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ArcelorMittal Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt conversion

ArcelorMittal · Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt · DE · Steel · decarbonisation

Cancelled

ArcelorMittal Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt conversion is ArcelorMittal's steel project at Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany.

Why it matters

It will not be built.

Where ArcelorMittal Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt conversion is

ArcelorMittal Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt conversion runs across 2 sites, at Bremen steelworks and Eisenhüttenstadt steelworks. It was cancelled, and is drawn here and on no other frame. Also in frame: 2 sites using the same technology.

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53.1331° N 8.6890° EBremen steelworks

52.1892° N 14.6213° EEisenhüttenstadt steelworks

as of 2025-06-23

Status

  1. Announced
  2. Funded
  3. FID taken
  4. In construction
  5. Operating
  6. Cancelled2025-06-23
  • 2025-06-23CancelledThe conversion of both sites was dropped and €1.3 billion of German subsidies turned down, the company citing energy costs. No primary source for the earlier announcement has been read, so the history starts here.source

Technology and measures

  • Direct reduction with an electric furnacedemonstrationIron ore is reduced in the solid state with gas rather than smelted with coke in a blast furnace, and the resulting iron is melted in an electric furnace. It is the route Europe's integrated sites are converting to, and it is being built to run on natural gas first and hydrogen later, which is why the conversion and the fuel are two different questions with two different timetables.

Funding

  • €1.3 bnGerman federal funding for industrial decarbonisationwithdrawnA national decision. The register has read no act that carries the German scheme, so the funding names its programme and points at no measure. See issue #39.“ArcelorMittal, last week dropped plans to convert two plants in Germany to climate-friendly production, citing high energy costs and turning down 1.3 billion euros of subsidies.”source

Sources