ArcelorMittal Poland has announced an expanded collaboration with Trafikverket, the Swedish transport authority, on a closed-loop rail recycling program that converts dismantled Swedish rails into new low-emission rails produced in Poland.
The project builds on ArcelorMittal's role as rail supplier to Trafikverket from 2022 and demonstrates how industrial circularity and infrastructure decarbonization can reinforce each other.
Manufacturing low-emission rails in Dąbrowa Górnicza
As part of a new project, worn Swedish rails are collected, cut in Hallstahammar and transported by train to Ystad. They are then sent by ferry to Poland, where they are recycled and made into new rails at ArcelorMittal's Dąbrowa Górnicz plant using low-emission technologies. The first 1,000 tons of dismantled rails arrived at the site in July 2025. A further 1,500 tonnes are currently on the way.
ArcelorMittal said the project "redefines the future of sustainable infrastructure" by turning old rail into new, extending the life of materials and reducing emissions.
“We not only supply our rails to Sweden, but also receive valuable raw materials,” said Maciej Graczyk, Head of Purchasing for Rail Logistics at ArcelorMittal Poland, about the mutual benefits of the project.
