ArcelorMittal Belgium Hosts Final WIC Meeting of 2025 on Industrial Decarbonisation and Hydrogen

The final WIC meeting of 2025 took place at ArcelorMittal Belgium in Ghent, gathering over 100 participants to discuss industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen. Highlights included presentations on ArcelorMittal's RecHycle project, introductions of new members Cadmatic and Westfalen Gassen Nederland, and insights from Hy24 on hydrogen financing.

Cluster members reported progress such as OCAS's new hydrogen lab and Denys's pipeline projects in Belgium and the Netherlands, including Porthos and the Fluxys backbone, alongside Solhyd's first hybrid solar-hydrogen park. The event concluded with a guided tour of the Ghent steel plant, emphasizing ArcelorMittal Belgium's commitment to sustainable steelmaking and the integration of hydrogen in achieving carbon-neutral steel by 2050.