Our Vision

We are committed to establish Aperam as the leading value creator in the circular economy of infinite, world-changing materials.

About Aperam

Global Player and Environmental Champion

Aperam is a global player in stainless, electrical and specialty steel and recycling, with customers in over 40 countries. Starting from 1 January 2022, the business is organized in four primary reportable segments: Stainless & Electrical Steel, Services & Solutions, Alloys & Specialties and Recycling & Renewables. Aperam is fully committed to be the leading value creator in the circular economy of infinite, world-changing materials.

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Aperam has a flat Stainless and Electrical steel capacity of 2.5 million tonnes in Brazil and Europe and is a leader in Alloys & high value specialty products with presence in France, China, India and the United States. In addition to its industrial network, spread over sixteen production facilities in Brazil, Belgium, France, the United States, India & China, Aperam has a highly integrated distribution, processing and services network and a unique capability to produce low carbon footprint stainless and special steels from biomass, stainless steel scrap and high performance alloys scrap. With BioEnergia and its unique capability to produce charcoal made from its own FSC®-certified forestry and with ELG, a global leader in collecting, trading, processing and recycling of stainless steel scrap and high performance alloys, Aperam places sustainability at the heart of its business, helping customers worldwide to excel in the circular economy.

Aperam Recycling & Renewables

Aperam Recycling & Renewables segment was established in 2022 and combines three recycling and renewable energy generating sub-segments, namely ELG, Recyco and BioEnergia. The segment counts 2,914 employees and is essential in securing a sustainable and competitive supply of valuable raw materials.

ELG and Recyco together form Aperam Recycling division which is involved in processing and recycling stainless steel scraps and residues to return high quality secondary raw materials to the market, while ELG Utica Alloys focuses on the revert management of superalloys and titanium mainly for the aerospace industry.

BioEnergia is one of the largest producers of biocharcoal in the world. In the 150,000 ha FSC-certified eucalyptus forest in Jequitinhonha Valley, Brazil, they produce charcoal, bio-oil, seedlings, and biochar. The efficiently and responsibly sourced charcoal is used in the furnaces of Aperam’s Brazilian steel plant in Timóteo.

At the core of Aperam’s sustainable ambition lies Aperam Recycling – a strong division comprising ELG and Recyco.

About Recyco

Recyco is a key part of Aperam Recycling, focused on driving circularity and sustainability across the stainless steel value chain. Based in Isbergues, France, Recyco is dedicated to recovering and treating the metallic content from melting shop dust and sludge. Re-using an electric arc furnace of a former melt shop, these residues are treated and the valuable metallic contents are extracted, to send it back for reuse as raw material in the meltshops.It is an incredibly versatile operation that can transform a multitude of different (dangerous) wastes into intermediates that are being used as Nickel, Molybdenum and Chromium raw materials for Aperam’s Belgian steel plants.

These wastes can have a multitude of origins, from household batteries to Aperam’s operations dust. Each year, Recyco processes over 61,000 tonnes of dust, recovering approximately 25,000 tonnes of ferro-alloys with a great potential to replace more and more of the primary metallic raw materials used today. By giving new life to by-products, Recyco plays a vital role in reducing landfill waste and cutting raw material use, actively supporting Aperam’s decarbonization roadmap and ambition to become a zero-waste company.

With ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications and ResponsibleSteel™ recognition, Recyco operates to the highest standards of environmental and occupational safety.