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6 unusual facts about ArcelorMittal


ArcelorMittal

In December 2008, ArcelorMittal announced several plant closings, including the Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna, New York, and LTV Steel in Hennepin, Illinois.

Avenue de la Liberté

One-quarter of the way down the road, it runs along the eastern side of the Place des Martyrs, opposite which are the headquarters of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel-manufacturer.

Bokaro district

ArcelorMittal Steel giant ArcelorMittal is looking to set up a 12 million tonne greenfield plant in Bokaro.

Port of Ploče

It aims to attract large quantities of transport for the ArcelorMittal, GIKIL, Birač Zvornik and Aluminij industrial plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which are the main users of the port.

Rodange

After numerous mergers and restructuring as of 2010 the plant now produces mainly long steel products (rebar, rails etc.), and is now part of the ArcelorMittal Rodange & Schifflange S.A, a division of ArcelorMittal.

Saint-Chély-d'Apcher

The town has a long-standing iron foundry, owned by the ArcelorMittal group.


Acesita

The company's main plant, at Timóteo in Minas Gerais (ArcelorMittal Timóteo), has an installed production capacity is 900,000 tons of steel per year.

ARBED building

In 2002, ARBED merged with other European steel companies to form Arcelor, which in turn merged with Mittal Steel in 2006 to form ArcelorMittal, and the building changed ownership accordingly.

Aurangzeb Road

People who own a residence in Aurangzeb Road include several Indian billionares like ArcelorMittal's L N Mittal, K.P.Singh of DLF and Max Healthcare's Analjit Singh.

Institut de recherche de la sidérurgie

The Institut de recherche de la sidérurgie (IRSID) is the old name of ArcelorMittal Maizières Research SA, a private research center related to the siderurgical society ArcelorMittal (originally (Usinor, then Arcelor)), situated at Maizières-lès-Metz, in Lorraine.

Vanderbijlpark

Named after Hendrik van der Bijl, an electrical engineer and industrialist, Vanderbijlpark is home to Vanderbijlpark Steel (previously part of ISCOR (South African Iron and Steel Corporation), now part of the global company ArcelorMittal).

Yves Bréchet

He is a member of the international scientific council of ArcelorMittal and the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique, and a scientific advisor to Rio Tinto Alcan, EDF and ONERA.


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