# 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.


Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/arcelormittal/
Updated: 2026-08-03

- Country: LU
- Ticker: MT

## 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 | https://belgium.arcelormittal.com/en/steelanol-blast-furnace-gas-becomes-ethanol, https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/news/non-regulatory-news/arcelormittal-and-lanzatech-announce-first-ethanol-samples-from-commercial-flagship-carbon-capture-and-utilisation-facility-in-ghent-belgium, https://invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/en/news/arcelormittal-opens-steelanol-co-capture-plant-flanders |
| Capacity | 80 million litres of ethanol per year | https://belgium.arcelormittal.com/en/steelanol-blast-furnace-gas-becomes-ethanol, https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/news/non-regulatory-news/arcelormittal-and-lanzatech-announce-ethanol-production-milestone-and-shipment-of-first-barge-from-flagship-steelanol-facility-in-belgium, https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/news/non-regulatory-news/arcelormittal-and-lanzatech-announce-first-ethanol-samples-from-commercial-flagship-carbon-capture-and-utilisation-facility-in-ghent-belgium |
| Certification | Industrial operations at the site are certified under ISO 14001 | https://www.eib.org/attachments/registers/79474008.pdf |
| Regulatory approval | Regulatory approval for ethanol under EU incentive regimes such as RED and FQD was required for project progress [medium confidence] | https://demoplants21.best-research.eu/projects/info/3767/VEcQZJ |
| Production site | ArcelorMittal steel mill in Ghent, Belgium | https://belgium.arcelormittal.com/en/steelanol-blast-furnace-gas-becomes-ethanol, https://demoplants21.best-research.eu/projects/info/3767/VEcQZJ, https://invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/en/news/arcelormittal-opens-steelanol-co-capture-plant-flanders |
| Headcount | 35 people employed at the Steelanol plant as of June 2025 | https://newmobility.news/en/2025/06/19/arcelormittal-in-ghent-threatens-to-shut-down-green-prestige-steelanol-project/ |
| Revenue | ArcelorMittal global revenue of $68.3 billion in 2023 | https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/news/non-regulatory-news/arcelormittal-and-lanzatech-announce-ethanol-production-milestone-and-shipment-of-first-barge-from-flagship-steelanol-facility-in-belgium |

Independent sources: demoplants21.best-research.eu, eib.org, invest.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com, newmobility.news

## Technologies

- [Gas fermentation to chemicals](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/gas-fermentation-chemicals/)