PRESS RELEASE Luxembourg/Brussels/London May 18th 2020 EU supports ArcelorMittal with EUR 75m EIB loan to scale up breakthrough technology to reduce carbon emissions EUR 75 m loan for two supported projects (‘Steelanol’ and ‘Torero’), worth EUR 215m in total, which are set to reduce up to 350,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions[i] per year in the first […]
March 24 2020 Letter of Manfred Van Vlierberghe, CEO ArcelorMittal Belgium Dear colleague,Dear reader, First of all, on behalf of our entire ArcelorMittal Belgium cluster, I would like to give every one of you who has been affected by the Corona virus, either personally or through a family member, family or friends, a heartfelt encouragement […]
ArcelorMittal Europe sets target to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2030, to contribute to the European Commission’s Green Deal Friday 13 December ArcelorMittal Europe today announces a CO2 roadmap to reduce emissions by 30% by 2030. The target, for ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products, is in line with an ambition announced in May this year, to be carbon […]
ArcelorMittal invests in new sustainability programme across Europe ArcelorMittal today announces plans to roll out a new sustainability programme across Europe, aiming to secure ResponsibleSteel site certification for all its ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products sites. The 12-month programme will enable each site to prove that our production processes meet rigorously defined standards across a broad […]
Eneco and ArcelorMittal unveil Belgium’s largest solar roof Employees of ArcelorMittal Belgium have the opportunity to invest in more than 27,000 solar panels at the Ghent site Monday, September 16, 2019 – Ghent/Mechelen – The installation of more than 27,000 solar panels on the roof of ArcelorMittal in Ghent has been completed, resulting in the […]
ArcelorMittal chooses Energiency’s artificial intelligence to save energy in steel coils processing ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company, and Energiency, an innovative data analytics technology company based in France, have signed a three-year contract with the aim of achieving at least a 5% energy savings per year in ArcelorMittal’s Geel plant in Belgium. […]
World first: ArcelorMittal Belgium starts construction on two pioneering projects to further reduce carbon emissions ArcelorMittal Belgium has started the construction of two new groundbreaking facilities at the Ghent site to reduce carbon emissions. The two installations represent a total investment of 160 million euros and will avoid approximately 400,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per […]
Inauguration of Fortiform® furnace at ArcelorMittal Gent 8 November 2018 – An ultra-modern furnace in ArcelorMittal Gent’s Sidgal 3 hot dip galvanizing line was officially inaugurated today in the presence of Honorary Governor Jan Briers. The new furnace represents an investment of 65 million euros. With the arrival of the new furnace, ArcelorMittal Gent is […]
Corporate Responsibility Report Our new ‘Corporate Responsibility Report’ is now available online. In the report we look back on the ArcelorMittal Belgium’ activities of 2017, focussing on our investments, our environmental efforts and the social initiatives that were taken with regard to sustainable development.
‘All Weather Terminal’ First for Ghent port area ArcelorMittal Gent, the Flemish investment company “Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen” (“PMV”), Euroports and North Sea Port are collaborating on the first ever roofed loading bay and warehouse in Ghent: the “All Weather Terminal” (AWT). An investment worth more than 50 million euros. The new terminal is being built next […]
ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech break ground on €150million project to revolutionise blast furnace carbon emissions capture ArcelorMittal has begun construction of new premises at its site in Ghent, Belgium, to house a pioneering new installation which will convert carbon-containing gas from its blast furnaces into bioethanol. If proved successful, the new concept has the potential to […]
Press release Accident in the coking plant of ArcelorMittal Gent Ghent, 20 November 2017 On Monday November 20, at 15h10, an explosion took place in the by-products zone of the coke plant in ArcelorMittal Gent. The internal and external emergency services arrived on site. The accident resulted in one fatality and two injured who are both […]
