ArcelorMittal: Launches XCarb Innovation Fund

  • ArcelorMittal, a global steel and mining company, launching the “XCarb™ innovation fund.”
  • The fund anticipates investing up to $100m annually in companies developing technologies with the potential to support and accelerate the transition to net zero carbon steelmaking
  • It will invest in a diversified portfolio of companies to ensure it captures the best and most important technologies under development
  • The fund isa part of ArcelorMittal’s wider XCarb™ sustainability initiative launched today to drive progress towards carbon neutral steel
  • The fund will also governed by an investment committee, comprising senior executive management members from functions and segments across the company’s global operations and chaired by the CEO
  • ArcelorMittal is a steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities in 17 countries
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