Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (
NLMK) has announced that its main production site in Lipetsk (Novolipetsk) has once again won
Russia's Top 100 - Ecology and Environmental Management competition. The title was awarded to the company for its environmental activity in 2010.
In 2010, Novolipetsk reduced its atmospheric emissions by 1,400 mt even though its steel output grew by 781,000 mt to 9,288,000 mt. River water consumption was decreased by 11.1 million m3, and there was no waste water discharge into the Voronezh river. The amount of previously stockpiled waste was reduced by more than 500,000 mt. In 2010, the company's environmental investments amounted to Ruble 4.137 million (about $148,000).
Novolipetsk was previously ranked among
Russia's Top 100 - Ecology and Environmental Management in 2007.