ArcelorMittal has taken a leading role in forming and committing to ResponsibleSteel™, the steel industry's first multi-stakeholder global certification initiative.

First global certification programme

ResponsibleSteel™ was set up in 2015 as a non-profit organisation to drive a more responsible future for the steel industry. It will achieve this by building the first global certification programme and standard for the entire steel value chain from mining, to production processes, to final stage sales, and distribution. Certification standards will include the following areas:

• Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Water Responsibility & Biodiversity
• Human Rights & Labour Law
• Local Communities & Business Integrity

ArcelorMittal’s commitment

Explaining ArcelorMittal’s commitment to ResponsibleSteel™, Alan Knight, Global Head of Sustainable Development, said that "responsible production techniques and high ethical and business standards are becoming increasingly important to our customers, and ultimately to their customers and consumers. We want to get to a point where steel users and purchasers have total confidence in their choices. ResponsibleSteel™ provides us with a fantastic opportunity to do this and to create the world’s first certification programme for the industry.”

About ResponsibleSteel™

ResponsibleSteel™ is a membership-based organisation currently comprising 22 members including steel producers, car manufacturers (BMW Group and Daimler), finance providers such as HSBC, industry organisations and NGOs. The scheme will formally launch its certification standards following a rigorous accreditation process which is expected to conclude towards the end of 2019. Once launched, ResponsibleSteel™ expects to rapidly grow its membership base with the aim of becoming the industry-recognised standard around the world.

Inaugurated on 15 November 2018, the Kenitra-Tangier line is the first high-speed line in Morocco. Its main objective is to link the biggest town of the country, Casablanca, to Tangier. This is the first stage of a project to create up to 1500 kms of new railway lines in Morocco. ArcelorMittal is proud to contribute to this high-level project with the participation of ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products Rails & Special Sections, who provided rails, and WireSolutions, who provided fences.

Sole rails supplier for the Kenitra-Tangier line

ArcelorMittal is the sole rails supplier for the first phase of this project and provided 46 000 tonnes of rails produced by ArcelorMittal España at the Veriña site. We were able to offer the customer rails that combine excellent reliability, geometrical precision, strict flatness tolerance, and the highest quality on the market. Our 60E1 R260Mn rails measuring 36 metres long have a lower wear than our R260 standard grade. They also fulfil all of the requirements for high-speed railways:

• Safety
• Comfort
• Durability and cost efficiency
• Minimum acoustic impact
• Service
• Environmentally-friendly

Fences from Bissen on the north part of the line

The Moroccan rail operator ONCF*, via the local provider/installer Menasteel Industry, has entrusted the supply of WireSolutions’ high security fencing Atak®, produced in our plant in Bissen, Luxembourg. Our fences were installed along the north part of the line. This represents 50% in terms of volume (of the north part of the line) and 146 kms of fences. This is the first entry into the public market in Morocco for Bissen and a good opportunity to become an important player on the North African market.

Kenitra-Tangier in only 47 minutes

The line between Casablanca and Tangier is the first step in ONCF’s project to create 1500 kms of railways in Morocco. It will significantly reduce travel time from Casablanca to Tangier from 4 hours 45 minutes to around 2 hours. The 200-km track between Kenitra and Tangier is linked to the existent rail line between Kenitra and Casablanca. With trains running at a speed of 320 km/h, it is now possible to travel from Kenitra to Tangier in only 47 minutes.

In the future, the line will be extended to the south through Marrakesh to Agadir, and another line is planned from Rabat through Fez to Oujda.

*ONCF (Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc)

ArcelorMittal will be showcasing a number of innovations with steel at BAU from 14 to 19 January 2019 in Munich, Germany. At the world’s leading trade fair for architecture, materials, and systems, the global leading steel producer will place the focus on the new and radical concept of Steligence® for building with steel. Visitors will also be able to see the advantages of the steel construction method in a virtual 3D world at booth B2.318. A virtual building and a bridge made of various steel products convey some exciting visual impressions.

“With Steligence®, we are demonstrating that using the best available technology in steel production and the modular application of steel components in buildings makes it possible to achieve efficiency gains in the planning, design, construction costs, and flexibility of buildings compared to conventional construction methods,” says Olivier Vassart, CEO Steligence®.

Steligence® also provides architects and planners with the tools and knowledge for assessing the complete lifecycle of their future buildings including recyclability and ultimately the reusability of a structure and its components; all this at a really early stage of the planning and design process.

Modern planning and execution enables more cost-efficient and sustainable buildings

Innovative steels such as Histar® are characterised by higher strength, so they save on weight, fabrication costs, and since they are readily available, they can be used quickly and flexibly. High-strength steel grades are already used as standard in skyscrapers in the USA and the UK. In Germany, however, the potential for using high-strength steels is still high.   

Advantages due to recycling and environmental protection, such as using 100% steel scrap as a raw material and reduced CO2 values in use, also advocate for high-strength steel grades.

Construction with steel also ensures faster building progress with a lower environmental impact. The sections known as Angelina® with integrated openings for cables trays and ventilation pipes enable a better ratio between usable area and enclosed space, thus permitting a lower construction height. This means a lower volume to be heated and consequently better energy efficiency. Composite floors such as Cofraplus® 220 are distinguished by quick and easy installation; they score due to reduced weight, high resistance, and great adaptability.

Facade claddings such as Coque MD® are available with a variety of customised surface coatings like Granite® Silky Shine which are tough, durable, and environmentally friendly because they are free of heavy metals. Moreover, facade claddings can be replaced individually during renovation work, eliminating the need to take down an entire row of panels or exterior wall. ArcelorMittal also presents Magnelis®, an exceptional metallic coating which provides a breakthrough in corrosion protection, suitable for substructures of facades and purlins for example.

Bridges: Short construction times due to high degree of pre-assembly

The high requirement for renovating structures in the road and rail network continues to emphasise the need for durable structures. At BAU 2019, ArcelorMittal will be demonstrating the environmentally friendly and cost-effective possibilities offered by steel bridges for constructing infrastructure innovatively and durably. 

With short construction times, high-strength products such as Histar® set themselves apart from other materials due to the high degree of pre-assembly in the beams. Bridge abutments made of sheet piles also shorten construction times, which leads to a reduction of overall external costs of around 15%. The small footprint is an advantage in tight construction site conditions and avoids traffic obstructions. In the 3D video “Our steel builds bridges”, the use of high-strength steel in composite prefabricated beams demonstrates the many possibilities of innovative production processes.

With its holistic approach to building, Steligence® focuses on all aspects of steel construction and considers them as part of the whole. Steligence® also points, therefore, to the need for improving dialogue and collaboration between the various disciplines of architecture and engineering. 

For the fifth time, ArcelorMittal will present our innovative solutions at the Association for Building with Steel in Germany - bauforumstahl - joint stand at BAU. The presence of the German steel industry at this trade fair will be accompanied by a series of lectures covering interesting topics around best in class steel solutions in the construction industry. Two lectures will be given by ArcelorMittal:

•    Steligence® - ArcelorMittal’s science based methodology to demonstrate, from an holistic view, that best-in-class steel products are the intelligent choice for construction. Olivier Vassart, CEO Steligence®
•    Innovation and technical expertise: The perfect match for facade design. Cécile Corbière, ArcelorMittal Construction France, Cerons

ArcelorMittal Europe – Tubular Products, part of ArcelorMittal Downstream Solutions, is the most diversified producer of pipes and tubes in Europe.

Present in the energy, construction, engineering, and automotive sectors, ArcelorMittal Europe – Tubular Products provides high quality steel tube and pipe solutions and serves all major markets.

For instance, did you know that you can find our tubes in your car or in your sprinkler system? They are also present in large-scale projects such as the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and in the Yas Marina Circuit, the official venue for the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix.

Watch the video to learn more about ArcelorMittal Europe – Tubular Products.

Text: © ArcelorMittal Europe
Photos: © ArcelorMittal Europe – Tubular Products, © Laurentiu Nica, © ArcelorMittal Iasi

Magnelis® brings a touch of nature to your facades

Vegetal exterior walls, or “green walls,” are a great way to bring nature to the facade of buildings and give them a unique look. Green walls are designed either as aesthetic elements for interior or exterior décor - sometimes as works of art using plants or as elements of urban ecology. For instance, a green wall is one of the elements that makes the facade of the Musée du quai Branly in Paris so unique.

French company Tracer, a pioneer of vertical walls and vertical gardens in France, is a regular customer of ArcelorMittal Downstream Solutions’ agency in Chalon-sur-Saône. For their creations, Tracer orders ArcelorMittal construction products such as rolled steel sheets or aluminium, and especially Magnelis®, a flagship product of ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products.

Magnelis®

Magnelis® is an ideal product for building the metal frame of green walls:

•    Its properties and particularly its high resistance to corrosion makes it perfect for environments with permanent humidity (the presence of plants implying biological and microbial activity and micro-organisms)
•    It meets the standards requested by Tracer, which contributes to their CSTB* approval

*CSTB: Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (Scientific and Technical Center for Building)

Downstream Solutions delivers the Magnelis® steel sheets to Tracer, who then cut them to the right dimensions for their customers’ projects. Tracer also takes care of installing the sprinkling systems and the plants, selected with the project manager to meet the desired aesthetics thanks to a database of more than 300 plants.

About Tracer

Created in 1989, Tracer is a pioneer of vertical walls and vertical gardens in France. The company has a strong know-how in vegetal solutions with more than 17 000 m² of vegetal walls and facades created with their patented products (VertiFlore®, VertiBruit®). The company has a factory located in Dijon where all materials are manufactured.

They have realised green walls for many businesses such as shopping centres, office buildings, residential buildings, schools, supermarkets, and hotels.

Text: ArcelorMittal Europe
Photos: Tracer – système VertiFlore® / Irina Kzan / Shutterstock.com

ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products operates across 15 integrated and mini-mill sites in 10 countries and is a leader in sections, sheet piles, rails, and quality wire rod.

Applications using ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products are varied: high-rise buildings, bridges, vehicles, public transportation systems, flood protection systems… and they can be found on every continent.

Watch the video below and learn more about the four main business segments which comprise ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products: Bars & Rods, Sections & Merchant Bars, Sheet Piling, and Rails & Special Sections.

Long Products websites:

Bars & Rods

Rails & Special Sections

Sections & Merchant Bars

Sheet Piling

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Version 3.49 of ABC: ArcelorMittal Beams Calculator is available now for free downloading.

For the design of steel structures

ABC: ArcelorMittal Beams Calculator is a free pre-design tool for use in designing a variety of steel and composite structures such as portal frames, beam and column structures, trusses, and column-beam connections. This tool allows for the calculation of steel, partially encased, composite, or integrated beams (SFB & IFB types A and B), in cold and fire conditions.

Version 3.49 is now available for download. We update our pre-design software regularly to ensure is assists you smoothly. This software complies with Eurocodes 3 and 4.

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ArcelorMittal Europe's revamped Constructalia website has just been launched in its French language version!

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