Company: MT
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001243429-25-000017
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Company: ArcelorMittal
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: 20-F
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 to design, production process, decarbonization solutions for steel production and use of high quality steel products, leading to development of new applications or to improvement of steel solutions proposed to its customers, such as the ones aiming at weight reduction for vehicles. ArcelorMittal has also been granted licenses for technologies developed by third parties in order to allow it to propose comprehensive steel solutions to customers. ArcelorMittal is not aware of any pending lawsuits alleging infringement of others’ intellectual property rights that could materially harm its business. Government regulations ArcelorMittal’s operations are subject to various regulatory regimes in the regions in which it conducts its operations. The following is an overview of the principal features of the Company's regulatory regimes, as of December 31, 2024, that affect or are likely to significantly affect the Company's operations. See also “Introduction—Risk factors and Control ”, "Sustainable Development — Health and Safety" a nd note 9.3 to ArcelorMittal’s consolidated financial statements. Environmental laws and regulations ArcelorMittal’s operations are subject to a broad range of laws, directives and regulations relating to air emissions, surface and groundwater protection, wastewater storage, treatment and discharges, the use and handling of hazardous or toxic materials, waste management, recycling, treatment and disposal practices, the remediation of environmental contamination, the

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protection of soil, biodiversity and ecosystems or rehabilitation (including in mining). As environmental laws and regulations in the European Union (“EU”) stemming from the Green Deal and other jurisdictions continue to become more stringent, ArcelorMittal expects to spend substantial resources, including operating and capital expenditures, to achieve or maintain ongoing compliance. Further details regarding specific environmental proceedings involving ArcelorMittal, including provisions to cover environmental remedial activities and liabilities, decommissioning and asset retirement obligations are described in note 9.1 to ArcelorM ittal’s consolidated financial statements . Globally, the regulatory backdrop to environmental compliance in industry is developing rapidly and becoming more stringent, notably through the roll-out of the CSRD reporting and preparation for Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosure ("TNFD"). Environmental impacts such as that of air emissions are coming under greater scrutiny as evidenced by the updated air quality guidelines issued by the World Health Organization ("WHO") in September 2021. These guidelines have contributed to the recent adoption of the Air Quality Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2881), alongside the updated Best Available Techniques Reference Document ("BREF") for the Ferrous Metals