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18 June 2025 19:30 CET
ArcelorMittal completes the acquisition of Nippon Steel Corporation’s interest in AM/NS CalvertIn accordance with the definitive Equity Purchase Agreement (the “EPA”) signed between ArcelorMittal (the “Company”) and Nippon Steel Corporation (“NSC”) on 11 October 2024, the Company confirms that it has completed the acquisition (the “transaction”) of NSC’s 50% equity stake in AM/NS Calvert, with ArcelorMittal already holding the balance.
The facility, now renamed ArcelorMittal Calvert, was originally acquired by ArcelorMittal and NSC in 2014 from ThyssenKrupp for total consideration of $1.55 billion. The operation was originally built at a cost of approximately $5 billion. It commenced operations in 2010 and has a flat rolled steel capacity of 5.3 million metric tonnes, annually. It is one of the most advanced steel finishing facilities in North America, with assets that include:
State-of-the-art hot strip mill (HSM) designed to roll advanced high strength steels (AHSS), Line Pipe & Stainless products
Continuous Pickling Line (CPL) and coupled Pickle Line-Tandem Cold Mill (PLTCM) optimized for auto production (including exposed)
Coating and Continuous Annealing Lines, galvanized, galvanneal, aluminized, and cold rolled, which can supply advanced automotive grades including Gen3 AHSS and Press Hardened Steel (PHS).
Since the acquisition in 2014, more than $2 billion in capex investments have been made to improve operational efficiency and enhance product offerings to the U.S. automotive and energy markets. Strategic investments include additional slab bays and cranes, a state-of-the-art logistics center to support high-volume pipe production and increased coil size, capability enhancements to the three coating lines and continuous annealing line, and the new state-of-the-art steelmaking facility with the capacity to produce 1.5 million metric tonnes of low CO2 steel, annually. The new steelmaking facility will be capable of supplying exposed automotive grades. Commissioning and first heat (an initial batch of molten steel marking the start of operations) were completed this month. In addition, a new seven-year domestic slab supply agreement with NSC has commenced, averaging 750,000 metric tonnes per year, ensuring a significant portion of the slab requirements are melted and poured in the United States. The feasibility of a steelmaking expansion at the site, which would further strengthen its U.S. domestic production capability, is being assessed.
The new steelmaking facility, integrated with ArcelorMittal’s HBI facility in Texas, will enable Calvert to supply automotive customers with lower CO2 embodied steel, melted and poured in the United States.
In February 2025, the Company announced its intention to invest $1.2 billion to construct an advanced, non-grain-oriented electrical steel (NOES) manufacturing facility at the same site in Calvert, Alabama. The new facility will be capable of producing up to 150,000 metric tonnes of NOES annually, in support of automotive and mobility, renewable electricity production and other industrial and commercial markets. The project can strengthen U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and reduce U.S. dependency on electrical steel imports through the expansion of domestic NOES production. The project is advancing to schedule: all long lead equipment purchase order have been issued, and manufacturing has commenced for major process equipment; all construction permits related to Air and Water have been received; earthwork and piling are in progress and work on the main construction packages are underway. First NOES production is expected in 2027.