Companies
ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal operates the €200M Steelanol waste-gas-to-ethanol plant in Ghent, Belgium, where captured blast-furnace gas is fermented into recycled-carbon ethanol using LanzaTech's acetogen platform under the EU CORDIS-backed Steelanol consortium; the project is under strategic review in 2026 as part of ArcelorMittal's wider Smart Carbon programme. Steel works blast-furnace gas host; no ArcelorMittal vendor page for the ethanol product was reachable, so the row rests on the EU CORDIS project record and industry press.
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Blast-furnace-gas fermentation
EU CORDIS Steelanol consortium
Coverage
| CN | EU | IN | US | |
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| biofuels-bioenergy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Verifiable facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Funding | €200 million investment, including grants from the EU (Horizon 2020), Belgian federal government, and Flemish government, as well as a loan from the European Investment Bank | belgium.arcelormittal.com · corporate.arcelormittal.com · invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com |
| Capacity | 80 million litres of ethanol per year | belgium.arcelormittal.com · corporate.arcelormittal.com |
| Certification | Industrial operations at the site are certified under ISO 14001 | eib.org |
| Regulatory approval | Regulatory approval for ethanol under EU incentive regimes such as RED and FQD was required for project progress medium confidence | demoplants21.best-research.eu |
| Production site | ArcelorMittal steel mill in Ghent, Belgium | belgium.arcelormittal.com · demoplants21.best-research.eu · invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com |
| Headcount | 35 people employed at the Steelanol plant as of June 2025 | newmobility.news |
| Revenue | ArcelorMittal global revenue of $68.3 billion in 2023 | corporate.arcelormittal.com |
Independent sources: demoplants21.best-research.eu · eib.org · invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com · newmobility.news
Technologies
| Name | Cluster | Risk | |
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| Gas fermentation to chemicals | biofuels-bioenergy | Medium | → |
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