[2] It is divided into three departments: Steel, Coal and Iron Ore. Ispat Karmet JSC was formed in the mid-1990s by purchasing the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant (GJSC Karmet) at a closed privatization tender by Ispat International, owned by businessman Lakshmi Mittal.

[3] In January 2018, black snow fell in the city of Temirtau, where an ArcelorMittal plant is located.

A spokesperson for ArcelorMittal explained that the discoloration of the snow was caused by a lack of wind which would otherwise blow the pollution away.

[4][5] On 17 August 2023, a conveyor belt caught fire at the Kazakhstanskaya mine, killing 5 people and a decision was made to transfer the ArcelorMittal Temirtau facilities to state ownership.

[6][7] Two months later, on 28 October, a fire and explosion occurred at another ArcelorMittal Temirtau facility, the Kostenko mine, killing 46 miners.