The Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has announced that, in line with its policy to control and reduce its environmental impact, it has begun a new environmental protection project at the sinter plant of its main production facility in Lipetsk.
Within the scope of the project, environmental pollution will be reduced at NLMK as a result of an advanced sintering process and the application of extra equipment for sintered layer treatment. The new equipment for all four sinter machines will reduce the sinter plant's carbon monoxide emissions by ten percent.
Furthermore, NLMK will begin to revamp the central dedusting systems of its sinter machines and gas cleaning plants, generating an 80 percent reduction in sinter dust emissions. Currently, NLMK has already concluded an agreement with Alstom Power for the delivery of the equipment, which has already started.
In 2008, the sinter plant's emissions exceeded 53 percent of NLMK's total emissions. NLMK has already introduced an automatic monitoring system for the emissions of two sinter machines, which will enable it to evaluate the efficiency of its emission reduction activities. Next year NLMK will install the same equipment at two further sinter machines.