EX-95 6 a12-19046_1ex95.htm EX-95

EXHIBIT 95

 

Mine Safety Disclosures

 

This exhibit contains information concerning mine safety matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act about certain citations, orders and notices issued under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) by the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for our operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012.

 

THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

 

 

 

MSHA
Identification

 

Section
104(a)
S&S
Citations

 

Section
104(b)
Orders

 

Section
104(d)
Citations
and
Orders

 

Section
110(b)(2)
Citations
and Orders

 

Section
107(a)
Orders

 

Total
Dollar
Value of
MSHA
Assessments
Proposed

 

Legal
Actions
Initiated
During
Period

 

Legal
Actions
Resolved
During
Period

 

Legal
Actions
Pending as
of Last
Day of
Period

 

Mine or Operating Name

 

Number

 

(#)

 

(#)

 

(#)

 

(#)

 

(#)

 

($)

 

(#)

 

(#)

 

(#)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mesabi Nugget Delaware, LLC

 

21-03689

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

33,341

 

17

 

2

 

79

 

Mining Resources, LLC

 

21-03775

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

Although Mesabi Nugget Delaware, LLC (Mesabi Nugget), an affiliate of Steel Dynamics, Inc., is not a mining operation, the MSHA claims jurisdiction over Mesabi Nugget’s operations regarding the production of iron nuggets via a production process that utilizes iron concentrate and coal as input raw materials. Therefore, this disclosure relating to Mesabi Nugget is being submitted by Steel Dynamics, Inc. Mining Resources, LLC (Mining Resources), an affiliate of Steel Dynamics, Inc., operations commenced during the three months ended September 30, 2012 upon completion of construction of the iron tailings mining operation. Mining Resources operations fall under the jurisdiction of MSHA.

 

The MSHA citations and orders set forth in the table above are those that were issued by MSHA and received by Mesabi Nugget and Mining Resources during the three months ended September 30 2012.  In addition, the table above sets forth the total dollar amount of assessments proposed by MSHA during three months ended September 30, 2012. The dollar amount of MSHA assessments proposed does not include assessments on those citations or orders that were received by Mesabi Nugget or Mining Resources after September 30, 2012.

 

The information in the table above does not reflect any subsequent changes in the level of severity of a citation or order, or changes in the value of an assessment that occurred during the time period presented in the table above (or that may occur after the time period covered in the table above) as a result of proceedings conducted in accordance with MSHA rules. For purposes of legal actions disclosures in the table above, any citation contested in any form or manner with MSHA is considered a legal action for reporting purposes.

 

During the period covered by this report, no written notices were received from MSHA of a pattern, or the potential to have a pattern, of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that are of such a nature as could have significantly and substantially contributed to the cause and effect of mine health or safety hazards under Section 104(e) of the Mine Act, and there were no mining related fatalities.

 

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