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ArcelorMittal, S.A.
Type
Société Anonyme
Traded as Euronext: MT
NYSE: MT
BMAD: MTS
LuxSE: MT
CAC 40 Component
Industry Steel
Predecessor Arcelor
Mittal Steel Company
Founded 2006; 11 years ago (2006)
Headquarters 24-26, Boulevard d’Avranches, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Lakshmi Mittal
(Chairman and CEO)
Aditya Mittal
(CFO)
Products Finished, semi-finished, long and flat products, such as slabs, hot-rolled coil, cold-rolled coil, coated steel products, tinplate and heavy plate, as well as billets, blooms, rebars, wire rod, sections, rails, sheet piles and drawn wire
Revenue DecreaseUS$56.79 billion (2016)
Operating income
IncreaseUS$4.16 billion (2016)
Profit IncreaseUS$1.77 billion (2016)
Total assets DecreaseUS$75.14 billion (2016)
Total equity IncreaseUS$30.13 billion (2016)
Owner Lakshmi Mittal (37.4%)
Number of employees
199,000 (2016)
Website corporate.arcelormittal.com

ArcelorMittal S.A. (French pronunciation: ​[aʁsəlɔʁmiˈtal]) is a Luxembourg-based multinational steel manufacturing corporation headquartered in Boulevard d’Avranches, Luxembourg. It was formed in 2006 from the takeover and merger of Arcelor by Mittal Steel. ArcelorMittal is the world's largest steel producer, with an annual crude steel production of 98.1 million tons as of 2014. It is ranked 123 in the 2017 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's biggest corporations.

ArcelorMittal was created by the takeover of Western European steel maker Arcelor (Spain, France, and Luxembourg) by Indian-owned multinational steel maker Mittal Steel in 2006, at a cost of €40.37 per share, approximately $33 billion total. Mittal Steel launched a hostile takeover bid which replaced a previous planned merger between Arcelor and Severstal, which had lacked sufficient shareholder approval. The resulting merged business was named ArcelorMittal and was headquartered in Luxembourg. The resulting firm produced approximately 10% of the world's steel, and was by far the world's largest steel company. Total revenues in 2007 were $105 billion.

The company earned revenues of $105 billion in 2007. By February 2008, the company had 320,000 employees in 60 countries. In October 2008, the market capitalisation of ArcelorMittal was over $30 billion, after peaking at $32.5 billion in September 2008. At the end of 2008, the company reported operating income of around $12 billion.

In December 2008, ArcelorMittal announced several plant closings, including the Bethlehem Steel plant in Lackawanna, New York, and LTV Steel in Hennepin, Illinois. After purchase of Kryvorizhstal, Ukraine's largest steel producer, employment was scaled back from 57,000 employees to 30,000.

In 2010, the company's operating income had fallen to $4.9 billion, with sales down 10 percent from the year earlier, and income down 50 percent as steel prices slumped. In 2011, the company began curtailing its European production to match the reduced demand for steel. It also sold Skyline Steel and Astralloy to a rival, Nucor, for $605 million. On 26 January 2011, the stainless steel division split off as a new company, Aperam. As of 2012, due to overcapacity and reduced demand in Europe it had idled 9 of 25 blast furnaces; in October 2012 it permanently shut down two blast furnaces at Florange, France. On October 31, 2012, the company reported a third-quarter loss of $709 million as compared to a $659 million profit for the same period a year ago, citing the slow down in China's economy. In 2012 ArcelorMittal had $22 billion of debt.

In January 2013, ArcelorMittal bid $1.5 billion to acquire ThyssenKrupp AG's rolling mill in Calvert, Alabama, United States. On February 26, 2014, ThyssenKrupp sold their Calvert carbon steel facility to ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel for $1.55 billion, as a new joint venture. The facility was renamed AM/NS Calvert through the 50/50 joint partnership with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. The firm also entered into a $2.2 billion contract to develop an iron ore deposit in Senegal. This included construction of a 750 km (466 mi) railway line. After stalling on the contract and failing to build according to schedule the Government of Senegal sued. In September 2013, the government of Senegal won a court case before an international tribunal to rescind a $2.2 billion deal with ArcelorMittal after the company suspended work on an iron ore mine in the country. In June 2014, the International Chamber of Commerce's arbitration court in Paris awarded Senegal $150 million.

Dealing with price and demand fluctuations in the steel market, from 2012 to 2014 ArcelorMittal restructured its European division by reducing employee numbers and closing plants. In May, 2014, ArcelorMittal, citing economic self-interest, declared its opposition to sanctions on Russia. As of June 2014, ArcelorMittal accounted for 7 percent of world steel production. After being shut out of the Chinese steel industry in 2005 along with other foreign companies, in 2014 the company announced it was planning new plants in China. In 2014, the company had an annual crude steel production of 98.1 million tons.

Following an investigation first launched in 2008, in August 2016 the South African Competition Commission found the company guilty of price fixing. ArcelorMittal was fined US$110.9 million, and as part of the settlement also agreed to invest R4.64 billion in capital over five years. According to the findings, the firm had been part of a 17 steel member groups nicknamed "Club Zürich" that later became known as "Club Europe." Between January 1984 and September 2002, the companies fixed the market, prices, and exchanged confidential corporate information. According to a European Union Commission Vice-President, it was "amazing" how the cartel "abused nearly the entire European construction market for such a long time and for such a vital product." Fines were particularly high for the firm owing to two prior convictions.

In 2015, the company had a net loss of $7.9 billion. Between February 2015 and February 2016, share value dropped 60%, making the company the "worst performer" in the FTSEurofirst300 index. The CEO said the company had performed poorly in 2015 due to "Chinese exports depressing prices." Early in 2016, the company announced it had raised $3 billion in new investment capital to help reduce debt to $11.7 billion of debt. In early 2016 the company also announced a program to boost core profit by $3 billion by 2020 "through a mixture of cost-cutting, increased production and a focus on higher-value forms of steel." Chairman Lakshmi Mittal announced doubled earnings the following year in May 2017. Along with the increase in capital, the company also sold its 35% stake in Gestamp Automacion for $979 million, with the goal of reducing ArcelorMittal's debt to less than $12 billion. By February 2016, the company made about 6% of the world's steel. It ranked 108th in the 2016 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's biggest corporations.

In February 2017 ArcelorMittal announced its first annual profits in five years. In February 2017, ArcelorMittal and Votorantim announced plans to combine their long steel operations in Brazil. Under the deal, Votorantim Siderurgia became a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Brasil. In late May 2017, ArcelorMittal and the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) agreed on preliminary terms to form a $913 million joint venture to export a fifth of the auto-grade steel made by the venture. In March 2017, the company proposed a new USD $6.5 billion steel project in Karnataka, after entering into a pact with the Karnataka government in February 2017. In April 2017, Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty House Group announced it had agreed to acquire ArcelorMittal's Georgetown Steelworks in South Carolina. It is ranked 123 in the 2017 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's biggest corporations.

By March 2017, ArcelorMittal was leading a consortium bidding for Ilva. An Italian company, Ilva owns the Taranto steelworks in southern Italy, which has Europe's largest steel output. The steelworks had been accused of toxic emissions linked to local cancer rates, and had been nationalized by the government years prior. The buyers were the AM Investco consortium, which beyond ArcelorMittal included Marcegaglia and Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. In May 2017, ArcelorMittal was announced as the preferred bidder over a different consortium led by JSW Steel, after it was able to pledge a production increase and guarantee employment levels. The final decision was waiting on Italy’s ministry of economic development. On June 5, 2017, ArcelorMittal won approval to purchase Ilva for €1.8 billion. In its bid, AM Investco had pledged to make investments into Ilva of €2.4bn until 2023.

In July 2017 the company reported a 19.3 per cent year-on-year rise in its earnings for the year’s second quarter. Also, that month European Court of Justice ruled against ArcellorMittal in its lawsuit against how the EU allocates free carbon permits. The amount was lower than predicted by analysts, with the company citing the volatility in market prices.

The company is involved in research and development, mining, and steel. ArcelorMittal in 2016 produced around 90 million tons of steel. As of May 2017, the company made 200 unique steel grades for automotive purposes, half of which were introduced since 2007. Among the steel varieties are Usibor 2000, which the company announced in June 2016 and released later that year. Upon release, the high-strength automotive steel was said to be about one-third stronger than other steels then available for carmaking.

Lakshmi Mittal (owner of Mittal Steel) is the chairman and CEO. His family owns 40% of the shares and voting shares in the company. After a $3 billion rights issue earlier in April 2016, the company by the 21 April 2016 had a share value of 16,616 million euros, distributed in 3,065,710,869 shares.

Acquired by Mittal Steel Company:

Acquired by Arcelor:

Comprised as follows by nine people as of June 2017:

As of 2012, the company had thousands of workers at 12 major facilities in the United States, in states such as Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Also, at the time around 100,000 of the company's 260,000 employees were in Europe. As of 31 December 2013, the company employed over 232,000 people, of which 37% were in the EU, with a further 16% in non-EU European countries, 17% in Asia, 16% in North America, the remainder split between South America and the Middle East and Africa. ArcelorMittal is also Luxembourg's largest private employer. At the beginning of 2014, it employed 4,600 employees in the Grand Duchy.

The head office of ArcelorMittal is in Luxembourg City. The building was the head office of Arbed before that company merged with Aceralia and Usinor.

Operated by ArcelorMittal:

Joint ventures:

Q reports

Period Date Adjusted Actuals EPS GAAP EPS
Q3 2022 2022-11-10 Future report Set alerts
Q2 2022 2022-07-28 4.24 4.24
Q1 2022 2022-05-05 0.00 0.00
Q4 2021 2022-02-10 0.00 0.00
Q3 2021 2021-11-11 4.27 4.27
Q2 2021 2021-07-29 3.46 3.46
Q1 2021 2021-05-06 1.93 1.93
Q4 2020 2021-02-15 0.19 0.19
Q3 2020 2020-11-05 0.00 0.00
Q2 2020 2020-07-30 -0.30 -0.50

Ratings

2016-06-29 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy
2016-06-28 Downgrade Goldman Sachs Conviction-Buy to Buy
2016-06-28 Downgrade Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Conviction-Buy to Buy
2016-06-01 Upgrade Citigroup Inc. Neutral to Buy $5.00 to $5.40
2016-05-29 Reiterated Rating Berenberg Bank Buy
2016-05-19 Set Price Target Nord/LB Neutral €4.00
2016-05-11 Set Price Target Independent Research GmbH Neutral €4.50
2016-05-10 Set Price Target Barclays Neutral €4.50
2016-05-10 Set Price Target Barclays PLC Neutral €4.50
2016-05-06 Set Price Target Commerzbank AG Neutral €5.00
2016-05-06 Set Price Target Berenberg Bank Buy €4.70
2016-04-20 Upgrade Jefferies Group Hold to Buy $4.50 to $7.00
2016-04-18 Downgrade JPMorgan Chase & Co. Neutral to Underweight $4.51 to $5.58
2016-04-13 Upgrade Credit Suisse Neutral to Outperform $6.00 to $7.50
2016-04-13 Upgrade Credit Suisse Group AG Neutral to Outperform $6.00 to $7.50
2016-04-12 Reiterated Rating Goldman Sachs Conviction-Buy
2016-04-11 Upgrade Goldman Sachs Neutral to Buy $4.06 to $5.03
2016-03-31 Upgrade Berenberg Bank Hold to Buy
2016-03-29 Set Price Target Morgan Stanley Buy €4.40
2016-03-23 Reiterated Rating Credit Suisse Neutral $4.50 to $6.00
2016-03-10 Initiated Coverage Morgan Stanley Overweight
2016-03-07 Upgrade Jefferies Group Underperform to Hold $3.00 to $4.50
2016-02-23 Downgrade Cowen and Company Outperform to Market Perform $13.00 to $4.00
2016-02-19 Reiterated Rating Goldman Sachs Neutral
2016-02-10 Reiterated Rating Bank of America Buy
2016-02-10 Set Price Target Citigroup Inc. Neutral €3.10
2016-02-10 Reiterated Rating Bank of America Corp. Buy
2016-02-09 Downgrade ING Group Buy to Hold
2016-02-09 Upgrade Goldman Sachs Sell to Neutral
2016-02-08 Downgrade JPMorgan Chase & Co. Overweight to Neutral
2016-02-08 Lower Price Target Deutsche Bank Hold $5.00 to $4.50
2016-02-08 Set Price Target BNP Paribas Neutral €3.50
2016-02-08 Lower Price Target Deutsche Bank AG Hold $5.00 to $4.50
2016-02-05 Set Price Target S&P Equity Research Sell €3.20
2016-02-05 Set Price Target Societe Generale Buy €9.00
2016-01-28 Set Price Target HSBC Neutral €3.70
2016-01-27 Lower Price Target Credit Suisse $5.50 to $4.50
2016-01-22 Downgrade Goldman Sachs Conviction-Buy to Buy
2016-01-13 Downgrade Jefferies Group Hold to Underperform $6.00 to $3.00
2016-01-11 Reiterated Rating Deutsche Bank Hold $6.50 to $5.00
2015-12-18 Downgrade RBC Capital Outperform to Sector Perform €7.00 to €4.00
2015-12-18 Downgrade Royal Bank Of Canada Outperform to Sector Perform €7.00 to €4.00
2015-12-09 Set Price Target Macquarie Sell €3.00
2015-12-08 Downgrade Macquarie Neutral to Underperform
2015-12-07 Downgrade HSBC Buy to Hold
2015-12-03 Reiterated Rating Goldman Sachs Sell
2015-12-02 Downgrade Citigroup Inc. Buy to Neutral
2015-11-23 Downgrade Barclays Equal Weight
2015-11-19 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy
2015-10-23 Downgrade Credit Suisse Outperform to Neutral $9.00 to $7.00
2015-10-20 Lower Price Target Jefferies Group Hold $7.00
2015-10-14 Initiated Coverage Berenberg Bank Buy
2015-10-09 Upgrade JPMorgan Chase & Co. Neutral to Overweight
2015-10-07 Lower Price Target Credit Suisse $10.50 to $9.00
2015-10-05 Upgrade Citigroup Inc. Sell to Buy
2015-09-28 Lower Price Target Credit Suisse Outperform $15.00 to $10.50
2015-09-03 Lower Price Target Jefferies Group Hold $8.00
2015-08-27 Initiated Coverage JPMorgan Chase & Co. Neutral
2015-08-12 Lower Price Target Cowen and Company $14.00 to $13.00
2015-08-05 Upgrade ABN Amro Add to Buy
2015-07-21 Lower Price Target Jefferies Group Hold $10.00
2015-06-03 Reiterated Rating Credit Suisse Outperform $11.50 to $15.00
2015-05-15 Upgrade Bank of America Neutral to Buy $13.75
2015-05-05 Initiated Coverage Stephens Overweight
2015-04-17 Downgrade BNP Paribas Neutral to Underperform
2015-04-14 Initiated Coverage Clarkson Capital Buy $12.00
2015-04-08 Downgrade Rabobank International Buy to Hold
2015-03-27 Downgrade Citigroup Inc. Neutral to Sell
2015-03-23 Downgrade Jefferies Group Buy to Hold
2015-02-19 Boost Price Target Cowen and Company Buy $12.00 to $15.00
2015-01-12 Lower Price Target Deutsche Bank Hold $14.50 to $12.50
2014-12-04 Downgrade Bank of America Buy to Neutral
2014-11-28 Initiated Coverage Morgan Stanley Underweight
2014-11-24 Upgrade Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg Buy
2014-11-11 Downgrade Citigroup Inc. Buy to Neutral
2014-11-04 Downgrade Davy Research Underperform
2014-11-03 Downgrade Deutsche Bank Buy to Hold $14.50 to $21.00
2014-09-29 Reiterated Rating RBC Capital Outperform
2014-09-18 Upgrade Bank of America Neutral to Buy $17.55
2014-09-10 Upgrade Barclays Underweight to Overweight
2014-09-09 Downgrade Macquarie Outperform to Neutral
2014-09-09 Upgrade Credit Suisse Neutral to Outperform $17.00 to $18.00
2014-08-04 Upgrade BNP Paribas Underperform to Neutral
2014-07-07 Reiterated Rating Deutsche Bank Buy $23.00 to $21.00
2014-06-06 Upgrade S&P Equity Research Hold
2014-05-22 Downgrade Goldman Sachs Neutral to Sell
2014-04-02 Downgrade Credit Suisse Outperform to Neutral $20.00 to $17.00
2014-03-25 Downgrade Kepler Capital Markets Hold to Reduce
2014-03-18 Downgrade ABN Amro Buy to Hold
2014-02-11 Upgrade HSBC Securities Neutral to Overweight
2014-02-11 Downgrade Kepler Capital Markets Buy to Hold
2014-02-10 Boost Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $19.50 to $23.00
2014-02-10 Downgrade Bank of America Buy to Neutral
2014-02-05 Upgrade HSBC Securities Neutral to Overweight
2014-02-05 Upgrade HSBC Neutral to Overweight
2014-01-28 Upgrade RBC Capital Sector Perform to Outperform $11.00 to $16.00
2013-12-18 Boost Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $19.00 to $19.50
2013-12-16 Downgrade Nomura Buy to Reduce
2013-12-13 Upgrade Cowen Market Perform to Outperform
2013-12-13 Upgrade Cowen and Company Market Perform to Outperform
2013-12-12 Initiated Coverage Sanford C. Bernstein Outperform to Outperform $22.00
2013-11-13 Downgrade BNP Paribas Neutral to Underperform
2013-11-07 Reiterated Rating RBC Capital Sector Perform
2013-10-21 Upgrade Deutsche Bank Hold to Buy $13.50 to $19.00
2013-10-14 Upgrade Macquarie Neutral to Outperform
2013-09-20 Downgrade RBC Capital Outperform to Sector Perform
2013-02-22 Upgrade HSBC Securities Underweight to Neutral $16
2013-01-11 Reiterated HSBC Securities Neutral $16.90 to $19.10
2012-05-29 Upgrade HSBC Securities Neutral to Overweight $21.40 to $18.90
2012-01-19 Downgrade HSBC Securities Overweight to Neutral $30 to $21.40
2011-08-26 Reiterated Deutsche Bank Hold $38.50 to $24.50
2010-10-22 Downgrade HSBC Securities Overweight to Neutral $43 to $39
2016-06-29 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy
2016-06-28 Downgrade Goldman Sachs Conviction-Buy to Buy
2016-06-28 Downgrade Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Conviction-Buy to Buy
2016-06-01 Upgrade Citigroup Inc. Neutral to Buy $5.00 to $5.40
2016-05-29 Reiterated Rating Berenberg Bank Buy

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