ArcelorMittal Gent
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Gent, Europe, Belgium
ArcelorMittal Gent makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 5.2 million tonnes per year. Its main products are pipe, billet, rail, slab.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1966
Emissions
2025
8.21 Mt CO₂e
1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
5,200
BOF
5,200
Blast Furnace
5,000
Sinter
6,935
Coking
1,200
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Committed to purchasing all electricity generated at the Storm wind farm being built on the site for the next 20 years .
Steel Products
pipe, billet, rail, slab
Ownership
Owner ArcelorMittal SA
Parent ArcelorMittal SA [100.0%]
Workforce 1,933 employees
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Location
Gent
Europe
Belgium
51.1699°, 3.8045°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 5,200 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1966
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 3 recorded