ArcelorMittal Belgium is part of the ArcelorMittal group, a leading steel and mining company. Our Belgian cluster, with production facilities in Ghent, Geel, Genk and Liège, has all required facilities at its disposal to convert raw materials in a sustainable way into steel products with high added value. Cars, wind turbines, architectural gems... wherever you look, you'll come across our steel. Every year we ship around 6.6 million tons of flat steel, constantly improving our existing steel products and developing new ones.
ArcelorMittal in Belgium
- High-tech company
- We produce sustainable steel in as safe manner
- 5,800 highly skilled employees, of which +/- 600 engineers and
> 220 IT specialists, committed to making the steel of tomorrow.
“Nothing is more important than the health and safety of all our colleagues”
Our end products
Our strengths
Complementary installations and products.
Unique and broad product range (uncoated, galvanised, organically coated).
We are at the forefront of innovation.
We are unmatched in the development of the latest generation of ultra-high-strength steels.
We maintain close contact with the universities of Ghent and Liège and have two important research centers in Ghent (OCAS) and Liège (CRM).
We serve partly the same customers in the automotive and industrial sectors. ArcelorMittal Belgium accounts for 15% of all car steels in Europe.
We are a reference for our customers: product range, product development, quality and service.
We are a pioneer in CO2 efficiency.
We rely on motivated and committed employees who are proud to work at our company.
Our management Committee
Key performance indicators
0.9
Safety frequency rates (the number of accidents with at least one day of absence from work per million hours worked) own employees and contractors
100%
Percentage of sites that have their own safety management system, complying to the international OHSAS 18001 norm
443,639
Number of training hours
100%
Percentage of sites that have their own environmental management system, complying to the international ISO 14001 norm
5,800
Number of employees at ArcelorMittal Gent, Geel, Genk and Liège
>1,000
Number of active registered contractors
197
Number of visitors
86
Number of sponsored projects
100%
Percentage of employees that have subscribed to the Code of Business Conduct
2,500
Number of employees reached by our communication sessions
Raw materials
Coal 1.63 million tons
Iron Ore 4.50 million tons
Anthracite 0.25 million tons
Limestone 0.71 million tons
Dolomite 0.10 million tons
Olivine 0.12 million tons
Pulverized Coal 1.23 million tons
Pellets 2.60 million tons
External scrap 0.50 million tons
Lime 0.25 million tons
Production figures 2018
Coking plant
Coke
1.19 million tons
Sinter plants
Sinter
5.46 million tons
Blast furnaces
Hot metal
4.75 million tons
Steel shop
Liquid steel
5.44 million tons
Hot strip mill
Hot rolled coils
5.55 million tons
Cold rolling mill
Cold rolled coils
4.64 million tons
Electrolytic galvanizing line
Electrolytically galvanized coils
0.64 million tons
Hot dip galvanizing line
Hot dip galvanized coils
2.73 million tons
Organic coating line
Organically coated coils
0.65 million tons
Tinning line
Tinplate
0.14 million tons
By-products
Benzol 11,006 tons
Tar 42,846 tons
Sulphur 1,951 tons
Blast furnace slag 1.28 million tons
Steel slag 0.40 million tons
Recuperated gases
Coke oven gas 9.02 million GJ
Blast furnace gas 23.6 million GJ
Converter gas 3.66 million GJ