Vice-Minister of energy and protecting the environment Roman Abramov Konstantin Chizhik held a meeting with the leadership of JSC "Arcelor Mittal Krivoy Rog" which discussed the investment plans of the enterprise, implementation of environmental protection measures and commitments in the protection of the environment taken by the investor in the purchase of the plant.
As reported in the press service of the Ministry of energy and environment protection, during the meeting, the Deputy Minister focused attention of the Director on the need for full closure of open-hearth production in March 2020 and meet the requirements of the emissions to cease operation of blast furnace No. 7 to the end of the year.
General Director Mauro Longobardi assured that these measures are implemented in time for the formation of trust between government and investor, and also announced plans in September 2020 to begin construction of the pelletizing plant with a capacity of 5 million tons of pellets per year. This technology is significantly less polluting emissions of co, SOx, NOx and dust.
within two weeks the new head will provide appropriately approved detailed implementation schedules of the above events.
