# ArcelorMittal Produits longs Canada

> ArcelorMittal Produits longs Canada is a century-old steel operation headquartered in Contrecoeur, Quebec, that links local iron ore, scrap recycling, direct reduction, electric-arc steelmaking, rolling and wire drawing. It supplies construction, automotive, energy, telecom and industrial customers with billets, slabs, rebar, special-quality bars, wire rod and drawn wire. Its practical edge is integration: the company can control chemistry and quality from raw material to finished long product, while Quebec hydroelectricity and recycled feedstock give it a lower-carbon production route than conventional blast-furnace steelmaking. The difficult part is economics, as shown by its 2025 decision to close the Hamilton wire-drawing mill and concentrate production in Montreal.

- **Founded:** 1914
- **Headquarters:** Contrecoeur, Canada
- **Team size:** More than 2,000 employees as reported by the company in June 2025; another company page cites 1,900, reflecting timing and the 2025 Hamilton closure.
- **Products:** Billets and slabs, Special Bar Quality steel, Concrete reinforcing bar, Wire rod, Automotive leaf-spring steel
- **Notable:** Built an integrated Quebec chain spanning scrap recycling, direct reduction, two steelworks, bar and wire-rod rolling, and wire drawing., Reports more than 2 million tonnes of annual steel production capacity., Reports recycling nearly one million tonnes of steel scrap annually, making it Quebec’s largest scrap recycler.

## Products & services

- **Billets and slabs** — Semi-finished steel from the company’s melt shops; slabs supply sister company ArcelorMittal Dofasco and most billets feed the Canadian long-products mills.
- **Special Bar Quality steel** — More than 80 grades and nearly 50 sections for automotive, energy, rail, agricultural, mining and industrial forging applications.
- **Concrete reinforcing bar** — Rebar for buildings, bridges, transport infrastructure and energy projects, including major Canadian landmarks.
- **Wire rod** — Low-carbon, cold-heading, welding, high-carbon and industrial-quality rod for construction, automotive fasteners, welding consumables, springs and music strings.
- **Automotive leaf-spring steel** — Round-edge steel used for leaf springs in light vans and Class 8 trucks.
- **Merchant-quality bars** — Hot-rolled merchant bars and value-added sections used in general manufacturing and construction.
- **Drawn wire** — Cold-drawn, galvanized, coiled or annealed wire for telecom, residential construction, fasteners and automotive applications.
- **Steel recycling** — Scrap sorting, shredding and local recycling that supplies nearly one million tonnes of steel feedstock per year.

## Achievements

- Built an integrated Quebec chain spanning scrap recycling, direct reduction, two steelworks, bar and wire-rod rolling, and wire drawing.
- Reports more than 2 million tonnes of annual steel production capacity.
- Reports recycling nearly one million tonnes of steel scrap annually, making it Quebec’s largest scrap recycler.
- Installed a C$27 million Longueuil finishing line that raised capacity from 400,000 to 500,000 tonnes per year.
- Replaced a 1964 Contrecoeur wire-rod reheating furnace with a C$30 million, more energy-efficient unit in 2019.
- Successfully ran a 24-hour direct-reduction trial in 2022 with green hydrogen replacing 6.8% of natural gas.
- Company-reported position as Canada’s largest rebar manufacturer and the world’s largest producer of steel for truck leaf springs.
- Won the 2024 PROSPÈRE Employer of Exception award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — The company announced another Bal en rose breast-cancer fundraising evening.
- **2026-04** — It welcomed 35 candidates in Contrecoeur for an initiative designed to build a cohort of women production-equipment operators.
- **2025-06** — It announced the permanent closure of the Hamilton wire-drawing mill, affecting 153 employees, and consolidation of wire drawing in Montreal.
- **2025-04** — It became presenting partner of the Quebec Défi génie inventif engineering competition.
- **2024-11** — It received the PROSPÈRE Employer of Exception award.

## Links

- Website: https://long-canada.arcelormittal.com/fr/
- LinkedIn: https://fr.linkedin.com/company/arcelormittal-produitslongscanada
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576386537280

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Last updated: 2026-08-23