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

Hot rolled

5.5 million tons/year

Cold rolled

4.6 million tons/year

Organically coated

0.6 million tons/year

Galvanised

2.7 million tons/year

Bioethanol

80 million liters/year

Blast furnace sand, raw material for cement

1.3 million tons/year

Biocoal

50,000 tons/year

Gas for electricity

300 MW/year

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