ArcelorMittal reports second quarter 2022 and half year 2022 results
ArcelorMittal (MT) reported strong financial results for 2Q 2022, with operating income of $4.5 billion and net income of $3.9 billion. EBITDA reached $5.2 billion, marking the fifth consecutive quarter above $5 billion. Despite a 6.3% drop in steel shipments to 14.4Mt, higher average selling prices boosted sales to $22.1 billion. The company announced a proposed $2.2 billion acquisition of Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) in Brazil and completed the acquisition of voestalpine’s Hot Briquetted Iron plant in Texas. The solid financial performance highlights ArcelorMittal's strategic focus on low-carbon steelmaking.
- Operating income increased to $4.5 billion in 2Q 2022, up from $4.4 billion in 1Q 2022.
- Net income reached $3.9 billion in 2Q 2022, compared to $4.1 billion in the previous quarter.
- EBITDA for 2Q 2022 was $5.2 billion, exceeding $5 billion for five consecutive quarters.
- Sales increased by 14.5% year-over-year to $22.1 billion due to higher average steel selling prices.
- Steel shipments decreased by 6.3% sequentially to 14.4Mt, driven mainly by lower demand in ACIS and Europe.
- Net debt increased to $4.2 billion as of June 30, 2022, compared to $3.2 billion at the end of 1Q 2022.
Luxembourg, July 28, 2022 - ArcelorMittal (referred to as “ArcelorMittal” or the “Company”) (MT (New York, Amsterdam, Paris, Luxembourg), MTS (Madrid)), the world’s leading integrated steel and mining company, today announced results1,2 for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2022.
Key highlights:
- Health and safety performance: Protecting the health and wellbeing of employees is the Company’s overarching priority; LTIF rate of 0.67x in 2Q 20223 and 0.68x in 1H 2022
- Steel spreads offsetting lower shipments in 2Q 2022: positive price-cost effect offset a -
6.3% sequential decrease in steel shipments to 14.4Mt primarily due to the lower shipments in ACIS and Europe - Operating income: 2Q 2022 operating income of
$4.5b n (vs.$4.4b n in 1Q 2022); 1H 2022 operating income of$8.9b n (vs.$7.1b n in 1H 2021) - EBITDA increased to
$5.2b n in 2Q 2022, the fifth successive quarter above the$5b n level; 1H 2022 EBITDA of$10.2b n is +23.5% higher than the same period of 2021 - Strong net income:
$3.9b n in 2Q 2022 (vs.$4.1b n in 1Q 2022) includes share of JV and associates net income of$0.6b n (vs.$0.6b n in 1Q 2022); 1H 2022 net income of$8.0b n (vs.$6.3b n in 1H 2021) - Enhanced share value: 2Q 2022 basic EPS of
$4.25 /sh; last 12 months ROE16 of34% ; book value per share13 increased to$60 /sh following the repurchase of 46.8m shares during the quarter (65.1m in 1H’22) - Financial strength: Net debt
$4.2b n and gross debt of$8.8b n at the end of June 2022 - Continued strong FCF generation: The Company generated
$1.7b n of free cash flow (FCF) in 2Q 2022 ($2.6b n net cash provided by operating activities less capex of$0.7b n and dividends paid to minorities) despite a$1.0b n investment in working capital on account of higher prices
Strategic update and outlook:
• Proposed acquisition of CSP in Brazil for
- Well invested, world-class assets, access to large-scale deep water port
- Highest quality and low cost 3Mt slab producer in Northeast Brazil
- Attractive synergies and optionality, including the potential for highly competitive low-CO2 steel
- Normalized EBITDA per year of
$330 million
• Texas HBI plant: a key element of ArcelorMittal’s 12Mt, low CO2 steel, unmatched high quality NAFTA franchise including automotive capabilities:
- Acquisition of voestalpine’s world-class Hot Briquetted Iron (‘HBI’) plant located in Texas now completed; potential to generate >
$130 million EBITDA per year
- A key to decarbonizing NAFTA franchise: will supply high quality metallics to EAF - Calvert (a cornerstone of ArcelorMittal NAFTA franchise). Dofasco is transforming to fully DRI-EAF; Mexico Flat is already DRI-EAF
• Balanced capital allocation:
- The Company generated
$3.2b n of FCF in 1H 2022;$2.3b n was returned to shareholders (via share buybacks and base dividends) and$1.0b n was committed to M&A (primarily the Texas HBI facility)
- Net debt at the end of June 2022 of
$4.2b n remained essentially stable compared to 2021 year end at$4.0b n
• New buyback:
- The Company announces a new buyback program of 60m shares (~
$1.4b n at current share price23) to be completed by the end of May 2023
Financial highlights (on the basis of IFRS1,2):
| (USDm) unless otherwise shown | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| Sales | 22,142 | 21,836 | 19,343 | 43,978 | 35,536 |
| Operating income | 4,494 | 4,433 | 4,432 | 8,927 | 7,073 |
| Net income attributable to equity holders of the parent | 3,923 | 4,125 | 4,005 | 8,048 | 6,290 |
| Basic earnings per common share (US$) | 4.25 | 4.28 | 3.47 | 8.53 | 5.40 |
| Operating income/ tonne (US$/t) | 313 | 289 | 276 | 300 | 217 |
| EBITDA | 5,163 | 5,080 | 5,052 | 10,243 | 8,294 |
| EBITDA/ tonne (US$/t) | 359 | 331 | 314 | 345 | 255 |
| Crude steel production (Mt) | 14.6 | 16.3 | 17.8 | 30.9 | 35.4 |
| Steel shipments (Mt) | 14.4 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 29.7 | 32.6 |
| Total group iron ore production (Mt) | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 24.0 | 24.5 |
| Iron ore production (Mt) (AMMC and Liberia only) | 7.3 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 14.2 | 12.2 |
| Iron ore shipment (Mt) (AMMC and Liberia only) | 7.5 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 14.2 | 12.0 |
| Number of shares outstanding (issued shares less treasury shares) (millions)22 | 847 | 893 | 1,019 | 847 | 1,019 |
Commenting, Aditya Mittal, ArcelorMittal Chief Executive Officer, said:
"The Company had a strong first half with market conditions supporting a fifth consecutive quarter of EBITDA of over
The period, however, was overshadowed by the outbreak of war in Ukraine, where we have steel and mining operations, bringing instability and suffering to the country and our 26,000 employees. Globally the conflict is impacting growth and adding further inflationary pressure, which is spilling over into weakening of demand. Despite the more uncertain global macro outlook, our business is well positioned to effectively manage through the cycle. The long-term outlook for steel demand also remains positive, underpinned by the scale of opportunity related to the energy transition and the continuing growth of developing economies."
Sustainable development and safety performance
Health and safety - Own personnel and contractors lost time injury frequency rate
Protecting the health and wellbeing of employees is the Company’s overarching priority with ongoing strict adherence to World Health Organization guidelines (in respect of COVID-19), and specific government guidelines have been followed and implemented.
Health and safety performance based on own personnel and contractors lost time injury frequency ("LTIF") rate was 0.67x in the second quarter of 2022 ("2Q 2022") as compared to 0.69x in the first quarter of 2022 ("1Q 2022) and 0.89x in the second quarter of 20213 ("2Q 2021"). Health and safety performance in the first six months of 2022 (“1H 2022”) was 0.68x as compared to 0.83x in the first six months of 2021 (“1H 2021”).
A concerted effort is underway to improve health and safety across the group and strengthen our safety culture. We have completed a comprehensive review of our efforts to eradicate accidents and fatalities, and have started 2022 with a refreshed company-wide commitment to put this fully into action.
Corporate oversight of safety has been strengthened, our Global Health & Safety Council is sharing and promoting best practice, peer-to-peer mentoring between sites has been introduced, training (which was reduced as a necessary precaution during COVID-19) has been strengthened and we are prioritizing support for underperforming units.
The Company is also tightening guidelines for mandatory leadership shop floor presence (which similar to training was reduced as a necessary precaution during COVID-19). All leaders must now spend a certain minimum time on the shop floor every week – when they must carry out a safety layered evaluation. While the Company policy has always specified leaders to regularly spend time on the shop floor, setting out a higher minimum accepted level for senior leaders will help reinforce the culture of visible felt leadership which we know has weakened in some regions as a result of COVID-19.
Furthermore reporting of proactive KPIs such as potential serious injury frequency (PSIF) will also be strengthened. Every segment is required to put in place a quality assessment process for PSIFs. Understanding clearly why PSIFs happen is vitally important to tightening processes, improving behaviours and preventing fatalities. Widespread use of what we call ‘quarantining’ is now in place across all operations where plants are put into ‘quarantine’ if a seriously unsafe incident takes place or the plant is deemed to be at risk of a serious incident or fatality.
A change to the Company’s executive remuneration policy has been made to reflect this focus21.
Own personnel and contractors - Frequency rate
| Lost time injury frequency rate | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| NAFTA | 0.28 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.43 |
| Brazil | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.22 |
| Europe | 0.99 | 1.13 | 1.41 | 1.07 | 1.16 |
| ACIS | 0.81 | 0.61 | 1.03 | 0.71 | 1.02 |
| Mining | 0.30 | 2.19 | 0.71 | 1.23 | 0.68 |
| Total | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.89 | 0.68 | 0.83 |
Sustainable development highlights – leading the decarbonization of the steel industry:
Developing standards that will support the decarbonization of our industry:
- On June 14, 2022, ArcelorMittal published a concept for a low-carbon emissions steel standard to help incentivize the decarbonization of steelmaking globally and support the creation of market demand for physical steel products which would be classified as lower, and ultimately near-zero, carbon emissions steel.
- Dual scoring system which provides customers with a life cycle assessment (LCA) value alongside a rating system which measures progress towards near-zero
- Designed to incentivize the decarbonization of both primary and secondary steelmaking
- Provides transparency and consistency across steel products for customers
- Supports the development of markets for low-carbon emissions steel
The creation of clear definitions for low-carbon emissions physical steel is an important component of ‘demand pull’ and ‘supply push’ mechanisms that are required to support the steel industry in its transition to net zero by 2050. Clear definitions will also help inform targeted policy to support the scale-up and commercialization of these near-zero technologies.
At the heart of the concept are three core principles:
- It must include a dual score system comprising a LCA value for finished products (EPD for construction products) alongside a decarbonisation rating system which categorizes low and near-zero carbon emissions per tonne of hot rolled steel and rewards producers as they decarbonize from their starting point.
- It must be designed in such a way that incentivizes the decarbonisation of all methods of steel production through technology shifts, rather than simply through increasing scrap rates using existing technology. This can be done by using a sliding scale based on the percentage of scrap used in production, a system which is also at the heart of the ResponsibleSteel™ and International Energy Agency (‘IEA’) low-carbon emissions steel models.
- It must include a clearly defined boundary from which carbon emissions are counted for the decarbonization rating system.
The concept is designed to be complementary to methods for rewarding virtual low-carbon steel, at least until significant amounts of physical low-carbon steel are available.
Analysis of results for the six months ended June 30, 2022 versus results for the six months ended June 30, 2021
Total steel shipments for 1H 2022 were 29.7 million metric tonnes (Mt), a decrease of -
Sales for 1H 2022 increased by
Depreciation of
Operating income for 1H 2022 of
Income from associates, joint ventures and other investments9 for 1H 2022 was
Net interest expense in 1H 2022 of
Foreign exchange and other net financing losses were
ArcelorMittal recorded an income tax expense of
ArcelorMittal’s net income for 1H 2022 was
ArcelorMittal’s basic earnings per common share for 1H 2022 was
Analysis of results for 2Q 2022 versus 1Q 2022 and 2Q 2021
Total steel shipments in 2Q 2022 were 14.4Mt, -
Sales in 2Q 2022 were
Depreciation for 2Q 2022 was
Operating income for 2Q 2022 was
Income from associates, joint ventures and other investments9 for 2Q 2022 was
Net interest expense in 2Q 2022 was
Foreign exchange and other net financing losses in 2Q 2022 were
ArcelorMittal recorded an income tax expense of
ArcelorMittal recorded net income for 2Q 2022 of
Analysis of segment operations2, 11
NAFTA
| (USDm) unless otherwise shown | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| Sales | 3,653 | 3,760 | 3,242 | 7,413 | 5,778 |
| Operating income | 817 | 1,054 | 675 | 1,871 | 936 |
| Depreciation | (93) | (93) | (71) | (186) | (142) |
| EBITDA | 910 | 1,147 | 746 | 2,057 | 1,078 |
| Crude steel production (kt) | 2,043 | 2,077 | 2,272 | 4,120 | 4,447 |
| Steel shipments * (kt) | 2,453 | 2,456 | 2,590 | 4,909 | 5,101 |
| Average steel selling price (US$/t) | 1,317 | 1,322 | 1,062 | 1,319 | 957 |
* NAFTA steel shipments reported figures include shipments sourced by NAFTA from Group subsidiaries and sold to the Calvert JV that are eliminated on consolidation.
NAFTA segment crude steel production decreased by -
Steel shipments in 2Q 2022 were stable at 2.5Mt, as compared 1Q 2022, and declined by -
Sales in 2Q 2022 decreased by -
Operating income in 2Q 2022 declined -
EBITDA in 2Q 2022 of
Brazil18
| (USDm) unless otherwise shown | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| Sales | 3,986 | 3,366 | 3,263 | 7,352 | 5,798 |
| Operating income | 1,201 | 674 | 1,028 | 1,875 | 1,742 |
| Depreciation | (71) | (58) | (56) | (129) | (109) |
| EBITDA | 1,272 | 732 | 1,084 | 2,004 | 1,851 |
| Crude steel production (kt) | 3,085 | 3,040 | 3,150 | 6,125 | 6,184 |
| Steel shipments (kt) | 3,003 | 3,037 | 2,964 | 6,040 | 5,832 |
| Average steel selling price (US$/t) | 1,234 | 1,039 | 1,038 | 1,136 | 939 |
Brazil segment crude steel production increased by +
Steel shipments of 3.0Mt in 2Q 2022 were broadly stable as compared to 1Q 2022, but with higher domestic mix, and +
Sales in 2Q 2022 increased by +
Operating income in 2Q 2022 of
EBITDA in 2Q 2022 increased by +
Europe
| (USDm) unless otherwise shown | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| Sales | 13,449 | 13,043 | 10,672 | 26,492 | 20,027 |
| Operating income | 2,063 | 2,081 | 1,262 | 4,144 | 1,861 |
| Depreciation | (326) | (326) | (316) | (652) | (615) |
| EBITDA | 2,389 | 2,407 | 1,578 | 4,796 | 2,476 |
| Crude steel production (kt) | 8,261 | 8,689 | 9,386 | 16,950 | 19,083 |
| Steel shipments (kt) | 7,967 | 8,334 | 8,293 | 16,301 | 17,306 |
| Average steel selling price (US$/t) | 1,292 | 1,218 | 948 | 1,254 | 878 |
Europe segment crude steel production declined by -
Steel shipments declined by -
Sales in 2Q 2022 increased by +
Operating income in 2Q 2022 was
EBITDA in 2Q 2022 of
ACIS
| (USDm) unless otherwise shown | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| Sales | 1,484 | 2,086 | 2,768 | 3,570 | 4,896 |
| Operating income | 43 | 280 | 923 | 323 | 1,458 |
| Depreciation | (106) | (105) | (110) | (211) | (220) |
| EBITDA | 149 | 385 | 1,033 | 534 | 1,678 |
| Crude steel production (kt) | 1,261 | 2,452 | 2,975 | 3,713 | 5,658 |
| Steel shipments (kt) | 1,218 | 2,071 | 2,801 | 3,289 | 5,396 |
| Average steel selling price (US$/t) | 925 | 855 | 806 | 881 | 729 |
ACIS segment crude steel production in 2Q 2022 was -
One of the three blast furnaces in Ukraine, blast furnace No.6 which is approximately
Steel shipments in 2Q 2022 decreased by -
Sales in 2Q 2022 decreased by -
Operating income in 2Q 2022 was significantly lower at
EBITDA of
Mining
| (USDm) unless otherwise shown | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| Sales | 1,005 | 933 | 889 | 1,938 | 2,068 |
| Operating income | 463 | 511 | 508 | 974 | 1,287 |
| Depreciation | (64) | (56) | (56) | (120) | (115) |
| EBITDA | 527 | 567 | 564 | 1,094 | 1,402 |
| Iron ore production (Mt) | 7.3 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 14.2 | 12.2 |
| Iron ore shipment (Mt) | 7.5 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 14.2 | 12.0 |
Note: Mining segment comprises iron ore operations of ArcelorMittal Mines Canada and ArcelorMittal Liberia.
Iron ore production increased in 2Q 2022 by +
Iron ore shipments increased in 2Q 2022 by +
Operating income in 2Q 2022 was
EBITDA in 2Q 2022 decreased by -
Joint ventures
ArcelorMittal has investments in various joint ventures and associate entities globally. The Company considers the Calvert (
Calvert5
| (USDm) unless otherwise shown | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| Production ( | 1,127 | 1,124 | 1,234 | 2,251 | 2,495 |
| Steel shipments ( | 1,123 | 1,171 | 1,155 | 2,294 | 2,292 |
| EBITDA ( | 261 | 327 | 270 | 588 | 424 |
* Production: all production of the hot strip mill including processing of slabs on a hire work basis for ArcelorMittal group entities and third parties, including stainless steel slabs.
** Shipments: including shipments of finished products processed on a hire work basis for ArcelorMittal group entities and third parties, including stainless steel products.
*** EBITDA of Calvert presented here on a
Calvert’s hot strip mill ("HSM") production during 2Q 2022 totaled 1.1Mt, stable as compared to 1.1Mt in 1Q 2022 and -
Steel shipments in 2Q 2022 were -
EBITDA*** during 2Q 2022 of
AMNS India4
| (USDm) unless otherwise shown | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| Crude steel production ( | 1,668 | 1,730 | 1,831 | 3,398 | 3,655 |
| Steel shipments ( | 1,511 | 1,732 | 1,718 | 3,243 | 3,418 |
| EBITDA ( | 365 | 470 | 607 | 835 | 1,010 |
Crude steel production in 2Q 2022 decreased by -
Steel shipments in 2Q 2022 declined by -
EBITDA during 2Q 2022 of
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Net cash provided by operating activities for 2Q 2022 was
Capex in 2Q 2022 of
Net cash used in other investing activities in 2Q 2022 was
Net cash used in financing activities in 2Q 2022 was
Gross debt increased to
As of June 30, 2022, and March 31, 2022, the Company had liquidity of
Key recent developments
• On July 28, 2022, ArcelorMittal announced it has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (‘CSP’) to acquire CSP for an enterprise value of approximately
CSP is a world-class operation, producing high-quality slab at a globally competitive cost. CSP’s state-of-the-art steel facility in the state of Ceará in northeast Brazil was commissioned in 2016 and produced its first slabs in June of that year. It operates a three million tonne capacity blast furnace and has access via conveyors to the Port of Pecém, a large scale, deep water port located 10 kilometers from the plant. CSP operates within Brazil’s first Export Processing Zone, and benefits from various tax incentives including a low corporate income tax rate.
The acquisition brings several strategic benefits to ArcelorMittal, including the potential to:
- Expand the Company’s position in the high-growth Brazilian steel industry.
- Capitalise on the significant planned third-party investment to form a clean electricity and green hydrogen hub in Pecém.
- Add 3 million tonnes of high-quality and cost-competitive slab capacity, with the potential to supply slab intra-group or to sell into North and South America.
- Allow for further expansions by the Company, such as the option to add primary steelmaking capacity (including direct reduced iron) and rolling and finishing capacity.
- Capture over
$50 million of identified synergies, including SG&A, procurement and process optimization.
The state of Ceará has ambitions to develop a low-cost green hydrogen hub. The Pecém Green Hydrogen Hub, a partnership between the Pecém Complex and Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, is a large-scale green hydrogen project at the Port of Pecém which is targeting to produce up to 5GW of renewable energy and 900 kt/y of green hydrogen in a series of phases. The first phase, which the partnership currently expects to be completed over the course of the next five years, targets the construction of 100-150MW of renewable energy capacity.
- On July 21, 2022, ArcelorMittal and automotive supplier Gestamp announced that they have successfully trialed the use of low-carbon emissions steel for use in car parts that will ultimately be used in the production of vehicles in Europe. The two companies have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation on sustainability, specifically in the production of low-carbon emissions steel parts and are working closely to ensure that ArcelorMittal’s steel meets all Gestamp’s technical requirements. Using Usibor® 1500 made with XCarb® recycled and renewably produced substrate, Gestamp has successfully trialed the first parts (such as a car’s tunnel, and seat reinforcements) in press-hardenable steel, which is ultra high-strength and therefore enables car manufacturers to achieve excellent weight reductions across the vehicle. XCarb® recycled and renewably produced is a decarbonized product made with a very high proportion of recycled steel in an EAF and
100% renewable electricity. The steel used by Gestamp has a carbon footprint that is almost70% lower than the same product made without XCarb® recycled and renewable steel.
- On July 1, 2022, ArcelorMittal announced that following receipt of customary regulatory approvals, it had completed the acquisition of an
80% shareholding in voestalpine’s Hot Briquetted Iron (‘HBI’) plant located near Corpus Christi, Texas on June 30, 2022. The acquisition, announced in April 2022, values the Corpus Christi operations at$1 billion . The state-of-the-art plant is one of the largest of its kind in the world. It has an annual capacity of two million tonnes of HBI, which is a premium, compacted form of Direct Reduced Iron (‘DRI’) developed to overcome issues associated with shipping and handling DRI. The transaction enhances ArcelorMittal’s ability to produce the high-quality input materials required for low-carbon emissions steelmaking, and reinforces the Company’s position as a world leader in DRI production. In parallel with the transaction, ArcelorMittal signed a long-term offtake agreement with voestalpine to supply an annual volume of HBI commensurate to voestalpine’s equity stake. Any future development of the site will be100% owned by ArcelorMittal. The remaining balance of production will be delivered to third parties, and to ArcelorMittal facilities, including to AM/NS Calvert in Alabama, upon the commissioning of its 1.5 million tonne EAF.
- On June 9, 2022, ArcelorMittal announced that it had completed the US
$1 billion share buyback program it had announced on May 5, 2022 under the authorization given by the annual general meeting of shareholders of May 4, 2022. By market close on 8 June 2022, ArcelorMittal had repurchased 33,349,597 shares for a total value of€942,577,580.32 (equivalent to$1 billion at an approximate average price per share of€28.26 . All details are available on the Company’s website at: https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/investors/equity-investors/share-buyback-program.
- On June 1, 2022, ArcelorMittal and the government of Spain signed an agreement in which the government has pledged its financial support for the decarbonization of the company’s steelmaking sites in Asturias and in Sestao, in the Basque Country. The funding, which is part of the government’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, will support the construction of an electric arc furnace and DRI plant in Gijón, which are crucial to the cmpany’s CO2 emissions reduction goals in Europe. The implementation of this project represents the first step of the company’s decarbonization journey in Asturias. In order to implement the described transformation of the site in Asturias, an application has been submitted under the EU’s CEEAG framework, and is awaiting approval from the European Commission before the project can proceed.
- On May 25, 2022, ArcelorMittal launched the XCarb™ Accelerator Programme to support breakthrough technology start-up and drive decarbonization. Breakthrough technology start-ups worldwide have been invited to submit applications to compete for investment from ArcelorMittal’s XCarb™ Innovation Fund, which aims to invest up to
$100 million annually in such transformative technologies, and access to ArcelorMittal’s advice and expertise in innovation, research and development, technology commercialization and business mentorship.
- On May 24, 2022, ArcelorMittal announced that it had achieved ResponsibleSteel™ certification for its Asturias Cluster in Spain and ArcelorMittal Méditerranée in France – the company’s first sites to be certified in both France and Spain.
- On May 18, 2022, ArcelorMittal announced that 60 million treasury shares had been cancelled to keep the number of treasury shares the Company holds within appropriate levels. As a result of this cancellation, ArcelorMittal has 877,809,772 shares in issue (compared to 937,809,772 before the cancellation).
Cost improvement plan
In February 2022, the Company had announced a new 3-year
Capital return
Following the completion of its previously announced buyback plans, the Company announces a new buyback program to purchase a further 60 million shares (~
Outlook
Inflationary pressures have escalated during 1H 2022 presenting significant headwinds to economic activity. The impacts on consumer and business confidence are leading to a slowdown in real demand, which has been exacerbated by destocking activity, resulting in apparent demand below real demand levels and a normalization of steel spreads.
The potential for energy supply restrictions presents a clear but, as yet, uncertain risk to economic activity in Europe.
The Company highlights the potential downside risks to the demand forecasts presented at 1Q 2022 results, particularly to the forecast demand for Europe, given gas supply risks, and China given the impact of COVID-related lockdowns. ArcelorMittal is well positioned to navigate the uncertainties around European gas supply given its predominantly blast furnace based capacity across multiple sites in 9 EU countries.
The longer-term fundamental outlook for steel is positive. China’s focus on decarbonization and removal of VAT-rebates on steel exports are encouraging; so too are the actions taken by governments to protect against the threats of unfair trade. And we know that steel will play a critical and vital role in the transition to a decarbonized and circular economy – there is no substitute.
ArcelorMittal Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position1
| In millions of U.S. dollars | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 |
| ASSETS | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 4,565 | 5,570 | 4,371 |
| Trade accounts receivable and other | 5,931 | 6,353 | 5,143 |
| Inventories | 23,303 | 22,171 | 19,858 |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 7,189 | 6,487 | 5,567 |
| Total Current Assets | 40,988 | 40,581 | 34,939 |
| Goodwill and intangible assets | 4,307 | 4,564 | 4,425 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 29,542 | 30,161 | 30,075 |
| Investments in associates and joint ventures | 10,992 | 10,888 | 10,319 |
| Deferred tax assets | 7,974 | 8,018 | 8,147 |
| Other assets10 | 3,223 | 3,287 | 2,607 |
| Total Assets | 97,026 | 97,499 | 90,512 |
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||
| Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt | 2,719 | 2,413 | 1,913 |
| Trade accounts payable and other | 16,736 | 16,200 | 15,093 |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 6,514 | 7,491 | 7,161 |
| Total Current Liabilities | 25,969 | 26,104 | 24,167 |
| Long-term debt, net of current portion | 6,069 | 6,309 | 6,488 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 2,489 | 2,494 | 2,369 |
| Other long-term liabilities | 6,053 | 6,397 | 6,144 |
| Total Liabilities | 40,580 | 41,304 | 39,168 |
| Equity attributable to the equity holders of the parent | 53,992 | 53,798 | 49,106 |
| Non-controlling interests | 2,454 | 2,397 | 2,238 |
| Total Equity | 56,446 | 56,195 | 51,344 |
| Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity | 97,026 | 97,499 | 90,512 |
ArcelorMittal Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations1
| Three months ended | Six months ended | ||||
| In millions of U.S. dollars unless otherwise shown | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Jun 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2021 |
| Sales | 22,142 | 21,836 | 19,343 | 43,978 | 35,536 |
| Depreciation (B) | (669) | (647) | (620) | (1,316) | (1,221) |
| Operating income (A) | 4,494 | 4,433 | 4,432 | 8,927 | 7,073 |
| Operating margin % | 20.3 % | 20.3 % | 22.9 % | 20.3 % | 19.9 % |
| Income from associates, joint ventures and other investments | 578 | 559 | 590 | 1,137 | 1,043 |
| Net interest expense | (53) | (51) | (76) | (104) | (167) |
| Foreign exchange and other net financing (loss) | (183) | (140) | (233) | (323) | (427) |
| Income before taxes and non-controlling interests | 4,836 | 4,801 | 4,713 | 9,637 | 7,522 |
| Current tax expense | (900) | (695) | (768) | (1,595) | (1,337) |
| Deferred tax benefit | 74 | 140 | 226 | 214 | 391 |
| Income tax expense (net) | (826) | (555) | (542) | (1,381) | (946) |
| Income including non-controlling interests | 4,010 | 4,246 | 4,171 | 8,256 | 6,576 |
| Non-controlling interests income | (87) | (121) | (166) | (208) | (286) |
| Net income attributable to equity holders of the parent | 3,923 | 4,125 | 4,005 | 8,048 | 6,290 |
| Basic earnings per common share ($) | 4.25 | 4.28 | 3.47 | 8.53 | 5.40 |
| Diluted earnings per common share ($) | 4.24 | 4.27 | 3.46 | 8.51 | 5.39 |
| Weighted average common shares outstanding (in millions) | 924 | 964 | 1,154 | 944 | 1,165 |
| Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in millions) | 926 | 966 | 1,157 | 946 | 1,168 |
| OTHER INFORMATION | |||||
| EBITDA (C = A-B) | 5,163 | 5,080 | 5,052 | 10,243 | 8,294 |
| EBITDA Margin % | 23.3 % | 23.3 % | 26.1 % | 23.3 % | 23.3 % |
| Total group iron ore production (Mt) | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 24.0 | 24.5 |
| Crude steel production (Mt) | 14.6 | 16.3 | 17.8 | 30.9 | 35.4 |
| Steel shipments (Mt) | 14.4 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 29.7 | 32.6 |
ArcelorMittal Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash flows1
| Three months ended | Six Months ended | ||||
| In millions of U.S. dollars | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Jun 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2021 |
| Operating activities: | |||||
| Income attributable to equity holders of the parent | 3,923 | 4,125 | 4,005 | 8,048 | 6,290 |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operations: | |||||
| Non-controlling interests income | 87 | 121 | 166 | 208 | 286 |
| Depreciation | 669 | 647 | 620 | 1,316 | 1,221 |
| Income from associates, joint ventures and other investments | (578) | (559) | (590) | (1,137) | (1,043) |
| Deferred tax benefit | (74) | (140) | (226) | (214) | (391) |
| Change in working capital | (1,008) | (2,047) | (1,901) | (3,055) | (3,535) |
| Other operating activities (net) | (465) | (113) | 238 | (578) | 481 |
| Net cash provided by operating activities (A) | 2,554 | 2,034 | 2,312 | 4,588 | 3,309 |
| Investing activities: | |||||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangibles (B) | (655) | (529) | (569) | (1,184) | (1,188) |
| Other investing activities (net) | (886) | (77) | 687 | (963) | 1,574 |
| Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities | (1,541) | (606) | 118 | (2,147) | 386 |
| Financing activities: | |||||
| Net proceeds / (payments) relating to payable to banks and long-term debt | 389 | 379 | (2,232) | 768 | (2,856) |
| Dividends paid to ArcelorMittal shareholders | (332) | — | (284) | (332) | (284) |
| Dividends paid to minorities (C) | (166) | (12) | (17) | (178) | (82) |
| Share buyback | (1,496) | (504) | (997) | (2,000) | (1,647) |
| Lease payments and other financing activities (net) | (46) | (48) | (250) | (94) | (299) |
| Net cash used in financing activities | (1,651) | (185) | (3,780) | (1,836) | (5,168) |
| Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents | (638) | 1,243 | (1,350) | 605 | (1,473) |
| Cash and cash equivalents transferred from assets held for sale | — | — | 10 | — | 3 |
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | (367) | 4 | 47 | (363) | (59) |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents | (1,005) | 1,247 | (1,293) | 242 | (1,529) |
| Free cash flow (D=A+B+C) | 1,733 | 1,493 | 1,726 | 3,226 | 2,039 |
Appendix 1: Product shipments by region1
| (000'kt) | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| Flat | 1,800 | 1,811 | 1,896 | 3,611 | 3,718 |
| Long | 748 | 657 | 794 | 1,405 | 1,579 |
| NAFTA | 2,453 | 2,456 | 2,590 | 4,909 | 5,101 |
| Flat | 1,643 | 1,747 | 1,599 | 3,390 | 3,112 |
| Long | 1,380 | 1,309 | 1,381 | 2,689 | 2,751 |
| Brazil | 3,003 | 3,037 | 2,964 | 6,040 | 5,832 |
| Flat | 5,705 | 5,953 | 5,751 | 11,658 | 12,364 |
| Long | 2,146 | 2,275 | 2,404 | 4,421 | 4,694 |
| Europe | 7,967 | 8,334 | 8,293 | 16,301 | 17,306 |
| CIS | 730 | 1,405 | 2,097 | 2,135 | 4,132 |
| Africa | 492 | 667 | 703 | 1,159 | 1,263 |
| ACIS | 1,218 | 2,071 | 2,801 | 3,289 | 5,396 |
Note: “Others and eliminations” are not presented in the table
Appendix 2a: Capital expenditures1,2
| (USDm) | 2Q 22 | 1Q 22 | 2Q 21 | 1H 22 | 1H 21 |
| NAFTA | 115 | 87 | 73 | 202 | 147 |
| Brazil | 123 | 90 | 91 | 213 | 139 |
| Europe | 211 | 187 | 235 | 398 | 578 |
| ACIS | 107 | 90 | 120 | 197 | 214 |
| Mining | 92 | 70 | 43 | 162 | 97 |
| Total | 655 | 529 | 569 | 1,184 | 1,188 |
Note: “Others” are not presented in the table
Appendix 2b: Capital expenditure projects14,19
The following tables summarize the Company’s principal growth and optimization projects involving significant capex.
For projects in which the targeted addition to EBITDA is indicated, such amount is based on numerous assumptions as to selling prices and input costs in particular.
Completed projects
| Segment | Site / unit | Project | Capacity / details | Key date / completion |
| NAFTA | ArcelorMittal Mexico | New hot strip mill | Production capacity of 2.5Mt/year | 2021 (a) |
| NAFTA | ArcelorMittal Dofasco (Canada) | Hot strip mill modernization | Replace existing three end of life coilers with two state of the art coilers and new runout tables | 1H 2022 (b) |
Ongoing projects
| Segment | Site / unit | Project | Capacity / details | Key date / forecast completion |
| NAFTA | ArcelorMittal Dofasco (Canada) | #5 CGL conversion to AluSi® | Addition of up to 160kt/year Aluminum Silicon (AluSi®) coating capability to #5 Hot-Dip Galvanizing Line for the production of Usibor® steels | 2H 2022 (c) |
| Brazil | ArcelorMittal Vega Do Sul | Expansion project | Increase hot dipped / cold rolled coil capacity and construction of a new 700kt continuous annealing line (CAL) and continuous galvanising line (CGL) combiline | 4Q 2023 (d) |
| Mining | Liberia mine | Phase 2 premium product expansion project | Increase production capacity to 15Mt/year | 4Q 2023/under review (e) |
| NAFTA | Las Truchas mine (Mexico) | Revamping and capacity increase to 2.3MT | Revamping project with 1Mtpa pellet feed capacity increase (to 2.3 Mt/year) with DRI concentrate grade capability | 2H 2023 (f) |
| Brazil | Serra Azul mine | 4.5Mtpa direct reduction pellet feed plant | Facilities to produce 4.5Mt/year DRI quality pellet feed by exploiting compact itabirite iron ore | 2H 2023 (g) |
| Brazil | Monlevade | Sinter plant, blast furnace and melt shop | Increase in liquid steel capacity by 1.0Mt/year; Sinter feed capacity of 2.25Mt/year | 2H 2024 (h) |
| ACIS | ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine) | Pellet Plant | Facilities to produce 5.0Mtpa pellets, replacing two existing sinter plants ensuring environmental compliance and improving productivity | On hold/ under review (i) |
| Brazil | Barra Mansa | Section mill | Increase capacity of HAV bars and sections by 0.4Mt/pa | 1Q 2024 (j) |
| Others | Andhra Pradesh (India) | Renewable energy project | 975 MW of nominal capacity solar and wind power | 1H 2024 (k) |
a) On September 28, 2017, ArcelorMittal announced a major
b) Investment in ArcelorMittal Dofasco (Canada) to modernize the hot strip mill. The project is to install two new state of the art coilers and runout tables to replace three end of life coilers. The strip cooling system was upgraded and includes innovative power cooling technology to improve product capability. The project was completed in 1H 2022 with all equipment fully operating. The project is estimated to add >
c) Investment to replace #5 Hot-Dip Galvanizing Line Galvanneal coating capability with 160kt/year Aluminum Silicon (AluSi®) capability for the production of ArcelorMittal’s patented Usibor® Press Hardenable Steel for automotive structural and safety components. With the investment, ArcelorMittal Dofasco will become the only Canadian producer of AluSi® coated Usibor®. This investment complements additional strategic North America developments, including a new EAF and caster at Calvert in the US and a new hot strip mill in Mexico, and will allow to capitalize on increasing Auto Aluminized PHS demand in North America. The project is expected to be completed in 2022, with the first coil planned for 2H 2022. The project is estimated to add >
d) In February 2021, ArcelorMittal announced the resumption of the Vega Do Sul expansion to provide an additional 700kt of cold-rolled annealed and galvanized capacity to serve the growing domestic market. The ~
The project is expected to be completed in 4Q 2023 and estimated to add >
e) ArcelorMittal Liberia has been operating 5Mt direct shipping ore (DSO) since 2011 (Phase 1). In 2013, the Company had started construction of a Phase 2 project that envisaged the construction of 15Mtpa of concentrate sinter fines capacity and associated infrastructure; this project was then suspended due to the onset of Ebola in West Africa and the subsequent force-majeure declaration by the onsite contracting companies. On September 10, 2021, ArcelorMittal signed with the Government of the Republic of Liberia an amendment to its Mineral Development Agreement which is currently under the legislative ratification process. Detailed construction design is well advanced. Main civil works contract progressing to plan, whilst tenders for key construction contracts and remaining equipment are underway. Under this project, first concentrate product is expected in late 2023, ramping up to 15Mtpa thereafter. The capex required to conclude the project, previously estimated at approximately
f) ArcelorMittal Mexico is investing ~
g) Approximately
h) The Monlevade upstream expansion project consisting of the sinter plant, blast furnace and meltshop has recommenced in late 2021, following the anticipated improvement in Brazil domestic market. Detailed engineering is ongoing. Piling, civil works and erection to be started. The project is estimated to be completed in 2H 2024 with a capex requirement of approximately
i) Investment in ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih to build a 5.0Mtpa pellet plant which, together with the ongoing modernization of Sinter Plant 2, will ensure that all sinter operations in Kryvyi Rih are compliant with dust emissions environmental regulations and will enable cost reduction, quality and productivity improvement. In addition, the project will enable a CO2 footprint improvement by 750kt CO2/yr. First pellet was initially expected to be produced in 4Q 2023 with a capex requirement of approximately
j) ~
k) This
Appendix 3: Debt repayment schedule as of June 30, 2022
| (USD billion) | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | >2026 | Total |
| Bonds | — | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| Commercial paper | 0.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.9 |
| Other loans | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
| Total gross debt | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 8.8 |
Appendix 4: Reconciliation of gross debt to net debt as of June 30, 2022
| (USD million) | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 |
| Gross debt | 8,788 | 8,722 | 8,401 |
| Less: Cash and cash equivalents | (4,565) | (5,570) | (4,371) |
| Net debt | 4,223 | 3,152 | 4,030 |
| Net debt / LTM EBITDA | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Appendix 5: Terms and definitions
Unless indicated otherwise, or the context otherwise requires, references in this earnings release report to the following terms have the meanings set out next to them below:
Apparent steel consumption: calculated as the sum of production plus imports minus exports.
Average steel selling prices: calculated as steel sales divided by steel shipments.
Cash and cash equivalents: represents cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments.
Capex: represents the purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangibles.
Crude steel production: steel in the first solid state after melting, suitable for further processing or for sale.
Depreciation: refers to amortization and depreciation.
EPS: refers to basic or diluted earnings per share.
EBITDA: operating results plus depreciation, impairment items and if any, exceptional items.
EBITDA/tonne: calculated as EBITDA divided by total steel shipments.
Foreign exchange and other net financing income / (loss): include foreign currency exchange impact, bank fees, interest on pensions, impairment of financial assets, revaluation of derivative instruments and other charges that cannot be directly linked to operating results.
Free cash flow (FCF): refers to net cash provided by operating activities less capex less dividends paid to minority shareholders
Gross debt: long-term debt and short-term debt.
Impairment items: refers to impairment charges net of reversals.
Iron ore reference prices: refers to iron ore prices for
Liquidity: cash and cash equivalents plus available credit lines excluding back-up lines for the commercial paper program.
LTIF: lost time injury frequency rate equals lost time injuries per 1,000,000 worked hours, based on own personnel and contractors.
Mt: refers to million metric tonnes.
Net debt: long-term debt and short-term debt less cash and cash equivalents.
Net debt/LTM EBITDA: refers to Net debt divided by EBITDA.
Net interest expense: includes interest expense less interest income.
On-going projects: refer to projects for which construction has begun (excluding various projects that are under development), even if such projects have been placed on hold pending improved operating conditions.
Operating results: refers to operating income.
Operating segments: NAFTA segment includes the Flat, Long and Tubular operations of Canada, Mexico; and also includes all Mexico mines. The Brazil segment includes the Flat, Long and Tubular operations of Brazil and its neighboring countries including Argentina, Costa Rica, Venezuela; and also includes Andrade and Serra Azul captive iron ore mines. The Europe segment includes the Flat, Long and Tubular operations of the European business, as well as Downstream Solutions, and also includes Bosnia and Herzegovina captive iron ore mines. The ACIS segment includes the Flat, Long and Tubular operations of Kazakhstan, Ukraine and South Africa; and also includes the captive iron ore mines in Ukraine and iron ore and coal mines in Kazakhstan. Mining segment includes iron ore operations of ArcelorMittal Mines Canada and ArcelorMittal Liberia.
Own iron ore production: includes total of all finished production of fines, concentrate, pellets and lumps and includes share of production.
Price-cost effect: a lack of correlation or a lag in the corollary relationship between raw material and steel prices, which can either have a positive (i.e., increased spread between steel prices and raw material costs) or negative effect (i.e., a squeeze or decreased spread between steel prices and raw material costs).
Shipments: information at segment and group level eliminates intra-segment shipments (which are primarily between Flat/Long plants and Tubular plants) and inter-segment shipments respectively. Shipments of Downstream Solutions are excluded.
STIP: refers to short term incentive plan.
LTIP: refers to long term incentive plan.
Working capital change (working capital investment / release): Movement of change in working capital - trade accounts receivable plus inventories less trade and other accounts payable.
Footnotes
- The financial information in this press release has been prepared consistently with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and as adopted by the European Union. The interim financial information included in this announcement has also been prepared in accordance with IFRS applicable to interim periods, however this announcement does not contain sufficient information to constitute an interim financial report as defined in International Accounting Standard 34, “Interim Financial Reporting”. The numbers in this press release have not been audited. The financial information and certain other information presented in a number of tables in this press release have been rounded to the nearest whole number or the nearest decimal. Therefore, the sum of the numbers in a column may not conform exactly to the total figure given for that column. In addition, certain percentages presented in the tables in this press release reflect calculations based upon the underlying information prior to rounding and, accordingly, may not conform exactly to the percentages that would be derived if the relevant calculations were based upon the rounded numbers. Segment information presented in this press release is prior to inter-segment eliminations and certain adjustments made to operating result of the segments to reflect corporate costs, income from non-steel operations (e.g., logistics and shipping services) and the elimination of stock margins between the segments. This press release also includes certain non-GAAP financial/alternative performance measures. ArcelorMittal presents EBITDA and EBITDA/tonne, free cash flow (FCF) and ratio of net debt/EBITDA which are non-GAAP financial/alternative performance measures as additional measures to enhance the understanding of its operating performance and evaluate the strength of its cash generating capacity and ability to service debt. The Company’s EBITDA objectives for certain capital expenditure projects are based on the same accounting policies as those applied in the Company’s financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS. ArcelorMittal also presents Equity book value per share and ROE, calculated as shown in footnotes to this press release. ArcelorMittal believes such indicators are relevant to provide management and investors with additional information. ArcelorMittal also presents net debt and change in working capital as additional measures to enhance the understanding of its financial position, changes to its capital structure and its credit assessment. ArcelorMittal is no longer presenting adjusted net income / (loss) because there have been no adjustments in recent periods. Non-GAAP financial/alternative performance measures should be read in conjunction with, and not as an alternative for, ArcelorMittal's financial information prepared in accordance with IFRS.
- Effective 2Q 2021, ArcelorMittal retrospectively amended its presentation of reportable segments. The results of each mine are accounted for within the steel segment that it primarily supplies. Summary of changes: NAFTA: all Mexico mines; Brazil: Andrade and Serra Azul mines; Europe: ArcelorMittal Prijedor mine (Bosnia and Herzegovina); ACIS: Kazakhstan and Ukraine mines; and Mining: only AMMC and Liberia iron ore mines.
- LTIF figures presented for 2Q 2022 of 0.67x, 1Q 2022 of 0.69x, and 0.89x for 2Q 2021 exclude ArcelorMittal Italia (which was deconsolidated as from 2Q 2021 onwards).
- AMNS India has plans to debottleneck operations (steel shop and rolling parts) and achieve capacity of 8.8Mt per annum and medium-term plans to expand and grow to 14Mt per annum and then to 18Mt per annum. The Thakurani mine is operating at full 5.5Mtpa capacity since 1Q 2021, while the second Odisha pellet plant was commissioned and started in September 2021, adding 6Mtpa for a total 20Mtpa of pellet capacity. In addition, in September 2021, AMNS India commenced operations at Ghoraburhani - Sagasahi iron ore mine in Odisha. The mine is set to produce 5.0Mtpa of high-quality iron ore in 2022 and gradually ramp up production to a rated capacity of 7.2Mtpa and contribute significantly to meeting AMNS India’s long-term raw material requirements. In March 2021, AMNS India signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with the Government of Odisha in view of building an integrated steel plant with a 12Mtpa capacity in Kendrapara district of state Odisha. A pre-feasibility study report was submitted to the state government in 3Q 2021, and AMNS India is currently engaging with the government for further studies and clearances.
- AMNS Calvert ("Calvert") has plans to construct a new 1.5Mt EAF and caster to be completed 1H 2023. The joint venture is to invest
$775 million . Option to add a further 1.5Mt EAF is being studied - ArcelorMittal Mines Canada, otherwise known as ArcelorMittal Mines and Infrastructure Canada.
- On December 19, 2018, ArcelorMittal signed a
$5.5 billion Revolving Credit Facility, with a five-year maturity plus two one-year extension options. During the fourth quarter of 2019, ArcelorMittal executed the option to extend the facility to December 19, 2024. The extension was completed for$5.4 billion of the available amount, with the remaining$0.1 billion remaining with a maturity of December 19, 2023. In December 2020, ArcelorMittal executed the second option to extend the facility, and the new maturity is now extended to December 19, 2025. On April 30, 2021, ArcelorMittal amended its$5.5 billion RCF to align with its sustainability and climate action strategy. As of June 30, 2022, the$5.5 billion revolving credit facility was fully available. - XCarb™ is designed to bring together all of ArcelorMittal’s reduced, low and zero-carbon products and steelmaking activities, as well as wider initiatives and green innovation projects, into a single effort focused on achieving demonstrable progress towards carbon neutral steel. Alongside the new XCarb™ brand, we have launched three XCarb™ initiatives: the XCarb™ innovation fund, XCarb™ green steel certificates and XCarb™ recycled and renewably produced for products made via the Electric Arc Furnace route using scrap. The Company is offering green steel using a system of certificates (XCarb® green certificates). These will be issued by an independent auditor to certify tonnes of CO2 savings achieved through the Company’s investment in decarbonization technologies in Europe. Net-zero equivalence is determined by assigning CO2 savings certificates equivalent to CO2 per tonne of steel produced in 2018 as the reference. The certificates will relate to the tonnes of CO2 saved in total, as a direct result of the decarbonization projects being implemented across a number of its European sites.
- In addition to the AMNS India and Calvert joint ventures, the Company has important investments in China that provide valuable dividend streams and growth optionality. VAMA, our 50:50 joint venture with Hunan Valin, is a state-of-the-art facility focused on rolling steel for high-demanding applications in particular automotive. The business is performing well and plans to expand the current capacity by
40% to 2Mtpa over the next 2 years, financed from its own resources. The investment will allow VAMA to broaden its product portfolio and further enhance its competitiveness. This will in turn enable VAMA to meet the growing demand of high value add solutions from the Chinese automotive / new energy vehicle (NEV) market and propel it to be among the top automotive steel players in China by 2025. ArcelorMittal also owns a37% interest in China Oriental, one of the largest H-Beam producers in China which has recently upgraded its asset portfolio and benefits from a strong balance sheet position. - Other assets include the main listed investment of Erdemir (
12% ) at market value of$688 million ,$935 million and$885 million as of June 30, 2022, March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. - Segment “Other & eliminations”, EBITDA result was a loss of
$84 million in 2Q 2022, as compared to loss of$158 million in 1Q 2022 principally due to the decrease of the stock margin eliminations driven by the decrease during the quarter of the iron ore market price on intra-group stock sales between steel and mining businesses. - Total steel shipments in 1H 2022 were 29.7Mt, -
5.8% lower as compared with 31.5Mt in 1H 2021 on a scope adjusted basis. Total steel shipments in 2Q 2022 were 14.4Mt, -9.9% lower as compared with 16Mt in 2Q 2021 on a scope adjusted basis. - Equity book value per share is calculated as the Equity attributable to the equity holders of the parent divided by diluted number of shares at the end of the period. 2Q 2022 total equity of
$54.0 billion divided by 904 million diluted shares outstanding equals$60 /sh. 1Q 2022 total equity of$53.8 billion divided by 949 million diluted shares outstanding equals$57 /sh. - Strategic capex envelope of
$3.65 billion represents total to be spent on strategic projects (listed in Appendix 2b) in the period from 2021 to 2024. Specifically,$0.40 billion of the$3.65 billion has been spent through June 30, 2022. The various estimates in this press release of EBITDA benefit of these strategic capex projects are based on assumptions once projects are ramped up to capacity and assuming prices/spreads generally in line with the averages of the period 2015-2020 period. - Blast furnace No.6 (approximately
20% of total Kryvyi Rih capacity), was restarted on April 11, 2022 (to resume low levels of pig iron production). Iron ore production has been steadily increased to ~55% capacity in 2Q 2022. - ROE refers to "Return on Equity" which is calculated as trailing twelve-month net income attributable to equity holders of the parent divided by the average equity attributable to the equity holders of the parent over the period. 2Q 2022 ROE of
34% ($16.7 billion /$49.6 billion ). 1Q 2022 ROE of36% ($16.8 billion /$46.8 billion ). - On May 31, 2022, Acciaierie d’Italia Holding and Ilva signed an amendment to the Ilva lease agreement (with a conditional purchase obligation) to, among other changes, extend the longstop date for the fulfillment of the conditions precedent (and, therefore, the term of the lease of the Ilva business) by 2 years (until May 31, 2024). In parallel, the ArcelorMittal group and Invitalia signed an amendment to their investment agreement to extend the latest date for the second equity injection to May 31, 2024 (to coincide with the latest date for the fulfillment of the conditions precedent for the purchase of the Ilva business assets) and to reflect certain other circumstances. This amendment to the investment agreement confirms Acciaierie d’Italia Holding’s ownership and governance structure until May 2024.
- On March 30, 2022 Votorantim exercised the put option right it has under its shareholders’ agreement with the Company to sell its entire equity interest in ArcelorMittal Brasil to the Company, following the acquisition of Votorantim S.A.'s long steel business in Brazil in 2018, which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Brasil. The exercise price is calculated pursuant to an agreed formula in the shareholders’ agreement which applies a 6x multiple of ArcelorMittal Brasil Longs Business EBITDA in the four immediately preceding calendar quarters from the date of the put option exercise (subject to certain adjustments, such as the exclusion of any unusual, infrequent or abnormal events ) less an assumed net debt of BRL 6.2 billion times
15% . ArcelorMittal Brasil calculated the put option exercise price in the amount of BRL 840 million, but Votorantim S.A. has indicated that it does not agree with ArcelorMittal Brasil’s calculation of the exercise price. The definition of the final put option exercise price will be subject to the procedure specified in the shareholders' agreement, with arbitration being the ultimate means. - On March 17, 2022, ArcelorMittal had announced an investment (which is in the process of final review and approval), with the support of the French government, to create a new production unit for electrical steels at its Mardyck site in the north of France. This investment will create more than 100 direct jobs. With this new unit, which will specialize in the production of electrical steels for the engines of electric vehicles and which complements ArcelorMittal’s existing electrical steels plant in Saint Chély d’Apcher, in the south of France, all of the group's electrical steels will be produced in France, strengthening France’s electromobility sector.
- Following a favorable and unappealable decision issued in May 2022 with respect to taxpayers’ right to register the Pis/Cofins credits over scrap purchases, ArcelorMittal Brasil recorded a gain in the amount of
$0.2 billion for the previous periods. - The Company has introduced a
50% increase in the STI link to safety performance (with fatalities acting as a circuit breaker); increased the safety target in STIP to15% , and LTIP to10% ; and included ESG objectives in LTIP. - Shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 reflected the cancellation of 45 million treasury shares and an increase of 18.3 million in treasury shares from share buybacks in the first quarter of 2022. Shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 reflected the cancellation of 60 million treasury shares and an increase of 46.8 million in treasury shares from share buybacks in the second quarter of 2022. In addition, following the dividend paid in June 2022, the
$608 million aggregate principal amount of the Mandatorily Convertible Notes due 2023 outstanding as of June 30, 2022, divided by the maximum conversion price of$10.64 per share; equals approximately 57 million shares following conversion. - Based on share price as at 26.07.22 of
$22.90 /sh.
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About ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal is one of the world's leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities in 16 countries. In 2021, ArcelorMittal had revenues of
Our goal is to help build a better world with smarter steels. Steels made using innovative processes which use less energy, emit significantly less carbon and reduce costs. Steels that are cleaner, stronger and reusable. Steels for electric vehicles and renewable energy infrastructure that will support societies as they transform through this century. With steel at our core, our inventive people and an entrepreneurial culture at heart, we will support the world in making that change. This is what we believe it takes to be the steel company of the future.
ArcelorMittal is listed on the stock exchanges of New York (MT), Amsterdam (MT), Paris (MT), Luxembourg (MT) and on the Spanish stock exchanges of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia (MTS). For more information about ArcelorMittal please visit: http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/
Enquiries
ArcelorMittal investor relations: +44 207 543 1128; Retail: +44 207 543 1156; SRI: +44 207 543 1156 and Bonds/credit: +33 1 71 92 10 26.
ArcelorMittal corporate communications (E-mail: press@arcelormittal.com) +44 207 629 7988. Contact: Paul Weigh +44 203 214 2419
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