Luxembourg, 6 March 2008 - ArcelorMittal today holds its second worldwide Health and Safety Day. Hundreds of plants and operations around the world participate in this internal effort to promote Health and Safety as the number one operational priority for every staff member. The aim of this day is to highlight the importance given by ArcelorMittal to Health and Safety, by involving all staff in discussing safety improvements, new targets and associated safety programs at Group as well as plant level.

This year’s H&S Day theme is "Together a step forward". It is based on three pillars:

- Fair play

- Leading by example

- Training and sharing

In China, the H&S day takes place respectively on March 5 and 6 in Beijing and Shanghai office, as well as in Changzhou, Rongcheng wire drawing, and other sites in the region.  In addition to the corporate video projection, a presentation on the Overview Safety Results 2007 & Action plan 2008 is given by Dirk Matthys, CEO of ArcelorMittal in China. SOS International will introduce basic H&S measures on topics such as stress management and travelers’ health. The members of the China H&S team are actively involved in training, and sharing information and guidelines.

Members of the Group Management Board (GMB) and the Management Committee will visit a number of sites around the world, to participate in awareness activities organised around these topics.

The ArcelorMittal GMB highlighted the excellent achievements obtained last year, which materialised in a significant reduction of Group-wide frequency rate* to 2.7 for the last quarter of 2007, in line with the Group objective. At the same time, the GMB recognised that the high number of fatalities recorded last year was unacceptable, as was the tragic accident occurred in January at the Abaiskaya mine in Kazakhstan, which cost the lives of 30 employees.

Lakshmi Mittal, CEO and President, said: "ArcelorMittal is fully committed to continue to create safer conditions everywhere. Leading by example means committing personally to H&S rules and regulations globally and in our specific workplaces. It means committing personally to daily efforts towards improving H&S performance. I expect our second Health and Safety Day to help a great deal in disseminating these ideas and principles at all levels of our organisation."

* Lost time injuries per million of hours worked

For additional information: Lynn Robbroeckx – Communications & HSE Coordination - 010-6530 9887