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- ArcelorMittal S.A. (AMSYF) operates as the world's second-largest steel producer, manufacturing a broad portfolio of flat and long steel products, tubular products, and downstream solutions; it produces hot-rolled coils, cold-rolled coils, coated products including hot-dip galvanized and organic coated steels, tinplate, electrical steels, advanced high-strength steels for automotive applications, quarto plates, sections, merchant bars, sheet piles, rails, rebar, quality wire rod, bars, pipes and tubes for energy and construction markets, wire products such as strands, wire ropes, fencing, nails and steel fibers, as well as special steel plates and forged blocks through Industeel; the company also engages in iron ore mining and metallurgical coal production to support its vertically integrated operations. Headquartered in Luxembourg City and founded in 2006 through the merger of Arcelor and Mittal Steel, ArcelorMittal maintains steelmaking facilities in 15 countries across Europe, the Americas, South Africa, Ukraine and other regions, serving industries including automotive, construction, energy, packaging, appliances and infrastructure with approximately 125,000 employees. In recent developments, ArcelorMittal completes the acquisition of Nippon Steel Corporation's 50% stake in AM/NS Calvert in Alabama in June 2025, achieving full ownership of the facility and advancing expansions for non-oriented electrical steels production expected in 2027; it secures full financial backing in May 2025 for a major Heat Treatment and Advanced Premium OCTG Finishing Line expansion at its Tubular Products Al-Jubail facility in Saudi Arabia to add capacity for high-spec seamless carbon steel tubes serving the energy sector; in August 2024, the company acquires a 27.5% interest in Vallourec, a seamless steel tubes producer; it reports strong investable cash flow of $2.3 billion over the past 12 months as of mid-2025, reinvesting $1.1 billion in strategic capex and $2.3 billion net in M&A while returning capital to shareholders; additionally, Germany's government pledges 1.3 billion euros in funding for decarbonization projects at Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt sites, and the European Commission approves Metinvest's acquisition of ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Iași in Romania in December 2025.