The Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has announced that it has finished the installation of a new environmentally friendly industrial waste neutralization plant with the capacity to process 1,200 mt of waste per annum.
The technical solution used at the new facility ensures almost complete waste incineration which will reduce the technogenic impact on the atmosphere by over 20 times, compared to previously employed technologies. NLMK has invested over Ruble 1.5 million (about $50.5 million) in this new environmental project.
Accordingly, due to new technologies NLMK neutralizes and recycles over 95 percent of generated waste. In total, over the period from 2004 to 2010 the volume of previously accumulated waste was reduced almost by 1.5 million mt.