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19/12/2024
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IMDEA Materials Institute and ArcelorMittal strengthen collaboration with new strategic agreement The goal is to enhance their ties to develop sustainable solutions, tackling challenges such as decarbonisation and the application of artificial intelligence in the steel industry. The strategic agreement will boost joint projects, knowledge transfer, and talent exchange, enabling both organisations to address complex challenges more efficiently. IMDEA Materials Institute and ArcelorMittal have signed a strategic agreement aimed at advancing the development of sustainable solutions and technologies based on materials science and engineering for the steel industry.
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18/12/2024
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MEPS is a world leading independent supplier of valuable steel market data and information.

MEPS research flags fears of steel sector ‘in danger’  17th December 2024 MEPS respondents fear that Europe’s steel industry is “in danger” following the December announcements of job cuts at Thyssenkrupp and ArcelorMittal.
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18/12/2024
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MEPS International from Sheffield, UK follows 388 people and has 1192 followers, has been on Twitter since 15/04/2011 12:11:09 and has a Klout score of NA. Describes themself as "Stay up-to-date and gain a unique insight into steel prices, indices, forecasts and production trends worldwide."

MEPS's research respondents fear that Europe’s steel industry is “in danger” following the December announcements of job cuts at Thyssenkrupp and ArcelorMittal.
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18/12/2024
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MEPS is a world leading independent supplier of valuable steel market data and information.

MEPS research flags fears of steel sector ‘in danger’  17th December 2024 MEPS respondents fear that Europe’s steel industry is “in danger” following the December announcements of job cuts at Thyssenkrupp and ArcelorMittal. Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe cited competition from low-cost Asian imports and high energy costs in its decision to reduce its German workforce from 27,000 to 16,000 by 2030. The restructure will also include a reduction in annual production capacity of up to 25% from its current 11.5 million tonnes output.  Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal has announced strategic changes which will include the delaying of the decarbonisation plans at its Dunkirk site and the closure of distribution centres in Reims and Denain. Explaining its delayed decarbonisation investment, ArcelorMittal cited the slow development of green hydrogen infrastructure, the high cost of DRI, the influence of China’s overcapacity, and weak import protection offered by CBAM.  This content first appeared in the December edition of MEPS's European Steel Review. The monthly report features steel prices, price indices, market commentaries and forecasts from across the region. Contact MEPS for details of how to subscribe. The announcements follow calls for the European Commission to urgently implement a strategic approach to maintain the resilience and sustainability of Europe’s steel industry. MEPS reported in November that the European Steel Association (Eurofer) and union federation IndustriAll want the European Commission to publish a Steel Action Plan within 100 days of the upcoming election of a new parliament. 
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17/12/2024
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欧洲钢企低碳转型项目进展几何? 新浪财经 2024-12-03 17:10 来源:我的钢铁网 随着欧洲各国环保要求的不断提高,当地钢铁企业相继公布并实施转型项目,主要是从高炉-转炉路线转向电炉炼钢路线。随着高炉的关闭,这一工艺涉及到的焦化和烧结设施也将退役。 2024年9月下旬,塔塔钢铁英国公司按照改造计划,完全关闭了塔尔伯特港工厂年产250万吨的4号高炉。3月和7月,该公司分别关闭了年产100万吨的焦化厂和年产250万吨的5号高炉,以及烧结厂和转炉。该公司计划到2028年安装一座年产能为320万吨的电弧炉。 2024年4月,在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那的安赛乐米塔尔泽尼察工厂关停了焦化设施,原因是环境要求日益严格、生产成本不断上升和焦炭需求下降。该焦炉已经运行了40多年,通过论证,更新焦炉不具有可行性,也不符合环境标准。该区域的一些其他钢铁企业目前也准备关闭设备,推进改造方案。 奥地利奥钢联计划在2027年之前关闭其多纳维茨工厂年产75万吨的4号高炉,而相同容积的1号高炉将在2035年之前关闭。随着高炉的关闭,每厂将停运一座年产75万吨的转炉。这些计划是林茨和多纳维茨工厂greentec钢铁改造计划的一部分。该计划涉及安装年产能为85万吨的电弧炉。奥钢联已经为新设备提供了电力和废钢供应,电弧炉计划于2027年投产。 ......................
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Automatic Translation: How is the low-carbon transformation project of European steel companies progressing? Sina Finance 2024-12-03 17:10 Source: My Steel Network As European countries continue to increase their environmental protection requirements, local steel companies have successively announced and implemented transformation projects, mainly from the blast furnace-converter route to the electric furnace steelmaking route. With the closure of the blast furnace, the coking and sintering facilities involved in this process will also be retired. In late September 2024, Tata Steel UK completely closed the No. 4 blast furnace with an annual output of 2.5 million tons at the Port Talbot plant in accordance with the transformation plan. In March and July, the company closed the coking plant with an annual output of 1 million tons and the No. 5 blast furnace with an annual output of 2.5 million tons, as well as the sintering plant and converter. The company plans to install an electric arc furnace with an annual production capacity of 3.2 million tons by 2028. In April 2024, ArcelorMittal’s Zenica plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina shut down its coking facility due to increasingly stringent environmental requirements, rising production costs and falling demand for coke. The coke oven had been in operation for more than 40 years and it was not feasible or environmentally acceptable to renew it. Some other steelmakers in the region are also currently preparing to shut down equipment and move forward with transformation plans. Austria’s voestalpine plans to shut down its 750,000 t/yr blast furnace No. 4 at its Donawitz plant by 2027, while the No. 1 blast furnace of the same capacity will be shut down by 2035. With the closure of the blast furnaces, a 750,000 t/yr converter will be shut down at each plant. These plans are part of the greentec steel transformation program at the Linz and Donawitz plants. The program involves the installation of electric arc furnaces with an annual capacity of 850,000 t/yr. voestalpine has provided power and scrap supply for the new equipment, which is scheduled to start up in 2027. ......................

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17/12/2024
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ArcelorMittal Invests $5M in Hydrogen Tech to Revolutionize Steelmaking 🚀 ArcelorMittal’s XCarb Innovation Fund just invested $5 million in Utility Global to advance cutting-edge hydrogen gas technology. 🔧 This breakthrough reactor can generate high-purity hydrogen for steel production while reducing carbon emissions through concentrated CO2 streams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKNWBhlw7GA
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17/12/2024
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BankTrack from Netherlands / International follows 4162 people and has 7325 followers, has been on Twitter since 01/07/2009 14:08:02 and has a Klout score of NA. Describes themself as "Tracking & campaigning on banks and their impact on people and planet. Coordinating @NoFossilBanks #FossilBanksNoThanks. Coalitions #StopEACOP @Forests_Finance"

Just 2 weeks after ArcelorMittal backtracked on its climate commitments, 7 banks are helping it raise money to continue making steel with coal. Together with @FairSteel, we're calling on investors to not buy new ArcelorMittal bonds
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17/12/2024
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Welund from United Kingdom follows 806 people and has 848 followers, has been on Twitter since 02/07/2017 06:38:40 and has a Klout score of NA. Describes themself as "The market-leader in monitoring and identifying politically-based threats to businesses, offering client-focused information and advice sales@welund.com"

Campaigners urge investors not to buy new ArcelorMittal bonds due to ‘human rights, environmental and climate concerns’
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17/12/2024
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🔥Peter🌍✊ @peterru.bsky.social 1.3K followers 3.5K following born CO₂ @ 317 ppm Our planet is not dying. It is being murdered.

Frontline communities urge investors not to buy new ArcelorMittal bonds due to human rights, environmental and climate concerns
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16/12/2024
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Site: www.banktrack.org
BankTrack is a global network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the private financial sector (commercial banks, investors, insurance companies, pension funds) and its effect on people and the planet.

Frontline communities urge investors not to buy new ArcelorMittal bonds due to human rights, environmental and climate concerns After ArcelorMittal issued two bonds totalling EUR 1 billion last Friday, civil society groups including frontline communities from Mexico, Liberia, and South Africa are calling on banks and investors involved in the deal to end unrestricted finance for the steel giant. The deal comes amid fresh criticism of ArcelorMittal’s recently announced decision to delay final investment decisions on its green steel projects in Europe.(1) BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Natixis are listed as underwriters on the bond issuances. “​​Slowing climate change is our goal as citizens of the earth—and banks are not listening to our call to put people and their livelihood over their profits. The banks’ support in destroying the earth by giving ArcelorMittal carte blanche financing to continue polluting the atmosphere with increased volume of greenhouse gasses from its coal use is unacceptable and condemned in no uncertain terms!” said John Brownell of Green Advocates and the Fair Steel Coalition.   Due to its reliance on coal for steelmaking, ArcelorMittal’s 2023 carbon footprint of 114.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) is comparable to that of Belgium.(2) ArcelorMittal has pledged to transition away from coal towards climate-compatible steel production processes and has already secured €3 billion in public aid, and a €5.5 billion sustainability-linked credit facility to do so.(3) However, in mid-November, ArcelorMittal announced it will pause its final investment decisions for hydrogen based Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) plants in four European Countries, citing an insufficient policy landscape.
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16/12/2024
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🚨 ArcelorMittal vient de lever 1 milliard d’euros sur le marché obligataire grâce à plusieurs banques telles que BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole ou encore Natixis du Groupe BPCE. Leader de l’hashtag#acier, ArcelorMittal n’a à l’heure actuelle pas de stratégie hashtag#climat suffisamment ambitieuse pour s’aligner sur une trajectoire permettant de limiter le réchauffement planétaire à +1,5°C. L’entreprise ne s’est notamment toujours pas engagée de façon nette à arrêter de construire de nouveaux hauts fourneaux, ni à cesser de prolonger leur durée de vie. En d’autres termes, hashtag#ArcelorMittal n’est toujours pas en voie d’abandonner le hashtag#charbon métallurgique dans sa production. L’aciériste envoie également des signaux très inquiétants quant à sa capacité à développer les modes de production d’acier décarbonés. Il vient en effet de mettre en pause ses projets de décarbonation en Europe. Face à cette trop lente décarbonation, les banques ont un rôle clé à jouer. BNP Paribas, Groupe Crédit Agricole, Groupe BPCE (hashtag#Natixis), Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC et Intesa Sanpaolo doivent cesser d’accorder des soutiens inconditionnés à l’aciériste comme elles viennent de le faire au travers de ces deux obligations. 📢 Au contraire, alors qu'ArcelorMittal doit publier une mise à jour très attendue de ses engagements climatiques, elles doivent absolument exiger que l’aciériste s’engage de façon claire à arrêter de développer de nouveaux hauts fourneaux et à prolonger leur durée de vie. Tant que l’aciériste ne se sera pas engagé sur une trajectoire de décarbonation alignée avec l’objectif 1,5°C, tout soutien qui lui sera apporté par les banques ne pourra être considéré comme étant en accord avec leurs engagements climatiques.
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Automatic Translation: 🚨 ArcelorMittal has just raised €1 billion on the bond market thanks to several banks such as BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole and Natixis of Groupe BPCE. Leader in the hashtag #steel, ArcelorMittal does not currently have a hashtag #climate strategy that is ambitious enough to align itself with a trajectory that limits global warming to 1.5°C. In particular, the company has still not made a clear commitment to stop building new blast furnaces or to stop extending their lifespan. In other words, hashtag #ArcelorMittal is still not on the way to abandoning the hashtag #metallurgical coal in its production. The steelmaker is also sending very worrying signals about its ability to develop decarbonized steel production methods. It has in fact just put its decarbonization projects in Europe on hold. Faced with this too-slow decarbonization, banks have a key role to play. BNP Paribas, Groupe Crédit Agricole, Groupe BPCE (hashtag#Natixis), Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Intesa Sanpaolo must stop providing unconditional support to the steelmaker as they have just done through these two bonds. 📢 On the contrary, while ArcelorMittal must publish a long-awaited update of its climate commitments, they must absolutely demand that the steelmaker clearly commit to stopping the development of new blast furnaces and extending their lifespan. As long as the steelmaker has not committed to a decarbonization trajectory aligned with the 1.5°C objective, any support provided to it by the banks cannot be considered as being in line with their climate commitments.

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16/12/2024
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Together with the Fair Steel Coalition, we're calling on banks and investors to end unrestricted finance for ArcelorMittal ❌ 💵, as 7 banks have just done. Last Friday, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking, helped ArcelorMittal raise EUR 1 billion on the capital market. This deal came just two weeks after ArcelorMittal backtracked on its climate commitments in Europe, and after communities have contacted these same banks to raise serious human rights concerns about the companies operations in Liberia, Mexico, and South Africa. The new finance provided to ArcelorMittal does not have environmental or social conditions attached, meaning there is the possibility for the company to use the debt to expand or prolong it's coal-fired operations. Any future finance provided to a steel major like ArcelorMittal, who has demonstrated that it's not serious about climate action, must include STRONG conditionalities that ensure the company phases out coal, and upholds it's responsibilities to communities.
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16/12/2024
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Site: www.banktrack.org
BankTrack is a global network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the private financial sector (commercial banks, investors, insurance companies, pension funds) and its effect on people and the planet.

After ArcelorMittal issued two bonds totalling EUR 1 billion last Friday, civil society groups including frontline communities from Mexico, Liberia, and South Africa are calling on banks and investors involved in the deal to end unrestricted finance for the steel giant. The deal comes amid fresh criticism of ArcelorMittal’s recently announced decision to delay final investment decisions on its green steel projects in Europe.(1) BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Natixis are listed as underwriters on the bond issuances.
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16/12/2024
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BankTrack @banktrack.bsky.social 815 followers 1.1K following 93 posts Challenging commercial banks to urgently and decisively address their impact on #climatechange , #nature collapse and #humanrights .

Just 2 weeks after ArcelorMittal backtracked on its climate commitments, 7 banks are helping it raise money to continue making steel with coal. Together with The Fair Steel Coalition, we're calling on investors to not buy new ArcelorMittal bonds ❌💵
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16/12/2024
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Pedro Quintana @pedrovqg.bsky.social 34 followers 51 following 401 posts Hortelano melómano

La espantada de ArcelorMittal deja a la industria del acero a la espera de un patrón verde
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Automatic Translation: ArcelorMittal's retreat leaves the steel industry waiting for a green standard

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16/12/2024
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Eurometal.net - The Voice of European Steel, Tubes and Metal Intermediation - “EUROMETAL is by far the most relevant and largest network of Steel Traders, Flat Service Centers and Steel Stockholders in Europe.” What is EUROMETAL about? EUROMETAL’s mission is to know all there is to know about steel and the steel industry. We bring together the people who matter in the European steel business so that they can exchange their knowledge and experiences for the benefit of the whole European industry in the context of an increasingly difficult global environment.

ArcelorMittal Europe Flat Products invests in sustainable transport ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products is decarbonising its logistics and restructuring transport activities, according to chief marketing officer Laurent Plasman and head of transport & logistics David De Rocker. In 2023, the division successfully delivered 20 million tonnes of steel to customers through multiple transportation methods. Road transport constituted approximately 38%. The company is currently improving its rail transport capabilities and evaluating the potential for maritime shipping options. Rail cargo accounts for 42% of the steelmaker’s flat steel shipments in Europe, Kallanish notes.
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16/12/2024
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EUROMETAL @eurometal.bsky.social 2 followers 4 following 45 posts The Voice of European Steel, Tubes and Metal Distribution representing all types of Steel Intermediation (Multi-Product & Proximity Steel Distribution, Flat Steel Service Centres Distribution and Steel Trading).

ArcelorMittal Europe Flat Products invests in sustainable transport
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