Company: MT
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001243429-25-000017
Chunk: 222

Company: ArcelorMittal
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: 20-F
Chunk 222
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 including a breakdown by region and by type of plan, see note 8.2 to the consolidated financial statements. Sources and uses of cash Years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 The following table presents a summary of cash flow of ArcelorMittal:

| Summary of cash flow                     
 (in $ millions)                          | For the year ended December 31, 
                            2024 |     |   2023 |     |   2022 |
|:-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------:|:----|-------:|:----|-------:|
| Net cash provided by operatingactivities |                           4,852 |     |  7,645 |     | 10,203 |
| Net cash used in investingactivities     |                          -4,987 |     | -5,848 |     | -4,483 |
| Net cash used in financingactivities     |                            -680 |     | -3,666 |     |   -477 |

Net cash provided by operating activities For the year ended December 31, 2024 , net cash provided by operating activities decreased to $4.9 billion as compared with $7.6 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023 . Net cash provided by operating activities included a marginal operating working capital release of $0.1 billion (as compared to an operating working capital release of $1.6 billion in 2023), including a $0.2 billion and $0.1 billion inflow from inventories and trade accounts payable, respectively, partially offset by a $0.2 billion outflow for trade accounts receivable . Activity levels were higher in the fourth quarter of 2024 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2023 with higher inventory and sales volumes, which was offset by lower inventory costs and selling prices. For the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash provided by operating activities decreased to $ 7.6 billion as compared with $ 10.2 billion for the year ended December 31, 2022. Net cash provided by operating activities included an operating working capital release of $1.6 billion as compared to an operating working capital investment of $1.3 billion in 2022, including an inflow from inventories and trade accounts receivable of $1.6 billion and $0.3 billion , respectively, partially offset by an outflow for trade accounts payable of $0.3 billion . The operating working capital release was driven