Successful carbon capture trial at ArcelorMittal Gent shows potential to significantly reduce CO2 intensity in steel production

What happened

ArcelorMittal, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, BHP and Mitsubishi Development completed the first phase of a carbon capture trial at ArcelorMittal’s Ghent steelworks. The pilot captured carbon dioxide from blast furnace gas, and assessments indicate full-scale use there could reduce the site’s CO2 intensity by up to 24%.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

The result offers a possible route to lower emissions from steelmaking without changing the trial’s pilot-scale status. If full-scale equipment works economically, it could require substantial capital spending and operating costs, while helping the site reduce emissions intensity and potentially meet tighter customer or regulatory demands.

Analyst inference

The announcement is a technical milestone, not evidence that a commercial installation has been approved or funded. The 24% reduction is an assessment of potential at one site, while broader use across other plant emission points remains a goal of the next trial phase.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Phase 2 is intended to test capture on more steelmaking emissions, including reheating-furnace gas; results will show whether the technology works beyond blast furnace gas. Confirmed
2. Watch for any decision on full-scale deployment at Ghent, including disclosed investment needs and operating costs, which determine whether pilot performance can translate into viable production. Analyst inference
3. Further results across multiple emission points could clarify whether broader capture can approach near-zero emissions intensity, but the article describes this as a possibility, not a demonstrated outcome. Analyst inference

Evidence

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