Severstal to Upgrade Cherepovets Steel Mill to Reduce Non-Organic Dust Emissions
07/05/2012 - OAO Severstal announced a plan to cut its non-organic dust emissions across its sintering production facilties by 33% at its Cherepovets Steel Mill by 2015.
OAO Severstal, one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, announces that by 2015, its Cherepovets Steel Mill, one of the world’s largest integrated steelmaking plants and part of the Severstal Russian Steel division, will cut its non-organic dust emissions across its sintering production facilities by 33%.
This will be achieved through a program of upgrading the aspiration units at the sintering production facilities for a total investment of up to 840 million Rubles (US$27 million).
The upgrade of six aspiration units and the recycling water supply for the No. 4 defrosting tunnel is already underway as part of the program. Preparatory work for the installation of core manufacturing equipment supplied by Germany's Nederman Filtration GmbH is currently underway at the D-7 aspiration unit, which is the largest unit.
The program is expected to be completed by 2015.
Key components of Severstal’s corporate social responsibility policy are a responsible use of natural resources and a continuous aim to reduce harmful atmospheric emissions. In October 2011, the company announced that Severstal initiated a major project to reduce atmospheric emissions at the Cherepovets Steel Mill. Between 2011 and 2015 investments in environmental projects at the Cherepovets Steel Mill will total approximately 9.3 billion rubles (US$300 million).
Since the start of 2011, 12 new environmental projects and initiatives have been introduced across the Severstal Russian Steel division. Of these, half aim to minimize harmful atmospheric emissions with the other half focused on reducing water pollution.
ОАО Severstal is one of the world’s leading vertically integrated steel and steel related mining companies with assets in Russia, the U.S., the Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Italy, Liberia and Brazil. Severstal is listed on RTS and MICEX and the company’s GDRs are traded on the LSE.
