Brandenburg's Prime Minister Mr. Dietmar Woidke visited ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt in Germany to discuss the transformation of the steel industry and made a commitment to the location. Mr. Woidke exchanged views with the management, the works council and IG Metall about the current status of the planning.A technology change is needed to decarbonize steel production in the future, the first step is to shut down one blast furnace each from ArcelorMittal in Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt follow. The Eisenhüttenstadt site will then receive from a natural gas based direct reduction plant at the Bremen plant the precursor sponge iron, which is converted into quality steel from Eisenhüttenstadt in two new electric arc furnaces with scrap is merged. In the second step, it is planned to build an industrial direct reduction plant in Eisenhüttenstadt as well to be built.The new plants will be operated permanently with green hydrogen and electricity from renewable sources become. ArcelorMittal is currently awaiting approval from the European Commission for subsidies that support the construction of the new facilities.ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt, started in 1950s as the former Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost, is now part of ArcelorMittal. Around 2,700 employees produce in the integrated steel mill consisting of from pig iron plant, converter steelworks, hot and cold rolling mill high-quality flat steel products for customers of automotive, household appliances and construction industries, which are mainly located in Eastern and Central Europe. In 2022, ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt produced 1.5M ton of flat steel.
Brandenburg's Prime Minister Mr. Dietmar Woidke visited ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt in Germany to discuss the transformation of the steel industry and made a commitment to the location. Mr. Woidke exchanged views with the management, the works council and IG Metall about the current status of the planning.A technology change is needed to decarbonize steel production in the future, the first step is to shut down one blast furnace each from ArcelorMittal in Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt follow. The Eisenhüttenstadt site will then receive from a natural gas based direct reduction plant at the Bremen plant the precursor sponge iron, which is converted into quality steel from Eisenhüttenstadt in two new electric arc furnaces with scrap is merged. In the second step, it is planned to build an industrial direct reduction plant in Eisenhüttenstadt as well to be built.The new plants will be operated permanently with green hydrogen and electricity from renewable sources become. ArcelorMittal is currently awaiting approval from the European Commission for subsidies that support the construction of the new facilities.ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt, started in 1950s as the former Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost, is now part of ArcelorMittal. Around 2,700 employees produce in the integrated steel mill consisting of from pig iron plant, converter steelworks, hot and cold rolling mill high-quality flat steel products for customers of automotive, household appliances and construction industries, which are mainly located in Eastern and Central Europe. In 2022, ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt produced 1.5M ton of flat steel.
