Ukrainian president Mr. Viktor Yanukovych
during his visit to Zaporizhzhia region said that modernization of the mining
and metallurgical complex should proceed in line with European environmental
standards to make it possible to solve the environmental problems of the
regions where MMC companies operate, and to start launching the relevant
environmental programs.
Mr. Yanukovych during the ceremony of
commissioning of the first sintering machine at the iron and steel works
Zaporizhstal said that "It is of a great importance for us now to upgrade
the mining and metallurgical complex while putting our steel plants in line
with the European environmental standards."
He said that “The facility is the first of the
six planned for launch at Zaporizhstal. This will make it possible to reduce
annual emissions by 10%.”
In
August 2012 Zaporizhstal began full scale modernization of sintering machine
No1 with installment of high tech gas cleaning equipment. Commissioning of the
sintering machine complex and electrical filter will allow the company to
reduce the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere by 10%, thus reducing the
company's human impacts on the environment of the region. (SteelGuru)