-2,91%Genk Site
Our mission is to provide cost-effective and durable steel and alloy solutions with the strength, versatility and endless recyclability needed to meet the challenges of sustainable development.
Our site is classified as Seveso “high threshold”.
Activity and capacity
Stainless Europe Division
- Melt shop, cold rolling mill and finishing
Capacity
- Slabs 1,000 kt
- Cold rolling 700 kt
- Up to 2 m wide
- Austenitics, Ferritics, 316 & duplex grades
Location
Aperam Genk
Belgium
Our Sustainability Scorecard
| Social Performance | 2025 Group | 2025 Site | 2024 Site |
| LTIFR(1) | 1.78* | 1.59 | 4 |
| TRIR(2)(3) | 4.23* | 7.40 | 9 |
| Accident severity rate(4) | 0.14* | 0.32 | 0.28 |
| Number of Employees(5) | 12,817 | 1,194 | 1 ,192 |
| – of which: Blue-Collar Workers (%) | 68 | 66 | 67 |
| Women (%) | 18 | 5 | 5 |
| Charitable Contributions (k€)(5) | 1,700 | 8.30 | 2.20 |
*Figures certified by a third-party organisation
(1) Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate – Per 1 million hours worked. Including permanent staff, agency staff and subcontractors
(2) Total Recordable Injury Rate – Per 1 million hours worked. Including permanent staff, agency staff and subcontractors
(3) Stainless steel sector average (WorldStainless 2025) = 7.52
(4) Number of days lost due to workplace accidents per 1 thousand hours worked
(5) In Full-Time Equivalent (FTE).
(6) Our donations went to medical research (including Levensloop Genk and De Warmste Week), local organisations (such as the Sledderlofeesten and Rotary Genk), and initiatives relating to education and (sustainable) entrepreneurship (UHasselt and Ondernemers voor Ondernemers).
| Environmental Performance | 2030 Group Objectives | 2025 Group | 2025 Site | 2024 Site |
| GHG emissions(7)(8) in tCO2e/tcs: –Scope 1+2 (non-biogenic) + Scope 3 | 2.18 i.e -20% vs 2021 | 2.58* | 1.92 | 2.38 |
| Energy intensity in MWh/tcs(8)(9) | 1.95 i.e -10% vs 2021 | 2.25* | 1.67 | 1.77 |
| Recycled/Reused rate (%) | >97 Recycled/Reused by 2030 | 92.35 | 95.6 | 96.4 |
| Water recycling rate (%) (10) | n/a | 96.32 | 98.78 | 94.57 |
| Dust emissions in g/tcs(11) | 77.4 i.e. -50% vs. 2021 | 94.56* | 30.58 | 19.79 |
| Landfill waste (kt) | Zero landfill waste | 43.65 | 12.31 | 12.93 |
(7) Greenhouse Gas Emissions, in particular Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
(8) Intensity expressed by ton of (crude) steel processed.
(9) Electricity + Natural Gas + Liquefied Petroleum Gas.
(10) -40% water intake vs. 2021.
(11) Intensity expressed in grams of particulate matters by tons of (crude) steel processed.