Investments in fixed assets – in projects and activities with direct environmental impact – amounted to 15.7 billion rubles, while operating expenses for environmental protection accounted for 10.8 billion rubles.
In 2024, the company completed a number of large-scale projects. The commissioning of a pilot desulfurization plant has been completed at Lebedinsky GOK.
The Lebedinsky GOK processing plant has upgraded Russia's largest 100-meter thickener. The reconstruction of the condensation and circulating water supply system is an important stage in the construction of a tailings dam in the Dubenka gulch. The commissioning of the tailings storage facility will significantly reduce the environmental impact: dust emissions will be reduced by up to 80%.
The construction of a water return system has started at OEMK, which makes it possible to completely eliminate the discharge of wastewater into natural reservoirs.
A second crushing and conveyor complex has been launched at Mikhailovsky GOK, which will reduce the volume of stripping waste by 14% by 2026. The recycling water supply system at the crushing and screening plant has been put into operation. As a result, the discharge of wastewater from the plant into the Ryasnik River was stopped.
Lebedinsky GOK and OEMK have upgraded gas purification equipment and launched new electrostatic precipitators, which significantly reduced the dust content of the air.
Special attention is paid to environmental monitoring and restoration of natural ecosystems. The company conducted a study of the Belogorye Nature Reserve.
A carbon farm has been created at Lebedinsky GOK – 3,000 poplars have been planted to capture CO₂. 1,000 carp fry have been released into the Mikhailovskoye reservoir to restore the aquatic ecosystem.
At the end of 2024, Metalloinvest received comprehensive environmental permits (CER) for all its production sites. The CER sets standards for emissions, discharges, and waste management based on the best available technologies. The equipping of all emission sources at production sites with automatic environmental monitoring systems has started. The project is planned to be completed within 4 years.
