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{{Short description|Luxembourgish steel manufacturing corporation}}
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| name = ArcelorMittal, S.A. | name = ArcelorMittal S.A.
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| image_caption = Former ArcelorMittal headquarters in Luxembourg, popularly known as the ]
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| location = 24-26, Boulevard d’Avranches, ], ]
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| area_served = Worldwide
| location = 24-26, Boulevard d’Avranches, ], Luxembourg
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| key_people = ]<br />({{small|]}})<br />]<br />({{small|]}})<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dutt |first1=Ishita Ayan |title=Aditya Mittal appointed ArcelorMittal CEO; father to be executive chairman |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/aditya-mittal-appointed-arcelormittal-ceo-father-to-be-executive-chairman-121021101036_1.html |website=Business Standard India |date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
| products = Finished, semi-finished, long and flat products, such as slabs, hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, coated steel products, tinplate and heavy plate, as well as billets, blooms, rebars, wire rod, sections, rails, sheet piles and drawn wire
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| owner = Lakshmi Mittal (37.4%)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-3433934/Steel-baron-Lakshmi-Mittal-stumps-close-800m-help-embattled-steel-firm-cope-tumbling-prices.html|title=Steel baron Lakshmi Mittal stumps up close to £800m to help his embattled steel firm cope with tumbling prices|publisher=|accessdate=5 February 2016|via=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref>
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| owner = ] (37.4%)<ref name="fortune-raise">{{cite news |date=5 February 2016 |title=World's Biggest Steelmaker Raising $3 Billion As Profits Plunge |url=http://fortune.com/2016/02/05/arcelormittal-profits-plunge/ | work=] |access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
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'''ArcelorMittal S.A.''' ({{IPA-fr|aʁsəlɔʁmiˈtal}}) is a Luxembourg-based ] ] manufacturing corporation headquartered in Boulevard d’Avranches, ]. It was formed in 2006 from the takeover and merger of ] by ]. ArcelorMittal is the ], with an annual crude steel production of 98.1 million tons {{As of|2014|lc=y}}.<ref name=WSA>{{cite news|url=http://worldsteel.org/statistics/top-producers.html|title=Top steel-producing companies 2012|accessdate=2013-11-10|publisher=]}}</ref> It is ranked 108th in the 2016 ] ranking of the world's biggest corporations.<ref name=global500>{{citation|url=http://fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies/arcelormittal-100000/ |title = 91. ArcelorMittal| work =GLOBAL 500 - Our annual ranking of the world's largest corporations| publisher = CNN}}</ref> '''ArcelorMittal S.A.''' is a Luxembourg-based ] ] manufacturing corporation headquartered in ]. It was formed in 2006 from the takeover and merger of ] by Indian-owned ].<ref name="fortune-raise"/> ArcelorMittal is the ], with an annual crude steel production of 78 million metric tonnes {{As of|2022|lc=y|}}.<ref name="WSA">{{cite news|url=https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/news-and-media/press-releases/2019/feb/25-02-2019?lang=english|title=Annual Report 2018 on Form 20-F ArcelorMittal|publisher=ArcelorMittal}}</ref> It is ranked 197th in the 2022 ] ranking of the world's largest corporations. It employs around 154,000 people<ref name="about-arcelormittal">{{cite web|title=About|url=https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/about|publisher=ArcelorMittal}}</ref> and its market capital is $20 billion.<ref name="global500">{{citation|title=91. ArcelorMittal|url=https://fortune.com/company/arcelormittal/global500|work=GLOBAL 500 - Our annual ranking of the world's largest corporations|publisher=CNN}}</ref> The total value of company assets is estimated to be around $94 billion.


==History== ==History==
ArcelorMittal was formed from the acquisition of Arcelor by Mittal Steel; Mittal Steel was in turn formed from the merger of ISPAT International and LNM Holdings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.steelonthenet.com/kb/history-arcelor-mittal.html|title=History of ArcelorMittal|publisher=Steelonthenet.com |access-date=2020-01-09}}</ref> The company traces its history back to 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} ArcelorMittal|url=https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/about-us/culture/history|access-date=2021-09-05|website=corporate.arcelormittal.com|language=en}}</ref>
===2006-2008: Formation and scalebacks===
ArcelorMittal was created by the takeover of Western European steel maker ] (Spain, France, and Luxembourg) by ]n-owned multinational steel maker ] in 2006, at a cost of €40.37 per share, approximately $33&nbsp;billion total. Mittal Steel launched a ] bid which replaced a previous planned merger between Arcelor and ], which had lacked sufficient shareholder approval. The resulting merged business was named ArcelorMittal and is headquartered in Luxembourg.<ref name=nyt-sgrees>{{citation| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/business/worldbusiness/25iht-steel.html| title = Arcelor agrees to Mittal takeover| first = James| last = Kanter|first2= Heather|last2= Timmons |first3= Anand|last3= Giridharadas| date = 25 June 2006|publisher = '']''}}</ref><ref name=atimes-giant>{{citation| url =http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/HF27Dk01.html| title = Arcelor Mittal: The dawn of a steel giant| first = David M.| last = Lenard | date = 7 June 2006| work = wwww.atimes.com| publisher = '']''}}</ref> The resulting firm produced approximately 10% of the world's steel, and was by far the world's largest steel company. Total revenues in 2007 were $105 billion.<ref name=bbc-opt>{{citation| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5114290.stm| title = Steel firm opts for Mittal offer| date = 25 June 2006| publisher = ]}}</ref><ref name=mk-quarterly>{{citation| url = http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Integrating_steel_giants_An_interview_with_the_ArcelorMittal_post-merger_managers_2107| title = Integrating steel giants: An interview with the ArcelorMittal postmerger managers| date = February 2008| first = Seraf| last = De Smedt| first2 = Michel| last2= Van Hoey| work = www.mckinseyquarterly.com}}{{dead|date=June 2017}}</ref> In October 2008, the market capitalisation of ArcelorMittal was over $30 billion.<ref name=ARCELORB>{{cite web|title=Yahoo Finance: ArcelorMittal, (finance.yahoo.com) |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MT |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027074621/https://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MT |archivedate=27 October 2008 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref>


===2006–2008: Formation and scalebacks===
In December 2008, ArcelorMittal announced several plant closings, including the ] plant in ], and ] in ].{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} After purchase of ], Ukraine's largest steel producer, employment was scaled back from 57,000 employees to 30,000.{{cn|date=June 2017}}
ArcelorMittal was created by the takeover of Western European steel maker ] (Spain, France, and Luxembourg) by ]n-owned multinational steel maker ] in 2006, at a cost of €40.37 per share, approximately $33&nbsp;billion total. Mittal Steel launched a ] bid, which replaced a previously planned merger between Arcelor and ] that had lacked sufficient shareholder approval.<ref>{{cite web |title=ArcelorMittal Deal A Steal For Severstal |url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/03/21/severstal-arcelor-mittal-markets-equity-cx_ll_0321markets04.html |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref>


The resulting merged business was named ArcelorMittal and was headquartered in ].<ref name="nyt-sgrees">{{citation| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/business/worldbusiness/25iht-steel.html| title = Arcelor agrees to Mittal takeover| first1 = James| last1 = Kanter|first2= Heather|last2= Timmons |first3= Anand|last3= Giridharadas| date = 25 June 2006|work=]}}</ref><ref name="atimes-giant">{{citation| url = http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/HF27Dk01.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060628041139/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Asian_Economy/HF27Dk01.html| url-status = unfit| archive-date = 28 June 2006| title = Arcelor Mittal: The dawn of a steel giant| first = David M.| last = Lenard | date = 7 June 2006| work = atimes.com| publisher = ]}}</ref> The resulting firm produced approximately 10% of the world's steel, and was by far the world's largest steel company. Total revenues in 2007 were $105 billion.<ref name="bbc-opt">{{citation| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5114290.stm| title = Steel firm opts for Mittal offer| date = 25 June 2006| work = ]}}</ref><ref name="mk-quarterly">{{citation |url=http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Integrating_steel_giants_An_interview_with_the_ArcelorMittal_post-merger_managers_2107 |title=Integrating steel giants: An interview with the ArcelorMittal postmerger managers |date=February 2008 |first1=Seraf |last1=De Smedt |first2=Michel |last2=Van Hoey |work=mckinseyquarterly.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125070604/http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Integrating_steel_giants_An_interview_with_the_ArcelorMittal_post-merger_managers_2107 |archive-date=25 November 2012 }}</ref>
===2011-2014: Losses and Senegal agreement===
On 26 January 2011, the ] division split off as a new company, ].{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} In 2012 ArcelorMittal had $22&nbsp;billion of debt.<ref name="idle">{{citation| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/business/global/arcelormittal-a-global-steel-giant-scales-back.html?pagewanted=all| title = A Global Steel Giant Scales Back| publisher = New York Times| date = 25 July 2012| first = Stanley |last=Reed}}</ref> {{As of|2012}}, due to overcapacity and reduced demand in Europe it had idled 9 of 25 blast furnaces;<ref name="idle"/> in October 2012 it permanently shut down two blast furnaces at ], France.<ref name=retuers-confirms>{{citation| url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/01/uk-arcelormittal-france-idUKBRE89018420121001| title = ArcelorMittal confirms French furnace closures| first = Vincent| last = Kessler| date =1 October 2012| work = uk.reuters.com}}</ref> On October 31, 2012, the company reported a third-quarter loss of $709&nbsp;million as compared to a $659&nbsp;million profit for the same period a year ago, citing the slow down in ]'s ].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/10/31/world/europe/ap-eu-luxembourg-arcelormittal-earns.html?ref=news&_r=0|title=Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Posts $709M 3Q Loss.|work= The New York Times}}</ref>


By February 2008, the company had 320,000 employees in 60 countries.<ref name="mk-quarterly" /> In October 2008, the market capitalisation of ArcelorMittal was over $30 billion,<ref name="ARCELORB">{{cite web|title=Yahoo Finance: ArcelorMittal, (finance.yahoo.com) |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081027074621/https://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MT |archive-date=27 October 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> after peaking at $32.5 billion in September 2008.<ref name="fortune-raise" /> At the end of 2008, the company reported operating income of around $12 billion.<ref name="idle" />
In January 2013, ArcelorMittal bid $1.5 billion to acquire ] rolling mill in ], United States.<ref name=reuters-roll-mill>{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/17/us-thyssenkrupp-steelplantbid-wsj-idUKBRE90G05T20130117| title=ArcelorMittal bids $1.5 billion for ThyssenKrupp's Alabama plant | author=Reuters | publisher=Reuters | date=17 January 2013}}</ref> The joint venture with ] was finalized in February 2014.<ref name=al-press>{{cite news|last=Finch II|first=Michael|title=Sale of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA clears all regulatory approval|url=http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/post_96.html|accessdate=26 February 2014|newspaper=]|date=26 February 2014}}</ref> The firm also entered into a $2.2 billion contract to develop an iron ore deposit in ]. This included construction of a {{convert|750|km|0|abbr=on}} railway line. After stalling on the contract and failing to build according to schedule the Government of Senegal sued.<ref name=bate/> In September 2013, the ] won a court case before an international tribunal to rescind a $2.2 billion deal with ArcelorMittal after the company suspended work on an ] mine in the country.<ref name=reuters-senegal-win>{{Citation

| url = http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/10/senegal-arcelormittal-idUSL5N0H64EZ20130910
In December 2008, ArcelorMittal announced several plant sales, to which it had been ordered by U.S. antitrust authorities as a condition of approval of Mittal Steel’s takeover of Arcelor SA,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-12-17 |title=ArcelorMittal sale of Sparrows Point falls through |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-arcelormittal-sparrowspoint-idUSL1734358920071217 |access-date=2023-08-25}}</ref> including the ] plant in ], to the Russian company ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-03-22 |title=Severstal buys ArcelorMittal's mill for $810 mn |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/severstal-buys-arcelormittals-mill-for-810-mn/articleshow/2888682.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-08-25 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> Other plants were closed by the company due to economic reasons, including ] in ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why ArcelorMittal succeeds where LTV failed: Heart of Steel (photos, video) {{!}} Policy Matters Ohio {{!}} October 16, 2016 |url=https://www.policymattersohio.org/press-room/2016/10/16/why-arcelormittal-succeeds-where-ltv-failed-heart-of-steel-photos-video |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=www.policymattersohio.org |language=en}}</ref> After purchase of ], Ukraine's largest steel producer, employment was scaled back from 57,000 employees to 30,000.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

===2011–2014: Losses and Senegal agreement===
In 2010, the company's operating income had fallen to $4.9 billion, with sales down 10 per cent from the year earlier, and income down 50 per cent as steel prices slumped.<ref name="idle" /> In 2011, the company began curtailing its European production to match the reduced demand for steel.<ref name="idle" /> It also sold Skyline Steel and Astralloy to a rival, ], for $605 million.<ref name="idle" /> On 26 January 2011, the ] division split off as a new company, ].{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} {{As of|2012}}, due to overcapacity and reduced demand in Europe, it had idled 9 of 25 blast furnaces;<ref name="idle" /> in October 2012 it permanently shut down two blast furnaces at ], France.<ref name="retuers-confirms">{{citation| url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-arcelormittal-france-idUKBRE89018420121001| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306151947/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-arcelormittal-france-idUKBRE89018420121001| url-status = dead| archive-date = 6 March 2016| title = ArcelorMittal confirms French furnace closures| first = Vincent| last = Kessler| date =1 October 2012| work = uk.reuters.com}}</ref> On 31 October 2012, the company reported a third-quarter loss of $709&nbsp;million as compared to a $659&nbsp;million profit for the same period a year ago, citing the slow down in ]'s ].<ref name="nyt-3loss">{{cite news |date=31 October 2012 |title=Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Posts $709M 3Q Loss |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/10/31/world/europe/ap-eu-luxembourg-arcelormittal-earns.html?ref=news&_r=0 | work=The New York Times }}{{dead link|date=June 2017}}</ref> In 2012 ArcelorMittal had $22&nbsp;billion of debt.<ref name="idle">{{citation| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/business/global/arcelormittal-a-global-steel-giant-scales-back.html?pagewanted=all| title = A Global Steel Giant Scales Back| work=]| date = 25 July 2012| first = Stanley |last=Reed}}</ref>

In January 2013, ArcelorMittal bid $1.5 billion to acquire ] rolling mill in ], United States.<ref name="reuters-roll-mill">{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-steelplantbid-wsj-idUKBRE90G05T20130117| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202034432/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-steelplantbid-wsj-idUKBRE90G05T20130117| url-status=dead| archive-date=2 December 2016| title=ArcelorMittal bids $1.5 billion for ThyssenKrupp's Alabama plant | agency=Reuters | work=] | date=17 January 2013}}</ref> On 26 February 2014, ThyssenKrupp sold their Calvert carbon steel facility to ArcelorMittal and ] for $1.55 billion,<ref name="jtoday">{{cite news|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/arcelormittal-nippon-steel-buy-thyssenkrupps-u-s-factory|title=ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel buy ThyssenKrupp's U.S. factory|access-date=1 December 2013|newspaper=]}}</ref> as a new joint venture.<ref name="al-press">{{cite news|last=Finch II|first=Michael|title=Sale of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA clears all regulatory approval|url=http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/post_96.html|access-date=26 February 2014|newspaper=]|date=26 February 2014}}</ref> The facility was renamed AM/NS Calvert through the 50/50 joint partnership with ] & Sumitomo Metal Corp.<ref name="thssen" /> The firm also entered into a $2.2 billion contract to develop an iron ore deposit in ]. This included construction of a {{convert|750|km|0|abbr=on}} railway line. After it stalled on the contract and failed to build according to schedule, the Government of Senegal sued.<ref name="bate" /> In September 2013, the ] won a court case before an international tribunal to rescind a $2.2 billion deal with ArcelorMittal after the company suspended work on an ] mine in the country.<ref name="reuters-senegal-win">{{Citation
| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/senegal-arcelormittal-idUSL5N0H64EZ20130910
| title= Senegal wins court case against Arcelor Mittal -government | title= Senegal wins court case against Arcelor Mittal -government
| year = 2013 | date = 10 September 2013
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
}}</ref> In June 2014, the International Chamber of Commerce's arbitration court in Paris awarded Senegal $150 million.<ref name="bate">{{cite news |last=Felix |first=Bate |date=6 June 2014 |title=UPDATE 1-Senegal to receive $150 mln in damages from ArcelorMittal |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/senegalNews/idAFL6N0ON31B20140606 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071234/http://af.reuters.com/article/senegalNews/idAFL6N0ON31B20140606 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2016 | work=] }}</ref>
| publication-place = International
}}</ref> In June 2014, the International Chamber of Commerce's arbitration court in Paris awarded Senegal $150 million.<ref name=bate>{{cite news |last=Felix |first=Bate |date=June 6, 2014 |title=UPDATE 1-Senegal to receive $150 mln in damages from ArcelorMittal |url=http://af.reuters.com/article/senegalNews/idAFL6N0ON31B20140606 | work=] |location= |access-date=}}</ref>


Dealing with price and demand fluctuations in the steel market, from 2012 to 2014 ArcelorMittal restructured its European division by reducing employee numbers and closing plants.<ref name=ft-tanya>{{cite news |last=Powley |first=Tanya |date=November 6, 2014 |title=ArcelorMittal boosted by pick-up in steel business |url=https://www.ft.com/content/963437a6-664c-11e4-9c0c-00144feabdc0 | work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> In May, 2014, ArcelorMittal, citing economic self-interest, declared its opposition to sanctions on Russia.<ref name=reuters-sanctions>{{Citation Dealing with price and demand fluctuations in the steel market, from 2012 to 2014 ArcelorMittal restructured its European division by reducing employee numbers and closing plants.<ref name="ft-tanya">{{cite news |last=Powley |first=Tanya |date=6 November 2014 |title=ArcelorMittal boosted by pick-up in steel business |url=https://www.ft.com/content/963437a6-664c-11e4-9c0c-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231224/https://www.ft.com/content/963437a6-664c-11e4-9c0c-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-status=live |work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> In May 2014, ArcelorMittal, citing economic self-interest, declared its opposition to sanctions on Russia.<ref name="reuters-sanctions">{{Citation
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/05/15/world/europe/15reuters-ukraine-crisis-sanctions-arcelormittal.html?ref=world&_r=0 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/05/15/world/europe/15reuters-ukraine-crisis-sanctions-arcelormittal.html?ref=world&_r=0
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20140907052402/http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2014/05/15/world/europe/15reuters-ukraine-crisis-sanctions-arcelormittal.html?ref=world&_r=0
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2014-09-07
| title = ArcelorMittal Opposes Western Sanctions Against Russia | title = ArcelorMittal Opposes Western Sanctions Against Russia
| year = 2014 | year = 2014
| publisher = ] | publisher = ]
}}</ref> As of June 2014, ArcelorMittal accounted for for 7 per cent of world steel production. After being shut out of the Chinese steel industry in 2005 along with other foreign companies, in 2014 the company announced it was planning new plants in China.<ref name=ft-china-ofcourse>{{cite news |last=Hornby |first=Lucy |date=June 15, 2014 |title=ArcelorMittal’s path to China not paved with steel |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ccb1c83a-f472-11e3-a143-00144feabdc0 | work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> }}</ref> As of June 2014, ArcelorMittal accounted for 7 per cent of world steel production. After being shut out of the Chinese steel industry in 2005, along with other foreign companies, in 2014 the company announced it was planning new plants in China.<ref name="ft-china-ofcourse">{{cite news |last=Hornby |first=Lucy |date=15 June 2014 |title=ArcelorMittal's path to China not paved with steel |url=https://www.ft.com/content/ccb1c83a-f472-11e3-a143-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231240/https://www.ft.com/content/ccb1c83a-f472-11e3-a143-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-status=live |work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> In 2014, the company had an annual crude steel production of 98.1 million tons.<ref name="WSA" />


===2008-2016: Price fixing convictions=== ===2008–2016: Price fixing convictions===
Following an investigation first launched in 2008, in August 2016 the South African Competition Commission found the company guilty of price fixing. ArcelorMittal was fined R1.5 billion (equivalent to US$110.9 million) to be paid over a 5-year period. As part of the settlement the firm also agreed to invest R4.64 billion in capital over five years.<ref name=fin24>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Industrial/arcelormittal-to-pay-r15bn-price-fix-fine-20160822|title=ArcelorMittal to pay R1.5bn price fix fine|last=Smith|first=Carin|date=22 August 2016|website=|publisher=Fin24|access-date=2016-08-23}}</ref> Fines were particularly high for the firm owing to two prior convictions.{{cn|date=June 2017}} According to the findings, the firm had been part of a 17 steel member groups nicknamed "Club Zürich" that later became known as "Club Europe." For a period of 18 years, the companies fixed the market, prices, and exchanged confidential corporate information. According to Joaquín Almunia, a ] Commission Vice-President, "it is amazing how such a significant number of companies abused nearly the entire European construction market for such a long time and for such a vital product. This was almost as if they were acting in a planned economy."<ref name=pr-europa>{{cite web|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-11-403_en.htm?locale=en|title=European Commission - Press release - Antitrust: Commission fines prestressing steel producers € 269 million for two-decades long price-fixing and market-sharing cartel|publisher=Europa.eu|date=4 April 2011}}</ref> Following an investigation first launched in 2008, in August 2016 the ] found the company guilty of price fixing. ArcelorMittal was fined US$110.9 million and, as part of the settlement, also agreed to invest R4.64 billion in capital over five years.<ref name="fin24">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Industrial/arcelormittal-to-pay-r15bn-price-fix-fine-20160822|title=ArcelorMittal to pay R1.5bn price fix fine|last=Smith|first=Carin|date=22 August 2016|publisher=Fin24|access-date=2016-08-23}}</ref> According to the findings, the firm had been part of a 17-member-steel group nicknamed "Club Zürich", that later became known as "Club Europe". Between January 1984 and September 2002, the companies fixed the market, prices, and exchanged confidential corporate information.<ref name="pr-europa">{{cite web|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-11-403_en.htm?locale=en|title=Press release: Antitrust: Commission fines prestressing steel producers €269 million for two-decades-long price-fixing and market-sharing cartel|publisher=Europa.eu|date=4 April 2011}}</ref>


===2015-2016: Recent acquisitions=== ===2015–2016: Acquisitions===
In 2015, the company had a net loss of $7.9 billion.<ref name=ft-rightsissue/> Early in 2016,<ref name=ft-rightsissue>{{cite news |last=Pooler |first=Michael |date=March 11, 2016 |title=ArcelorMittal outlines terms of $3bn rights issue |url=https://www.ft.com/content/72b7c3a4-e76c-11e5-bc31-138df2ae9ee6 | work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> the company announced it had raised $3 billion in new investment capital to help reduce debt<ref name=ft-carsa/> to $11.7 billion of debt.<ref name=ft-rightsissue/> In early 2016<ref name=ft-rightsissue/> the company also announced a program to boost core profit by $3 billion by 2020 "through a mixture of cost-cutting, increased production and a focus on higher-value forms of steel." Chairman Lakshmi Mittal announced doubled earnings the following year in May 2017.<ref name=ft-drive>{{cite news |last=McClean |first=Paul |date=May 12, 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal doubles earnings after cost-cutting drive |url=https://www.ft.com/content/37ab82e6-36f3-11e7-99bd-13beb0903fa3 | work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> It ranked 108th in the 2016 ] ranking of the world's biggest corporations.<ref name=global500/> In 2015, the company had a net loss of $7.9 billion.<ref name="ft-rightsissue" /> Between February 2015 and February 2016, share value dropped 60%, making the company the "worst performer" in the FTSEurofirst300 index. The CEO said the company had performed poorly in 2015 due to "Chinese exports depressing prices".<ref name="fortune-raise" /> Early in 2016,<ref name="ft-rightsissue">{{cite news |last=Pooler |first=Michael |date=11 March 2016 |title=ArcelorMittal outlines terms of $3bn rights issue |url=https://www.ft.com/content/72b7c3a4-e76c-11e5-bc31-138df2ae9ee6 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231258/https://www.ft.com/content/72b7c3a4-e76c-11e5-bc31-138df2ae9ee6 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live }}</ref> the company announced it had raised $3 billion in new investment capital to help reduce debt<ref name="ft-carsa">{{cite news |last=Pooler |first=Michael |date=5 June 2016 |title=ArcelorMittal to launch new high strength steel |work=] |location=United Kingdom |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f76a7466-2b05-11e6-bf8d-26294ad519fc |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 June 2017 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231214/https://www.ft.com/content/f76a7466-2b05-11e6-bf8d-26294ad519fc |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> to $11.7 billion of debt.<ref name="ft-rightsissue" /> In early 2016<ref name="ft-rightsissue" /> the company also announced a program to boost core profit by $3 billion by 2020 "through a mixture of cost-cutting, increased production and a focus on higher-value forms of steel". Chairman Lakshmi Mittal announced doubled earnings the following year in May 2017.<ref name="ft-drive">{{cite news |last=McClean |first=Paul |date=12 May 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal doubles earnings after cost-cutting drive |url=https://www.ft.com/content/37ab82e6-36f3-11e7-99bd-13beb0903fa3 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231213/https://www.ft.com/content/37ab82e6-36f3-11e7-99bd-13beb0903fa3 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-status=live |work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Along with the increase in capital, the company also sold its 35% stake in Gestamp Automacion for $979 million, with the goal of reducing ArcelorMittal's debt to less than $12 billion.<ref name="fortune-raise" /> By February 2016, the company made about 6% of the world's steel.<ref name="fortune-raise" /> It ranked 108th in the 2016 ] ranking of the world's biggest corporations.<ref name="global500" />
In February 2017 ArcelorMittal announced its first annual profits in five years.<ref name=ft-biggestp/> In February 2017, ArcelorMittal and Votorantim announced plans to combine their long steel operations in ]. Under the deal, ] became a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Brasil.<ref name=ft-biggestp>{{cite news |last=Pooler |first=Michael |date=February 23, 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal and Votorantim to combine Brazilian long steel operations |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d2f1eafc-e56d-30a9-9cdf-1d275df842ab | work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> In late May 2017, ArcelorMittal and the ] Ltd (SAIL) agreed on preliminary terms to form a $913 million joint venture to export a fifth of the auto-grade steel made by the venture.<ref name=it-pti>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=May 31, 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal, SAIL agree to mediator's proposal to advance Indian venture |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/arcelormittal-sail-agree-to-mediators-proposal-to-advance-indian-venture/articleshow/58931073.cms | work=] |location=India |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>
By March 2017, ArcelorMittal was leading a consortium bidding for ].<ref name=ft-heatsup>{{cite news |last=Pooler |first=Michael |last=Politi |first=James |date= March 5, 2017|title=Bidding race to win Europe’s biggest steel plant heats up |url=https://www.ft.com/content/24c73c76-ff6f-11e6-8d8e-a5e3738f9ae4 | work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> An Italian company, Ilva owns the ] steelworks in ], which has Europe's largest steel output. The steelworks had been accused of toxic emissions linked to local cancer rates, and had been nationalized by the government years prior.<ref name=ft-pooler/> The buyers were the AM Investco consortium, which beyond ArcelorMittal included ] and ]. In its bid, AM Investco also pledged to make investments into Ilva of €2.4bn until 2023.<ref name=ft-pooler/> In May 2017, ArcelorMittal was announced as the preferred bidder over a different consortium led by ], after it was able to pledge a production increase and guarantee employment levels. The final decision was waiting on Italy’s ministry of economic development.<ref name=ft-race>{{cite news |last= Pooler|first=Michael |last2=May 26, 2017 Politi|first2=James |date= |title=ArcelorMittal-led group leads race to buy Ilva steel plant |url=https://www.ft.com/content/b6a7596f-8f81-3ada-ac4a-569b6b34a639 | work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> On June 5, 2017, ArcelorMittal won approval to purchase Ilva for €1.8 billion. In its bid, AM Investco had pledged to make investments into Ilva of €2.4bn until 2023.<ref name=ft-pooler>{{cite news |last=Pooler |first=Michael |date=June 6, 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal wins race to buy Italian steel business Ilva |url=https://www.ft.com/content/1656c312-4acb-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43 | work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>


===2017: Market changes===
==Products and activities==
In February 2017 ArcelorMittal announced its first annual profits in five years.<ref name="ft-biggestp" /> In February 2017, ArcelorMittal and Votorantim announced plans to combine their long steel operations in ]. Under the deal, ] became a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Brasil.<ref name="ft-biggestp">{{cite news |last=Pooler |first=Michael |date=23 February 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal and Votorantim to combine Brazilian long steel operations |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d2f1eafc-e56d-30a9-9cdf-1d275df842ab |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231229/https://www.ft.com/content/d2f1eafc-e56d-30a9-9cdf-1d275df842ab |archive-date=11 December 2022 |work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live }}</ref> In late May 2017, ArcelorMittal and the ] Ltd (SAIL) agreed on preliminary terms to form a $913 million joint venture to export a fifth of the auto-grade steel made by the venture.<ref name="it-pti">{{cite news |date=31 May 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal, SAIL agree to mediator's proposal to advance Indian venture |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/arcelormittal-sail-agree-to-mediators-proposal-to-advance-indian-venture/articleshow/58931073.cms | work=] |location=India |access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> In March 2017, the company proposed a new US$6.5 billion steel project in ], after entering into a pact with the Karnataka government<ref name="it-tycoon" /> in February 2017.<ref name="it-feb">{{cite news |date=26 February 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal plans solar farm on steel plant land in Karnataka |url= http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/arcelormittal-plans-solar-farm-on-steel-plant-land-in-karnataka/articleshow/57355048.cms| work=] |location=India |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> In April 2017, ]'s ] announced it had agreed to acquire ArcelorMittal's Georgetown Steelworks in ].<ref name="it-tycoon">{{cite news |date= 21 April 2017|title=Indian-origin tycoon Sanjeev Gupta to acquire ArcelorMittal's US unit |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/indian-origin-tycoon-sanjeev-gupta-to-acquire-arcelormittals-us-unit/articleshow/58300697.cms | work=] |location=India |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref> It is ranked 123 in the 2017 ] ranking of the world's biggest corporations.<ref name="global500" />
]

The company is involved in ], ], and ].<ref name=activities>{{Citation |year= |title=What We Do |publisher=ArcelorMittal |url=http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/what-we-do |accessdate= June 8, 2017}}</ref> ArcelorMittal in 2016 produced around 90 million tons of steel.<ref name=ft-biggestp/> As of May 2017, the company made 200 unique steel grades for automotive purposes, half of which were introduced since 2007.<ref name=ctribune>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=May 16, 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal reports that automakers are using more steel as quality improves |url=http://chestertontribune.com/Business/arcelormittal_reports_that_autom.htm | work=Chesterton Tribune |location= |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> Among the steel varieties are Usibor 2000, which the company announced in June 2016 and released later that year. Upon release, the high-strength automotive steel was said to be about one-third stronger than other steels then available for carmaking.<ref name=ft-carsa>{{cite news |last=Pooler |first=Michael |date=June 5, 2016 |title=ArcelorMittal to launch new high strength steel |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f76a7466-2b05-11e6-bf8d-26294ad519fc | work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>
By March 2017, ArcelorMittal was leading a consortium bidding for ].<ref name="ft-heatsup">{{cite news |last1=Pooler |first1=Michael |last2=Politi |first2=James |date=5 March 2017 |title=Bidding race to win Europe's biggest steel plant heats up |url=https://www.ft.com/content/24c73c76-ff6f-11e6-8d8e-a5e3738f9ae4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231245/https://www.ft.com/content/24c73c76-ff6f-11e6-8d8e-a5e3738f9ae4 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-status=live |work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> An Italian company, Ilva owns the ] steelworks in ], which has Europe's largest steel output. The steelworks had been accused of toxic emissions linked to local cancer rates, and had been nationalized by the government years prior.<ref name="ft-pooler" /> The buyers were the AM Investco consortium, which beyond ArcelorMittal included ] and ].<ref name="ft-pooler" /> In May 2017, ArcelorMittal was announced as the preferred bidder over a different consortium led by ], after it was able to pledge a production increase and guarantee employment levels. The final decision was waiting on Italy's ministry of economic development.<ref name="ft-race">{{cite news |last1=Pooler |first1=Michael |last2=Politi |first2=James |date=26 May 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal-led group leads race to buy Ilva steel plant |url=https://www.ft.com/content/b6a7596f-8f81-3ada-ac4a-569b6b34a639 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231201/https://www.ft.com/content/b6a7596f-8f81-3ada-ac4a-569b6b34a639 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |url-status=live |work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> On 5 June 2017, ArcelorMittal won approval to purchase Ilva for €1.8 billion. In its bid, AM Investco had pledged to make investments into Ilva of €2.4bn until 2023.<ref name="ft-pooler">{{cite news |last=Pooler |first=Michael |date=6 June 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal wins race to buy Italian steel business Ilva |url=https://www.ft.com/content/1656c312-4acb-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231217/https://www.ft.com/content/1656c312-4acb-11e7-a3f4-c742b9791d43 |archive-date=11 December 2022 |work=] |location=United Kingdom |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live }}</ref> On 1 November 2018, ArcelorMittal assumed ownership of Ilva steel operations and ArcelorMittal Italia was formed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/11/01/1640768/0/en/ArcelorMittal-completes-transaction-to-acquire-Ilva-S-p-A-and-launches-ArcelorMittal-Italia.html|title=Global Newswire}}</ref>

In July 2017 the company reported a 19.3 per cent year-on-year rise in its earnings for the year's second quarter. The amount was lower than predicted by analysts, with the company citing the volatility in market prices.<ref name="bl-sinks">{{cite news |author=Andries Mahlangu |title=ArcelorMittal SA sinks deeper into the red |url=https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/mining/2017-07-27-arcelormittal-sa-sinks-deeper-into-the-red/ | work=] |date=27 July 2017 |access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref> Also, in July 2017, the ] ruled against ArcelorMittal in its lawsuit against how the ] allocates free carbon permits.<ref name="lurm">{{cite news |author=Alistair Holloway |title=ArcelorMittal earnings rise less than expected |url=https://www.wort.lu/en/business/steel-arcelormittal-earnings-rise-less-than-expected-5979ab3da5e74263e13c4c96 | work=] |date=July 2017 |access-date=30 July 2017}}</ref>

=== 2018: Black snow controversy ===
In January 2018, black snow fell in the city of ], Kazakhstan where an ArcelorMittal plant is located. Local citizens complained that the pollution was caused by an ArcelorMittal plant. A spokesperson for ArcelorMittal explained that the discoloration of the snow was caused by a lack of wind which would otherwise blow the pollution away.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Abdurasulov|first=Abdujalil|date=2018|title=Black snow blankets central Kazakh city|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42653738|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-01-12|title=Snow is turning black 'because of pollution'|language=en-GB|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/snow-kazakhstan-black-pollution-levels-fossil-fuels-oil-gas-mining-a8155071.html|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Black snow covers Kazakhstan town - 9News|url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/2018/01/12/09/24/black-snow-covers-kazakhstan-town|access-date=2018-01-12|website=www.9news.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-01-12|title=Black snow falls in Kazakhstan, with locals blaming industrial pollution|language=en|work=Newsweek|url=http://www.newsweek.com/black-snow-covers-city-kazakhstan-triggering-mass-health-risk-fears-779298|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title='Black snow' blankets Kazakhstan city believed to be polluted|language=en|work=UPI|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/01/11/Black-snow-blankets-Kazakhstan-city-believed-to-be-polluted/3941515693236/|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Black snow fell in Temirtau, Kazakhstan|url=https://en.egemen.kz/article/black-snow-fell-in-temirtau-kazakhstan|access-date=2018-01-12|website=en.egemen.kz|archive-date=14 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020304/https://en.egemen.kz/article/black-snow-fell-in-temirtau-kazakhstan|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Black snow covers Kazakhstan's Temirtau|url=https://akipress.com/news:600828|access-date=2018-01-12|website=akipress.com}}</ref>

=== 2019: Notice to terminate to Ilva ===
On 4 November 2019, Arcelor Mittal (Am Investco Italy) sent to Ilva's Commissioners a notice to terminate the Ilva lease agreement, citing as reasons that the Italian Parliament had removed the legal protection necessary for the company to implement its environmental plan without the risk of criminal liability and that a recent decision by the criminal court of Taranto would effectively force Mittal to close blast furnace #2 by 13 December 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Am Investco Italy Sends Withdrawal And Termination Notice From The Lease And Purchase Agreement For Ilva Business|url=https://br.advfn.com/noticias/DJN/2019/artigo/81057841|access-date=2020-10-05|website=ADVFN|language=pt-BR}}</ref> A legal and media battle with the Italian state started immediately, as Ilva is not only the single primary steel mill Mittal operates in Italy but also the largest employer in Taranto.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/business/2019/12/07/arcelormittal-gets-its-fingers-burned-in-italys-ilva-steel-mill|title=ArcelorMittal gets its fingers burned in Italy's Ilva steel mill|date=2019-12-07|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=2019-12-12|issn=0013-0613}}</ref>

=== 2020: Sale of U.S. operations to Cleveland-Cliffs ===
On 28 September 2020, the company sold its US business to ] for approximately $1.4 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200927005083/en/Cleveland-Cliffs-Inc.-to-Acquire-ArcelorMittal-USA |title=Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. to Acquire ArcelorMittal USA |date=2020-09-28|access-date=2020-09-28}}</ref>

===2024: Acquisition===
In August 2024, ArcelorMittal finalized the acquisition of a strategic stake in ], a leader in the production of seamless steel tubes. This transaction involved purchasing shares held by Apollo Global Management for a total amount of €955 million, at a price of €14.64 per share. Following this deal, ArcelorMittal now holds 28.4% of the voting rights and 27.5% of Vallourec's share capital. This move reflects a clear intent to expand its industrial portfolio while leveraging synergies between the two companies. In the short term, analysts anticipate the possibility of a takeover bid, highlighting ArcelorMittal's ambitions to further consolidate its dominance in the market. Such an initiative could provide opportunities for accelerated growth and strengthen its leadership in the face of intensified international competition.<ref>https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/press-releases/arcelormittal-acquires-strategic-stake-in-vallourec</ref>

== Company structure ==
] (owner of Mittal Steel) is the executive chairman. His family owns 40% of the shares and voting shares in the company.<ref name="shareholders">{{citation|url=http://www.arcelormittal.com/corp/investors/corporate-governance/shareholding-structure |title=Shareholding structure |publisher=012 |quote=The following table sets forth information on 30 September 2012 with respect to the beneficial ownership and voting rights of ArcelorMittal shares |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005074851/http://www.arcelormittal.com/corp/investors/corporate-governance/shareholding-structure |archive-date=5 October 2012 }}</ref> After a $3 billion rights issue earlier in April 2016, the company by 21 April 2016 had a share value of 16,616 million euros, distributed in 3,065,710,869 shares.<ref>{{Citation |date=4 April 2016 |title=ArcelorMittal announces the successful completion of its c.US$3bn rights issue |publisher=ArcelorMittal |url=http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/news-and-media/press-releases/2016/apr/04-04-2016b |access-date=8 June 2017 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221104318/http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/news-and-media/press-releases/2016/apr/04-04-2016b |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Predecessor companies===
Acquired by ]:

*] (acquired 2004)
**] – United States (acquired 2003)
***] – United States (acquired 1997)
***] – United States (acquired 1917)
**] – United States (acquired 2002)<ref name="ltv-sold">{{cite web |url= https://money.cnn.com/2002/02/27/companies/ltv/ |title= LTV Steel Cleveland, OH assets sold |website= CNN Money |date= 27 February 2002 }}</ref>
**] – United States (acquired 2002)<ref name="ltv-sold" />
***] – United States (acquired 1984)<ref></ref>
***] – United States (acquired 1984)
**] – ], US (acquired 2002)
*] (acquired 2004)
**] – United States (acquired 1998)
*] – Ukraine (acquired 2005)

Acquired by ]:

*] – Spain (merger 2001)
*] – France (merger 2001)
**] – Brazil (acquired 1998)
*] – Luxembourg (merger 2001)
*] – Argentina (acquired 2006)
*] – Canada (acquired 2006)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/dofasco-recommends-acceptance-of-arcelor-bid-1.614349 | work=CBC News | title=Dofasco recommends acceptance of Arcelor bid | date=2006-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =AP | title =ThyssenKrupp goes to court over Dofasco | newspaper =Globe and Mail | date =26 December 2006 | url =https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061226.wdofasco1226/BNStory/Business/home | access-date =2006-12-26 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


== Company structure and subsidiaries ==
] (owner of Mittal Steel) is the chairman and ]. His family owns 40% of the shares and voting shares in the company.<ref name=shareholders>{{citation| url = http://www.arcelormittal.com/corp/investors/corporate-governance/shareholding-structure| title = Shareholding structure| publisher =ArcelorMittal| accessdate = 5 October 2012| quote = The following table sets forth information on 30 September 2012 with respect to the beneficial ownership and voting rights of ArcelorMittal shares}}</ref> After a $3 billion rights issue earlier in April 2016, the company by the 21 April 2016 had a share value of 16,616 million euros, distributed in 3,065,710,869 shares.<ref>{{Citation |year=4 April 2016 |title=ArcelorMittal announces the successful completion of its c.US$3bn rights issue |publisher=ArcelorMittal|url=http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/news-and-media/press-releases/2016/apr/04-04-2016b |accessdate=June 8, 2017 }}</ref>
===Board of directors=== ===Board of directors===
Comprised as follows by nine people as of June 2017:<ref name=am-board>{{Citation|year=2017 |title=ArcelorMittal Board |publisher=ArcelorMittal |url=http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/who-we-are/leadership/board-of-directors |accessdate=June 8, 2017 }}</ref> Comprised as follows by nine people as of June 2017:<ref name="am-board">{{Citation|year=2017 |title=ArcelorMittal Board |publisher=ArcelorMittal |url=http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/who-we-are/leadership/board-of-directors |access-date=8 June 2017 }}</ref>

*], CEO and Founder of ArcelorMittal (Chairman of the Board)<ref name=am-board/>
*], Co-chairman and former CEO of ]<ref name=am-board/> *], CEO and Founder of ArcelorMittal (Chairman of the Board)<ref name="am-board" />
*], former director of ] ]<ref name=am-board/> *], Co-chairman and former CEO of ]<ref name="am-board" />
*Tye Burt, former CEO and President of ]<ref name=am-board/> *Tye Burt, former CEO and President of ]<ref name="am-board" />
*], Member of Parliament for ] and former ]<ref name=am-board/> *], Member of Parliament for ] and former ]<ref name="am-board" />
*Suzanne Nimocks, former Director for Energy at ]<ref name=am-board/> *Suzanne Nimocks, former Director for Energy at ]<ref name="am-board" />
*], former ] and ]<ref name=am-board/> *], former ] and ]<ref name="am-board" />
*Michel Wurth, former CFO of ]<ref name=am-board/> *Michel Wurth, former CFO of ]<ref name="am-board" />
*Karyn Ovelmen, CFO of ]<ref name=am-board/> *Karyn Ovelmen, CFO of ]<ref name="am-board" />


=== Employees === === Employees ===
As of 31 December 2013, the company employed over 232,000 people, of which 37% were in the EU, with a further 16% in non-EU European countries, 17% in Asia, 16% in North America, the remainder split between South America and the Middle East and Africa.<ref>{{citation| url =http://annualreview2013.arcelormittal.com/overview/financial-highlights| title = ArcelorMittal annual review 2013| at = Allocation of employees at December 31, 2013 according to geographical location |publisher =ArcelorMittal}}</ref> ArcelorMittal is also ]'s largest private employer. At the beginning of 2014, it employed 4,600 employees in the Grand Duchy.<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/economie/story/Les-plus-gros-employeurs-du-Luxembourg-sont--17046159 |title = Les plus gros employeurs du Luxembourg sont...| work = www.lessentiel.lu| date = 2 July 2014| language = French}}</ref> As of 2012, the company had thousands of workers at 12 major facilities in the United States, in states such as Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. All non-salary employees in North America, with the exception of the Dofasco facility in Hamilton, Ontario, are represented by the ] union, the largest industrial union in North America. Also, at the time around 100,000 of the company's 260,000 employees were in Europe.<ref name="idle" /> As of 31 December 2013, the company employed over 232,000 people, of which 37% were in the EU, with a further 16% in non-EU European countries, 17% in Asia, 16% in North America, the remainder split between South America and the Middle East and Africa.<ref name="review-highlights">{{citation| url =http://annualreview2013.arcelormittal.com/overview/financial-highlights| title =ArcelorMittal annual review 2013| at =Allocation of employees at 31 December 2013 according to geographical location| publisher =ArcelorMittal| access-date =30 July 2014| archive-date =8 August 2017| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193959/http://annualreview2013.arcelormittal.com/overview/financial-highlights| url-status =dead}}</ref> ArcelorMittal is also ]'s largest private employer. At the beginning of 2014, it employed 4,600 employees in the Grand Duchy.<ref name="lesSentiel">{{cite news |date=2 July 2014 |title=Les plus gros employeurs du Luxembourg sont... |url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/economie/story/Les-plus-gros-employeurs-du-Luxembourg-sont--17046159 | work=Les Sentinel |location=France }}</ref> By 2020 the company had over 18,000 employees in North and South America.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AK Steel now part of North America's largest steel producer: What the deal means|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ak-steel-now-part-of-north-america-s-largest-steel-producer-what-the-deal-means/ar-BB19zgDT|access-date=2020-10-05|website=www.msn.com}}</ref>


==Facilities== ==Facilities==
===Headquarters=== ===Headquarters and offices===
]]] The head office of ArcelorMittal is in ].
The head office of ArcelorMittal is in ]. The building was the head office of ] before that company merged with ] and ].<ref>{{citation| url = http://www.journaldunet.com/economie/reportage/les-sieges-sociaux-des-entreprises-du-cac-40/arcelor-mittal-un-siege-au-luxembourg.shtml |title= Arcelor-Mittal : un siège au Luxembourg|publisher = Le Journal du Net|accessdate = 5 October 2012|language = French}}</ref>


===Major plant locations=== ===Major plant locations===
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* Plant in ], ], ], ], ], Basse-], ], ], ], France<ref>{{cite web |url=https://flateurope.arcelormittal.com/ourmills/704/dunkerque |title=arcelormittal mills France|website=arcelormittal.com}}</ref>
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* ], {{flagicon|BRA}} (Belgo-Mineira)
* ArcelorMittal Spain, plants in ] and ], ], ] and Legasa, ] and ] (part of Greater Bilbao), ], ]
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* ] – ], United States<ref>{{cite news |last1=DePass |first1=Dee |title=ArcelorMittal takes over Hibbing Taconite management from Cliffs |url=http://www.startribune.com/arcelormittal-takes-over-hibbing-taconite-management-from-cliffs/503730222/ |access-date=4 January 2019 |newspaper=Minneapolis Star-Tribune |date=31 December 2019}}</ref>
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* Annaba steel complex – ], Algeria (joint venture with ])<ref name="ouenza">{{cite news |date=8 October 2013 |title=Algeria: Government takes over steel production from ArcelorMittal |url=http://northafricapost.com/4396-algeria-government-takes-over-steel-production-from-arcelormittal.html | work=North Africa Post |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref>
*] and ] mines – ] (joint venture with ])<ref name="ouenza" />
*I/N Kote – ], Now Cleveland-Cliffs (built 1991, joint venture with ])<ref name="newcarlisle">{{cite web|title=ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel Corporation Announce $240 million Expansion at I/N Kote in New Carlisle, Indiana |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.0NH6pEae4A |publisher=] |access-date=26 February 2014 |date=16 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304120122/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.0NH6pEae4A |archive-date=4 March 2014 }}</ref>
*AM/NS Calvert – ] (50/50 joint partnership with ])<ref name="thssen">{{cite news|last=Finch II|first=Michael|title=Sale of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA clears all regulatory approval|url=http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/post_96.html|access-date=26 February 2014|newspaper=]|location=]|date=26 February 2014}}</ref>

=== Carbon footprint ===
ArcelorMittal reported Total ] (direct + indirect) for 31 December 2020 at 150.8 Tg (]) (-31,100 /-17.1% y-o-y).<ref name="ArcelorMittal Total CO2e emissions for 2020Q4">{{Cite web |title=ArcelorMittal's Sustainability Report for 2020Q4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929074740/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/gwbpsbrn/factbook-2020_may-21.pdf |url=https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/gwbpsbrn/factbook-2020_may-21.pdf|archive-date=September 29, 2021 }} </ref> The decline accelerated compared to the CAGR of −7.2% since 4Q'18.

{| class="wikitable"
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| 194,800<ref>{{Cite web |title=ArcelorMittal's Sustainability Report for 2019Q4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302095656/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/4sjfifdj/factbook-2019.pdf |url=https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/4sjfifdj/factbook-2019.pdf|archive-date=March 2, 2021 }} </ref> || 188,800<ref>{{Cite web |title=ArcelorMittal's Sustainability Report for 2020Q4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929074740/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/gwbpsbrn/factbook-2020_may-21.pdf |url=https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/gwbpsbrn/factbook-2020_may-21.pdf|archive-date=September 29, 2021 }} </ref> || 181,900<ref>{{Cite web |title=ArcelorMittal's Sustainability Report for 2020Q4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929074740/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/gwbpsbrn/factbook-2020_may-21.pdf |url=https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/gwbpsbrn/factbook-2020_may-21.pdf|archive-date=September 29, 2021 }} </ref> || 150,800<ref name="ArcelorMittal Total CO2e emissions for 2020Q4" />
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==Products and activities==
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The company is involved in ], ], and ].<ref name="activities">{{Citation |title=What We Do |url=http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/what-we-do |access-date=8 June 2017 |publisher=ArcelorMittal |archive-date=29 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729054738/http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/what-we-do |url-status=dead }}</ref> ArcelorMittal in 2016 produced around 90 million tons of steel.<ref name="ft-biggestp" /> As of May 2017, the company made 200 unique steel grades for automotive purposes, half of which were introduced since 2007.<ref name="ctribune">{{cite news |date=16 May 2017 |title=ArcelorMittal reports that automakers are using more steel as quality improves |work=Chesterton Tribune |url=http://chestertontribune.com/Business/arcelormittal_reports_that_autom.htm |access-date=8 June 2017}}</ref> Among the steel varieties are Usibor 2000, which the company announced in June 2016 and released later that year. Upon release, the high-strength automotive steel was said to be about one-third stronger than other steels then available for carmaking.<ref name="ft-carsa" />


===Joint ventures (with ])===
*], USA (built 1991)<ref>{{cite web|title=ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel Corporation Announce $240 million Expansion at I/N Kote in New Carlisle, Indiana|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.0NH6pEae4A|publisher=]|accessdate=26 February 2014|date=16 April 2008}}</ref>
*AM/NS Calvert. Formerly named ThyssenKrupp Steel USA and located in ], the facility was purchased from ] through a 50/50 joint partnership with ] & Sumitomo Metal Corp in February 2014 for $1.5 billion and renamed AM/NS Calvert.<ref>{{cite news|last=Finch II|first=Michael|title=Sale of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA clears all regulatory approval|url=http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/02/post_96.html|accessdate=26 February 2014|newspaper=]|location=]|date=26 February 2014}}</ref> A greenfield construction project which began in 2007, the facility began operation in 2010 and has a production capacity of 5.3 million tons and includes a hot strip mill, cold roll mill and 4 coating lines. Products from the facility are marketed in the NAFTA region through managing partner ArcelorMittal.<ref>{{cite web | title=ArcelorMittal AM/NS Calvert Webpage | url=http://usa.arcelormittal.com/Our-operations/Joint-ventures/Calvert/}}</ref>
== See also == == See also ==
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==References== ==References==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Priyadarshan |first=Priyanka |last2=Ayyalusamy |first2=Kanagaraj |date=8 March 2024 |title=ArcelorMittal Steel's Essar Acquisition: A Long Legal Battle with Ramifications |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09728201241232207 |journal=] |doi=10.1177/09728201241232207}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Van Canegham |first=J. |last2=Block |first2=C |last3=Cramm |first3=P |last4=Mortier |first4=R |last5=Vandecasteele |first5=C |date=May 2010 |title=Improving eco-efficiency in the steel industry: The ArcelorMittal Gent case |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652609004107 |journal=] |volume=18 |issue=8 |pages=807-814}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Bezuidenhout |first=Andries |last2=Cock |first2=Jacklyn |date=2009 |title=Corporate power, society and the environment: A case study of ArcelorMittal South Africa |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/316935 |journal=Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa |volume=69 |pages=81-105 |doi=10.1353/trn.0.0033 |issn=0258-7696 |eissn=1726-1368 |via=Project MUSE - Johns Hopkins University}}


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Luxembourgish steel manufacturing corporation

ArcelorMittal S.A.
Former ArcelorMittal headquarters in Luxembourg, popularly known as the ARBED building
Company typePublic
Traded asEuronext AmsterdamMT
NYSEMT
CAC 40 component
AEX component
ISINLU1598757687
IndustrySteel
PredecessorsArcelor
Mittal Steel Company
Founded2006; 19 years ago (2006)
Headquarters24-26, Boulevard d’Avranches, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleAditya Mittal
(CEO)
Lakshmi Mittal
(executive chairperson)
ProductsSteel, flat steel products, long steel products, wire products, plates
Revenue Decrease US$68.275 billion (2023)
Operating incomeDecrease US$2.340 billion (2023)
Net incomeDecrease US$919 million (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$93.917 billion (2023)
Total equityDecrease US$56.068 billion (2023)
OwnerLakshmi Mittal (37.4%)
Number of employeesDecrease 126,756 (2023)
SubsidiariesDisteel, Dillinger Hütte, Dofasco, Aperam South America, Creusot-Loire, ARBED, ALZ (steelworks), Arcelor
Websitecorporate.arcelormittal.com

ArcelorMittal S.A. is a Luxembourg-based multinational steel manufacturing corporation headquartered in Luxembourg City. It was formed in 2006 from the takeover and merger of Arcelor by Indian-owned Mittal Steel. ArcelorMittal is the second largest steel producer in the world, with an annual crude steel production of 78 million metric tonnes as of 2022. It is ranked 197th in the 2022 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's largest corporations. It employs around 154,000 people and its market capital is $20 billion. The total value of company assets is estimated to be around $94 billion.

History

ArcelorMittal was formed from the acquisition of Arcelor by Mittal Steel; Mittal Steel was in turn formed from the merger of ISPAT International and LNM Holdings. The company traces its history back to 1976.

2006–2008: Formation and scalebacks

ArcelorMittal was created by the takeover of Western European steel maker Arcelor (Spain, France, and Luxembourg) by Indian-owned multinational steel maker Mittal Steel in 2006, at a cost of €40.37 per share, approximately $33 billion total. Mittal Steel launched a hostile takeover bid, which replaced a previously planned merger between Arcelor and Severstal that had lacked sufficient shareholder approval.

The resulting merged business was named ArcelorMittal and was headquartered in Luxembourg City. The resulting firm produced approximately 10% of the world's steel, and was by far the world's largest steel company. Total revenues in 2007 were $105 billion.

By February 2008, the company had 320,000 employees in 60 countries. In October 2008, the market capitalisation of ArcelorMittal was over $30 billion, after peaking at $32.5 billion in September 2008. At the end of 2008, the company reported operating income of around $12 billion.

In December 2008, ArcelorMittal announced several plant sales, to which it had been ordered by U.S. antitrust authorities as a condition of approval of Mittal Steel’s takeover of Arcelor SA, including the Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna, New York, to the Russian company Severstal. Other plants were closed by the company due to economic reasons, including LTV Steel in Hennepin, Illinois. After purchase of Kryvorizhstal, Ukraine's largest steel producer, employment was scaled back from 57,000 employees to 30,000.

2011–2014: Losses and Senegal agreement

In 2010, the company's operating income had fallen to $4.9 billion, with sales down 10 per cent from the year earlier, and income down 50 per cent as steel prices slumped. In 2011, the company began curtailing its European production to match the reduced demand for steel. It also sold Skyline Steel and Astralloy to a rival, Nucor, for $605 million. On 26 January 2011, the stainless steel division split off as a new company, Aperam. As of 2012, due to overcapacity and reduced demand in Europe, it had idled 9 of 25 blast furnaces; in October 2012 it permanently shut down two blast furnaces at Florange, France. On 31 October 2012, the company reported a third-quarter loss of $709 million as compared to a $659 million profit for the same period a year ago, citing the slow down in China's economy. In 2012 ArcelorMittal had $22 billion of debt.

In January 2013, ArcelorMittal bid $1.5 billion to acquire ThyssenKrupp AG's rolling mill in Calvert, Alabama, United States. On 26 February 2014, ThyssenKrupp sold their Calvert carbon steel facility to ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel for $1.55 billion, as a new joint venture. The facility was renamed AM/NS Calvert through the 50/50 joint partnership with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. The firm also entered into a $2.2 billion contract to develop an iron ore deposit in Senegal. This included construction of a 750 km (466 mi) railway line. After it stalled on the contract and failed to build according to schedule, the Government of Senegal sued. In September 2013, the government of Senegal won a court case before an international tribunal to rescind a $2.2 billion deal with ArcelorMittal after the company suspended work on an iron ore mine in the country. In June 2014, the International Chamber of Commerce's arbitration court in Paris awarded Senegal $150 million.

Dealing with price and demand fluctuations in the steel market, from 2012 to 2014 ArcelorMittal restructured its European division by reducing employee numbers and closing plants. In May 2014, ArcelorMittal, citing economic self-interest, declared its opposition to sanctions on Russia. As of June 2014, ArcelorMittal accounted for 7 per cent of world steel production. After being shut out of the Chinese steel industry in 2005, along with other foreign companies, in 2014 the company announced it was planning new plants in China. In 2014, the company had an annual crude steel production of 98.1 million tons.

2008–2016: Price fixing convictions

Following an investigation first launched in 2008, in August 2016 the Competition Commission (South Africa) found the company guilty of price fixing. ArcelorMittal was fined US$110.9 million and, as part of the settlement, also agreed to invest R4.64 billion in capital over five years. According to the findings, the firm had been part of a 17-member-steel group nicknamed "Club Zürich", that later became known as "Club Europe". Between January 1984 and September 2002, the companies fixed the market, prices, and exchanged confidential corporate information.

2015–2016: Acquisitions

In 2015, the company had a net loss of $7.9 billion. Between February 2015 and February 2016, share value dropped 60%, making the company the "worst performer" in the FTSEurofirst300 index. The CEO said the company had performed poorly in 2015 due to "Chinese exports depressing prices". Early in 2016, the company announced it had raised $3 billion in new investment capital to help reduce debt to $11.7 billion of debt. In early 2016 the company also announced a program to boost core profit by $3 billion by 2020 "through a mixture of cost-cutting, increased production and a focus on higher-value forms of steel". Chairman Lakshmi Mittal announced doubled earnings the following year in May 2017. Along with the increase in capital, the company also sold its 35% stake in Gestamp Automacion for $979 million, with the goal of reducing ArcelorMittal's debt to less than $12 billion. By February 2016, the company made about 6% of the world's steel. It ranked 108th in the 2016 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's biggest corporations.

2017: Market changes

In February 2017 ArcelorMittal announced its first annual profits in five years. In February 2017, ArcelorMittal and Votorantim announced plans to combine their long steel operations in Brazil. Under the deal, Votorantim Siderurgia became a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Brasil. In late May 2017, ArcelorMittal and the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) agreed on preliminary terms to form a $913 million joint venture to export a fifth of the auto-grade steel made by the venture. In March 2017, the company proposed a new US$6.5 billion steel project in Karnataka, after entering into a pact with the Karnataka government in February 2017. In April 2017, Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty House Group announced it had agreed to acquire ArcelorMittal's Georgetown Steelworks in South Carolina. It is ranked 123 in the 2017 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's biggest corporations.

By March 2017, ArcelorMittal was leading a consortium bidding for Ilva. An Italian company, Ilva owns the Taranto steelworks in southern Italy, which has Europe's largest steel output. The steelworks had been accused of toxic emissions linked to local cancer rates, and had been nationalized by the government years prior. The buyers were the AM Investco consortium, which beyond ArcelorMittal included Marcegaglia and Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. In May 2017, ArcelorMittal was announced as the preferred bidder over a different consortium led by JSW Steel, after it was able to pledge a production increase and guarantee employment levels. The final decision was waiting on Italy's ministry of economic development. On 5 June 2017, ArcelorMittal won approval to purchase Ilva for €1.8 billion. In its bid, AM Investco had pledged to make investments into Ilva of €2.4bn until 2023. On 1 November 2018, ArcelorMittal assumed ownership of Ilva steel operations and ArcelorMittal Italia was formed.

In July 2017 the company reported a 19.3 per cent year-on-year rise in its earnings for the year's second quarter. The amount was lower than predicted by analysts, with the company citing the volatility in market prices. Also, in July 2017, the European Court of Justice ruled against ArcelorMittal in its lawsuit against how the EU allocates free carbon permits.

2018: Black snow controversy

In January 2018, black snow fell in the city of Temirtau, Kazakhstan where an ArcelorMittal plant is located. Local citizens complained that the pollution was caused by an ArcelorMittal plant. A spokesperson for ArcelorMittal explained that the discoloration of the snow was caused by a lack of wind which would otherwise blow the pollution away.

2019: Notice to terminate to Ilva

On 4 November 2019, Arcelor Mittal (Am Investco Italy) sent to Ilva's Commissioners a notice to terminate the Ilva lease agreement, citing as reasons that the Italian Parliament had removed the legal protection necessary for the company to implement its environmental plan without the risk of criminal liability and that a recent decision by the criminal court of Taranto would effectively force Mittal to close blast furnace #2 by 13 December 2019. A legal and media battle with the Italian state started immediately, as Ilva is not only the single primary steel mill Mittal operates in Italy but also the largest employer in Taranto.

2020: Sale of U.S. operations to Cleveland-Cliffs

On 28 September 2020, the company sold its US business to Cleveland-Cliffs for approximately $1.4 billion.

2024: Acquisition

In August 2024, ArcelorMittal finalized the acquisition of a strategic stake in Vallourec, a leader in the production of seamless steel tubes. This transaction involved purchasing shares held by Apollo Global Management for a total amount of €955 million, at a price of €14.64 per share. Following this deal, ArcelorMittal now holds 28.4% of the voting rights and 27.5% of Vallourec's share capital. This move reflects a clear intent to expand its industrial portfolio while leveraging synergies between the two companies. In the short term, analysts anticipate the possibility of a takeover bid, highlighting ArcelorMittal's ambitions to further consolidate its dominance in the market. Such an initiative could provide opportunities for accelerated growth and strengthen its leadership in the face of intensified international competition.

Company structure

Lakshmi Mittal (owner of Mittal Steel) is the executive chairman. His family owns 40% of the shares and voting shares in the company. After a $3 billion rights issue earlier in April 2016, the company by 21 April 2016 had a share value of 16,616 million euros, distributed in 3,065,710,869 shares.

Predecessor companies

Acquired by Mittal Steel Company:

Acquired by Arcelor:

  • Aceralia – Spain (merger 2001)
  • Usinor – France (merger 2001)
  • ARBED – Luxembourg (merger 2001)
  • Acindar – Argentina (acquired 2006)
  • Dofasco – Canada (acquired 2006)

Board of directors

Comprised as follows by nine people as of June 2017:

Employees

As of 2012, the company had thousands of workers at 12 major facilities in the United States, in states such as Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. All non-salary employees in North America, with the exception of the Dofasco facility in Hamilton, Ontario, are represented by the United Steelworkers union, the largest industrial union in North America. Also, at the time around 100,000 of the company's 260,000 employees were in Europe. As of 31 December 2013, the company employed over 232,000 people, of which 37% were in the EU, with a further 16% in non-EU European countries, 17% in Asia, 16% in North America, the remainder split between South America and the Middle East and Africa. ArcelorMittal is also Luxembourg's largest private employer. At the beginning of 2014, it employed 4,600 employees in the Grand Duchy. By 2020 the company had over 18,000 employees in North and South America.

Facilities

Headquarters and offices

The head office of ArcelorMittal is in Luxembourg City.

Major plant locations

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ArcelorMittal Ostrava

Operated by ArcelorMittal:

Joint ventures:

Carbon footprint

ArcelorMittal reported Total CO2e emissions (direct + indirect) for 31 December 2020 at 150.8 Tg (teragram) (-31,100 /-17.1% y-o-y). The decline accelerated compared to the CAGR of −7.2% since 4Q'18.

ArcelorMittal's Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) (in kilotonnes)
Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Dec 2020
194,800 188,800 181,900 150,800

Products and activities

Steel being coiled at an ArcelorMittal facility in Brazil

The company is involved in research and development, mining, and steel. ArcelorMittal in 2016 produced around 90 million tons of steel. As of May 2017, the company made 200 unique steel grades for automotive purposes, half of which were introduced since 2007. Among the steel varieties are Usibor 2000, which the company announced in June 2016 and released later that year. Upon release, the high-strength automotive steel was said to be about one-third stronger than other steels then available for carmaking.

See also

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