9 April 2013
Metinvest organized a media trip for public representatives and journalists to a Sinter Plant in Austria. Similar Sinter Plant will be constructed by Siemens VAI at Yenakiieve Steel soon. Adoption of European practice will promote environmentally friendly production in Yenakiievo.
The delegation was comprised of Valeriy Oleynik, Mayor of Yenakievo, Alexander Podkorytov General Director of Yenakiieve Steel, environmental specialists, teachers, students, as well as members of Yenakiievo and Donetsk media.
Siemens VAI CEOs met our delegation in Linz. Specialists of Siemens Company demonstrated how advanced technologies could help to develop efficient production with minor environmental effect and answered all the questions addressed by our journalists.
Since media trip participants wanted to gain the field experience, they visited Voestalpine Stahl, where Siemens VAI Sinter Plant is being successfully operated.
One of the major advantages of the Sinter Plant is the MEROS system, which analogue will be installed at Yenakiieve Steel soon. MEROS gas cleaning plant will help to reduce dust emission by 7 times. Specific emission factor of sulfur and nitrogen oxides, dioxides and heavy metal compounds will also decrease considerably. The unit is equipped with off-gas and dust recirculation system which enables both off-gas and dust recycling as well as raw-materials and energy saving.
If implemented, MEROS process will increase construction project value by 30%, which amounts to USD 360 mln. Nevertheless Metinvest management is set for implementing this very system, since it is considered to be the best in Europe. It is also planned to put up a covered stockyard (raw materials lay-down area), that will eliminate another source of dust emission from the outset. New Sinter Plant construction will help to reach European Standards of Environmental Performance Index.
“We visited Sinter Plant and found out neither dust emission nor off-gas there”, - shared his impressions Valeriy Oleynik, Mayor of Yenakievo. – “Linz used to face the same problems 15 years ago, but they managed to overcome them through close cooperation of municipal authorities, iron and steel works management and Siemens VAI. In 3-4 years with new Sinter Plant start up, Yenakiievo citizens will breathe the same air as people in Linz do.”
“I’m glad that Yenakiievo community representatives have got an opportunity to make sure that it was right decision to choose this project for Yenakiieve Steel”, – highlighted Aleksander Podkorytov, General Director, PJSC Yenakiieve Steel. – “Our new Sinter Plant will be even better than the one in Austria, since we order more advanced equipment. Here in Yenakiievo we are apt to implement all Voestalpine achievements”.
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Yenakiieve Steel Sinter Plant was built in 1938. It is the first ever Sinter Plant within former USSR constructed by soviet workers and specialists ahead of schedules.
Sinter Plant production capacity is 2.5 mln. tones of sinter per year. Currently it is one of the most deteriorated production facilities at Yenakiieve Steel and is a primer emission source. To minimize environmental impact Yenakiieve Steel implemented a series of environmental activities for the last six years. Four Multicyclone dedusting systems have been replaced at four Sinter Machines that allowed air emissions reduction by 4%. In 2010 Sinter Plant specialists started industrial experiments which resulted in developing of new technology – sintering of surface-active bounding agents. This unique technology allows reduction of diffuse emissions while sintering of iron ore materials. Coal coarse grinding area was reconstructed and limestone utilization process was upgraded.
PJSC Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works, comprised of Yenakiieve Steel and its Makiivka branch, is a world leader in commercial billet production. The company produces cast billet, bar products and various section rolled products (beams, channels, angles, etc.) as well. Yenakiieve Steel is part of Metinvest Group’s Metallurgical Division.
METINVEST GROUP is an international vertically integrated steel and mining group of companies, managing every link of the value chain, from mining and processing iron ore and coal to making and selling semi-finished and finished steel products. The Group comprises steel and mining production facilities located in Ukraine, Europe and the USA and has a sales network covering all key global markets. Metinvest’s strategic vision is to become the leading vertically integrated steel producer in Europe, delivering sustainable growth and profitability resilient to business cycles and providing investors with returns at above the industry benchmarks.
The major shareholders of the Company METINVEST B.V. (a holding company of Metinvest Group) are SCM Group (71.25% ownership) and Smart-Holding (23.75% ownership) partnering in Company’s management.
METINVEST HOLDING LLC is the managing company of Metinvest Group.