ArcelorMittal will close the steel mill and billet rolling mill in Duisburg in September 2027. At that time, the contract for pig iron deliveries from Thyssenkrupp Steel in Duisburg will expire. According to its own statement, ArcelorMittal did not renew this contract for cost reasons.
Under these plans, only ArcelorMittal’s wire rolling mill at the Duisburg site will remain in operation. Other ArcelorMittal sites, as well as other manufacturers, are to supply the billets used as feedstock for wire production. In particular, the group considers the steel mill in Hamburg—which produces steel using the DRI-EAF process—to be well-positioned to supply Duisburg with semi-finished products that have a lower carbon footprint.
