ArcelorMittal announced that Stefan Buys has been nominated Executive Vice President of the company and appointed as Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal Mining, effective October 1, 2021. Stefan replaces Simon Wandke who is retiring. Stefan is a seasoned mining and heavy industry executive with extensive experience in diverse commodities and countries. He joins the company from Rio Tinto Iron Ore where, as managing director of Pilbara Mining, he supervised the iron ore mining operations in Western Australia. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, Stefan worked for BHP as Asset President of the Olympic Dam operation in South Australia and he later led a global project to standardize operations design as project director organization design. Previously, he has also been responsible for Xstrata’s operations in Chile, as chief operating officer North Chile. Prior to that, he held general manager roles in Xstrata’s ferrochrome operations and sales and marketing businesses in South Africa.