The production departments
ArcelorMittal Gent produces steel from A to Z: in the different production departments, we convert raw materials -mainly iron ore and coal- into high quality steel.
Hot phase (Ghent)
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Handling of raw materials
The raw materials arrive by ship at ArcelorMittal Gent, where they are then carefully seperated.
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Coking plant
Coal cannot be used directly in the steel making process. We first need to convert it into coke.
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Sinter plant
Iron ore as well cannot be used directly into the steel making process. It is thus first converted into sinter.
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Blast furnaces
The sinter and coke are loaded into the blast furnaces where they are melted into liquid hot metal.
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Steel shop
In the steel shop, liquid hot metal is converted into steel, which we then solidify into steel slabs.
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Hot strip mill
The slabs are rolled into steel strips with a thickness varying between 1.25 to 13mm
Cold phase (Ghent, Liège, Genk and Geel)
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Cold rolling mill
The hot rolled strips are converted into cold rolled steel plates with an average thickness of around 0.15 to 3mm
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Galvanising line
In our galvanising lines, we are able to add an additional protective zinc coating to our steel so that it becomes corrosion-resistant.
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Jet Vapor Deposition
The JVD technology coats a moving strip of steel in a vacuum chamber, by vaporizing zinc onto the steel.
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Electrolytic galvanising line
In our production line in Genk, we galvanise our steel via an electrolytic deposition process.
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Organic coating line
We are able to, in both Ghent as well as Geel, add a layer of paint unto our steel plates.
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Tailor-welded blanks
In Ghent, ready-made parts that can be used for the body work of cars are produced.
