Arcelor has inaugurated Belval Medium Sections Mill at Esch Belval site in Luxembourg on Tuesday. The ceremony was attended by the Head of State of Luxembourg, Grand-Duke Henri, the Luxembourg minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, Jeannot Krecké, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arcelor, Joseph Kinsch, and the Chairman of the Management Board of Arcelor, Guy Dollé.

This rolling mill, one of the largest investments in Luxembourg, carried out by Arcelor since its creation, has an annual production capacity of 800,000 tonnes. It produces light and medium size sections, U channels and angle sections.

"This new asset installed in Luxembourg, in the heart of Europe, is a modern facility that incorporates state of the art rolling techniques. It reflects our will to permanently improve the productivity of our European facilities and to face the challenges set by the dynamic and rapidly evolving global competition in our sector of activity", underlined Arcelor CEO Mr Guy Dollé, who referred to the new facility as part of "the chain of excellence launched several generations ago in this region".