 Duferco closed their part of the plant in 2013.As of 2016 the flat products line continues operations as NLMK La Louvière.In 1853 Ernest Boucquéau established an iron works in La Louvière, "Fonderies et Laminoirs Ernest Boucquéau", situated on the Brussels–Charleroi Canal and in proximity to the Manage to Mons railway line.