materials as prices soar.

The Luxembourg-based company wants to raise capacity to 100 million metric tons from 60 million tons, Peter Kukielski, group member of the board management, said today at the Asia Mining Congress in Singapore. It’s looking at expansion plans in countries including Liberia, Senegal and Mauritania, he said.

ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel Corp. and Posco are seeking to purchase or expand mines to cut costs as Chinese demand crimps global supplies of iron ore. Vale SA, the biggest iron-ore producer, wants shorter sales contracts that could boost prices by 90 percent for the April quarter, Credit Suisse Group AG said yesterday.

“We’ve faced very volatile conditions in supplies and pricing of raw material especially iron ore and metallurgical coal,” Kukielski said. “It’s not necessarily a model that lends itself to the steel industry.”

Posco, Asia’s most profitable mill, will “aggressively” pursue investments in mines, Chief Executive Officer Chung Joon Yang said last month in Seoul. ArcelorMittal supplies about half of its iron ore needs and plans to raise the share to between 75 percent and 85 percent by 2014, Bill Scotting, head of strategy, said last December.

ArcelorMittal plans to spend $600 million on iron ore expansion this year, Kukielski said, declining to give a total figure for the next five years.

Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-biggest iron ore producer, is planning to expand production to 330 million tons a year by 2015, Sam Walsh, head of the business said yesterday.

Brazil’s Vale is operating close to its full capacity of 310 million tons a year, the company said Jan. 19.(Bloomberg)