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ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products

Online client newsletter | December 2024

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Decarbonising our transport logistics

By Laurent Plasman, CMO ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products, Industry and David De Rocker, Head Transport & Logistics, ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products

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As one of the leaders in the steel industry in decarbonisation, we are looking across the whole value chain for opportunities to achieve significant wins in carbon reduction, and our steel transport logistics are a clear target. ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products itself shipped 20 million tonnes of steel to end customers by various forms of transport in 2023.

Customers are increasingly looking for whole lifecycle carbon reductions to satisfy their end users, and we equally are determined to be at the forefront of offering comprehensive low carbon transport solutions, not least to support our growing XCarb® low carbon-emissions product portfolio.



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Over the last two to three years we have made some significant advances, particularly in road transport, which accounts for around 38% of our overall Flat Europe steel transports. And we are extending our initiatives to rail transport and will also be setting our eyes on maritime shipping.

We have now undertaken successful trials of trucks powered by hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) in 10 countries. These have delivered up to 80% reductions in carbon emissions compared with the typical 65g per tonne kilometre for conventional diesel-powered trucks.

Starting in 2022, our logistics partner Geodis at Florange, Eastern France, shipped 190,000 tonnes of steel over 579,833 km using HVO trucks, saving some 794 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Given the potential for the production of HVO to compete with important agricultural production, we will in due course be providing certification that all our HVO-powered logistics will be delivered from waste vegetable oils and not from primary production.

Simultaneously, we have been progressing with electric truck trials. In October 2023 our customer KS Service Centre in Moerdijk, Netherlands, received its first delivery of XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steel through logistics partner DFDS's fleet of electric trucks. We are now utilising 2 electric trucks per day through DFDS in the Netherlands, being charged with renewable electricity. ArcelorMittal Downstream Solutions (AMDS) has also been undertaking e-truck trials in Madrid, Lyon, Halle and Olpe. In spring 2024, our Madrid site acquired its first own e-truck.

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In July 2024 Pierre Timmermans (in the middle), Chief Commercial Officer of DB Cargo group, handed over the CO2 certificate reflecting the 2023 DB Carbo CO2 emissions savings to Rajesh Saigal, head of Purchasing at ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products (on the left), in the presence of André Kalvalage, head of Purchasing land logistics ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products (on the right).

Beyond road transport, rail cargo represents 42% percent of our logistic flows. We started our journey towards greener rail transport in Europe in 2021 through a partnership with DB Cargo, one of the continent’s largest transport groups. Through a framework agreement, DB Cargo offered a green logistics solution called DB Eco Plus (now re-branded Climate+). DB Cargo calculates the energy requirements of specific transport commitments in advance and then purchases the required amount of renewable power. The actual CO2 reduction achieved by each transport is certified through the audit firm TÜV.

From left to right: David De Rocker, Head Transport & Logistics, ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products and Laurent Plasman, CMO ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products, Industry



Our overall decarbonisation roadmap comprises many dimensions within our own sphere of activities, complemented by the efforts we are making to decarbonise the whole value chain – the full steel making process from raw material supply to the end customer delivery. Transport logistics is just one of these levers, and we are pleased with the progress we are making with partners such as Geodis, DFDS and DB Cargo. There is a lot more to do and we have the ambition to deliver on it.

















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