ArcelorMittal Poland idles Dąbrowa Górnicza blast furnace

ArcelorMittal Poland has announced a temporary idling of blast furnace no. 3 at its Dąbrowa Górnicza unit starting September 2025.

• Main action: ArcelorMittal Poland will temporarily idle blast furnace no. 3 at the Dąbrowa Górnicza unit from September 2025; the company has begun preparations for a safe stoppage that will last several weeks and will monitor market conditions to decide on a restart. Key named individuals: Wojciech Koszuta (CEO), Tomasz Plaskura (Board Member, CMO CEE), Stanisław Ból (HR Director).
• Background and details: Decision driven by very high energy prices, costs of CO2 emission allowances under the EU ETS, and insufficient trade safeguards causing high levels of low-priced imports (Polish Steel Association: imports satisfy 80% of apparent steel consumption; for flat products 95%). The company noted rapidly growing imports for flat products from Ukraine, Serbia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan; the last temporary idling of furnace no. 3 occurred in October 2022 and it was restarted in January 2023.