Posted on 26 Nov 2025
ArcelorMittal Poland (AMP) will close its Chorzow-based plant, otherwise known as Huta Krolewska, by year-end. Despite the unit producing specialised products, the funds required to modernise the outdated equipment make it economically unviable to continue operations in the current European steel industry climate, the firm says.
Chorzow belongs to a select few mills that make up ArcelorMittal’s Rails & Special Sections division, the others being AMP’s flagship Dabrowa Gornicza steelworks, as well as Gijon in Spain and Rodange in Luxembourg. It produces sections for mining supports.
In 2021, the Chorzow plant invested PLN 27 million ($7m) to produce new rail profiles hitherto unavailable in Poland, helping it secure customers from Belgium, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Hungary and Estonia (see Kallanish passim). The investment included a descaling device, modernisation of the rolling stands, a new marking machine, and a new rail control and measurement unit.
AMP also attempted to find a strategic investor and establish a joint venture, it says.
Despite producing specialised products, the plant’s share in AMP’s production is less than 1%. “The age of the plant also means that ensuring safe working conditions at the plant will pose a significant challenge in the coming years. Significant financial outlays are necessary, which, given the current difficult situation in the steel sector in Europe, we cannot afford, as this would be economically unjustified,” AMP Long Products director Marek Kempa says in a note sent to Kallanish.
All 270 workers at the Chorzow plant will be reassigned to other AMP units, the firm notes.
At Dabrowa Gornicza – one of the few sites globally capable of producing 120-metre rails – AMP commissioned earlier this year a Danieli RH2 rail-hardening system (see Kallanish passim).
AMP’s crude steel production rebounded 22% on-year in 2024 to 3.8 million tonnes, following a very weak 2023.
Source:Kallanish
