Huge Abandoned Steel Factory | Full Urban Exploration

In this video I explore the abandoned steel factory and the abandoned blast furnace of Cockerill-Sambre for the second time.


HFB, meaning Hauts-Fourneaux B or Blast Furnace B,
was a former steel mill owned by Cockerill-Sambre and later bought by ArcelorMittal.
Located alongside the Meuse (Maes) river in Seraing's small village of Ourgée and right next to the City of Liège,
The factory was shut down in 2009 due to the economic crisis and completely abandoned in 2011.
An estimated 600 - 2000 people worked in this factory and over 40 000 people worked for the company.
After many years of talks, demolition finally started in October 2022, just 10 months before the making of this video.
The furnace itself, which stands at 60 meters (197 feet) tall and was used to smelt iron ore in order to produce pig iron, will most likely be the only remaining structure of the former factory as a symbol of the 200-year industrial history in the region.

Be aware of possible risks when climbing / doing urbex
DO NOT VANDALIZE ANY (ABANDONED) PLACES

00:00 - Intro (droneshots + information)
01:08 - Entering the abandoned factory
02:15 - Abandoned tower and abandoned buildings
04:59 - Abandoned work area + control room + roof climb
08:31 - Abandoned factory building 1 + control room
10:00 - Abandoned factory building 2 + roof climb
13:14 - Abandoned factory building 3 + roof climb
15:30 - Abandoned blast furnace climb
17:50 - Blast furnace top + droneshots
19:42 - Outro with 2020 picture comparison


Music and SFX: https://pixabay.com

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