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- ArcelorMittal S.A. manufactures and sells a broad range of finished steel products, including flat carbon steels such as hot-rolled, cold-rolled, coated, and electrical steels; long products comprising sections, rails, bars, wire rods, and wire solutions; tubular products like seamless pipes; and mining segment outputs of iron ore, coke, scrap, and direct reduced iron. The company serves key industries including automotive with advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) and Usibor grades supporting electro-mobility, construction via sections, sheet piles, rebar, and Steligence solutions, household appliances, packaging, general industry, oil and gas, renewable energies, and machinery; it operates 37 integrated and mini-mill facilities across 15 countries with production split at 38% Americas, 53% Europe, and 9% other regions including South Africa and Ukraine, alongside vertically integrated mining in Brazil, Canada, Liberia, Mexico, Ukraine, and South Africa. Founded in 2006 through the merger of Mittal Steel and Arcelor and headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, ArcelorMittal maintains steelmaking operations in Europe (e.g., France, Germany, Poland, Spain), the Americas (e.g., U.S., Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Argentina), and other areas, with joint ventures such as AM/NS India. Recent developments include completing the June 2025 acquisition of Nippon Steel's 50% stake in AM/NS Calvert in Alabama, renaming it ArcelorMittal Calvert following over $2 billion in prior investments and plans for a new electric arc furnace and $1.2 billion non-grain-oriented electrical steel facility starting construction in late 2025 for 2027 production; announcing a $3 billion-plus expansion at the site as a U.S. hub; inaugurating a major annealing and galvanizing line expansion at Vega Unit in Brazil in November 2024 boosting high-strength steel capacity by 640,000 tonnes annually; securing 1.3 billion euros in prospective German government funding for decarbonization at Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt sites; acquiring a 27.5% stake in Vallourec for 955 million euros in August 2024; and divesting non-core assets such as Kazakhstan operations in 2023, while suspending long products in South Africa and closing sites in Romania and Canada amid high costs in 2025.