ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih’s Kryvyi Rih Mining and Metallurgical Plant (AMKR, Dnipro region) intends to extend the previously defined environmental protection measures for two years after the war.
According to the materials available to Interfax-Ukraine, the company intends to obtain permits for emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere from stationary sources – sintering machines No. 1-3 of sinter shop No. 2, extend the deadlines for implementing measures to reduce pollutant emissions and operate generators to be used to provide electricity to consumers in the event of a power outage.
It is specified that the generators to be used during the power outage are not subject to environmental impact assessment and do not belong to the types of activities of facilities that may have a significant impact on the environment.
The plant has completed a complete reconstruction of Sinter Shop No. 2 (SSC-2), namely six sinter machines, to meet the maximum permissible emission standards in accordance with the law. The number of irrigation nozzles was increased at four gas purification units of the sinter plant’s charge preparation department (AC-3), and the dust standard of 50 mg/cubic meter was achieved.
The planned environmental protection measures include the installation of water cannons for dust suppression in the charge material warehouses, improving the efficiency of the existing 23 treatment plants of the charge material preparation department of the sinter plant (AC-3), including their modernization, reconstruction, repair, etc. It is also planned to decommission AC-1 after the pelletizing plant is commissioned.
The plant’s materials list the process equipment for which advanced technological standards have been established, including sinter machines. AMKR undertakes to implement emission reduction measures on this equipment after two years from the date of termination or lifting of martial law in Ukraine.
“ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is the largest rolled steel producer in Ukraine. It specializes in long products, including rebar and wire rod.
ArcelorMittal owns the largest mining and metallurgical plant in Ukraine, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, and a number of small companies, including ArcelorMittal Beryslav.
