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)

On 14 November, ArcelorMittal participated in the first Polish Steel Day, organised as part of the Build With Steel initiative managed by the Polish Chamber of Steelwork and partners at the Warsaw Sheraton hotel – an event dedicated to investors, architects, designers, and general contractors to promote steel in the construction market.

About 130 people from the business and academic world gathered at the Warsaw Sheraton hotel for this first Steel Day in Poland. The event consisted of talks by specialists from production, galvanising, and design companies, and lectures given by well-known architects and representatives of industry associations. Different topics were discussed such as: new technologies in the galvanising industry, modern steel and composite bridges, and construction of the world’s largest mobile structure – the Chernobyl sarcophagus (made of ArcelorMittal steel).

Representing ArcelorMittal

ArcelorMittal was represented on the Technical Committee by Marta Dziarnowska, International Steel Promotion Director at ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products, and Wojciech Ochojski, Technical Advisor at ArcelorMittal Commercial Long Poland sp. z o.o.

Two ArcelorMittal speeches were given by:

•    Tomasz Plaskura, CMO Region East at ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products, who focused on 'Innovation in steel for the architecture of tomorrow'
•    Dr Renata Obiała, ArcelorMittal Global R&D on the topic 'Engineering fire safety of construction and creativity of designers'

Steligence® in the spotlight

As construction was the focus of the event, Steligence® was also in the spotlight with a mini stand, including a video display, as an introduction to this concept.

Steligence® is ArcelorMittal’s radical new concept for the use of steel in construction, which will facilitate the next generation of high performance buildings and construction techniques and create a more sustainable life-cycle for buildings.

As explained by Tomasz Plaskura during his speech: “We already know that steel is an ideal material to create functional and aesthetic constructions, but it is also important to make others as passionate about steel constructions as we are because steel is beautiful…The Steligence® concept has the potential to drive significant architectural and sustainability benefits. It will also impact the cost, which will be reduced…ArcelorMittal’s new headquarters, which will be built in Luxembourg, is an excellent example of this concept”.

The Steligence® concept is enabled by the latest development in steel solutions such as building columns, castellated beams, composite slim-floor beams, additive floors, architectural panels, profile claddings, cassette systems, and many others. You can view more details at steligence.arcelormittal.com/products.

Polish Steel Day was a great networking opportunity for people from different areas: architects, engineers, students, and academics and we look forward for the next edition.

More about Steligence®

Steligence® proposes a new approach to construction which considers buildings holistically, almost as ‘living entities’. As such, this new science-based methodology proposes the need for more dialogue between various specialist architectural and engineering disciplines recognising not only specialist expertise, but also the positive impact of enhanced co-operation between experts.

The concept has the potential to resolve the competing demands of creativity, flexibility, sustainability, and economics. Built into the Steligence® approach is a broad range of steel products for construction which individually add value, but together represent a compelling portfolio.

About Build With Steel (Buduj ze stali)

The Build With Steel initiative was developed in cooperation with some of the most important steel companies in Poland. Build With Steel is the answer to the industry’s expectations for increasing the use of steel in the building industry. Steel as a material characterised by great flexibility and durability deserves proper promotion.

The Build With Steel initiative is addressed to all key players in the construction market including students and graduates of technical universities, designers, architects, as well as investors and general contractors.

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

ArcelorMittal Sheet Piling recently launched their brand new website. An updated layout encompasses new and interesting content as well as revised content. Read more here:

https://sheetpiling.arcelormittal.com

ArcelorMittal Europe's revamped Constructalia website has just been launched in its German language version! In a constant effort to make Constructalia accessible to all of our valued users, we now offer our new content, features, and online services in German. Check out the new German version of Constructalia here:

https://constructalia.arcelormittal.com/de

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