ArcelorMittal Mardyck starts works for five new lines
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ArcelorMittal Mardyck starts works for five new lines

Published: 22 May 2023
ArcelorMittal Mardyck starts works for five new lines

Five new production lines will be started in 2024 at ArcelorMittal’s Mardyck electrical steel sites in northern France for the production of electrical steel for use in manufacturing engines for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid vehicles, Kallanish notes. The steelmaker is now starting the preparatory phase for the works and hiring 100 workers and engineers. This follows the end on 12 May of the public inquiry into the development of the new electrical steel production lines at the Mardyck finishing plant. The five lines will include an annealing-pickling facility, a reversible rolling mill, a preparation line, an annealing and coating, and a slitting line.

“By 2035, the sale of thermal vehicles will be banned in Europe. Many car manufacturers have already announced that their production will be 100% electric by 2030… Today, one out of two cars in Europe is produced with ArcelorMittal steel. Tomorrow, our steels will be used for the manufacture of electric motors”, the company says in a note.

A first electrical steel production line is operating at the other electrical steel plant in Saint-Chély d’Apcher, southern France. Mardyck’s new lines will produce 200,000 tonnes/year of this type of steel which, including Saint-Chély d’Apcher’s output, will bring the total capacity of electrical steel to 300,000/t from next year.

ArcelorMittal is investing €300 million ($323m) into its Mardyck site. In July last year it restarted the upgraded continuous pickling line revamped by Danieli.

In parallel, the steelmaker is launching the 5G network for industrial uses in France to help carry out digitisation and robotisation at its French production sites. The company started its so-called 5G Steel project in 2021 in France which has now become fully operational at the Dunkirk and Mardyck plants.

Natalia Capra France

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ArcelorMittal Mardyck starts works for five new lines

Published: 22 May 2023
ArcelorMittal Mardyck starts works for five new lines

Five new production lines will be started in 2024 at ArcelorMittal’s Mardyck electrical steel sites in northern France for the production of electrical steel for use in manufacturing engines for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid vehicles, Kallanish notes. The steelmaker is now starting the preparatory phase for the works and hiring 100 workers and engineers. This follows the end on 12 May of the public inquiry into the development of the new electrical steel production lines at the Mardyck finishing plant. The five lines will include an annealing-pickling facility, a reversible rolling mill, a preparation line, an annealing and coating, and a slitting line.

“By 2035, the sale of thermal vehicles will be banned in Europe. Many car manufacturers have already announced that their production will be 100% electric by 2030… Today, one out of two cars in Europe is produced with ArcelorMittal steel. Tomorrow, our steels will be used for the manufacture of electric motors”, the company says in a note.

A first electrical steel production line is operating at the other electrical steel plant in Saint-Chély d’Apcher, southern France. Mardyck’s new lines will produce 200,000 tonnes/year of this type of steel which, including Saint-Chély d’Apcher’s output, will bring the total capacity of electrical steel to 300,000/t from next year.

ArcelorMittal is investing €300 million ($323m) into its Mardyck site. In July last year it restarted the upgraded continuous pickling line revamped by Danieli.

In parallel, the steelmaker is launching the 5G network for industrial uses in France to help carry out digitisation and robotisation at its French production sites. The company started its so-called 5G Steel project in 2021 in France which has now become fully operational at the Dunkirk and Mardyck plants.

Natalia Capra France

 

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