OREANDA-NEWS. In September a large-scale general repair of Basic Oxygen Furnace No. 1 has commenced at PJSC "ILYICH IRON & STEEL WORKS" (Metinvest Group). The issue of substantial reduction of harmful environmental emissions will become an important work objective along with the necessity to increase economic efficiency of steelmaking process.

Gas exhaust duct, chiller boiler and other equipment of wet gas purification system will be replaced in the course of repair work. And this will enable to reduce essentially dust emissions, thus, carbon content at the filter outlet will shrink by one fourth. Metinvest Group is going to allot about 122 million grivnyas for the purpose of the above project implementation; herewith 90 million grivnyas of that amount will be submitted to adoption of environmental technologies. The entire procedure of general repair is to be accomplished during two months.

Director General of PJSC "ILYICH IRON & STEEL WORKS" Yuri Zinchenko:
- In spite of the complicated situation in the sphere concerned and within the region, Metinvest Group keeps on introducing step by step innovative technologies which enable to reduce drastically the man-induced impact on the environment. Non-polluted air and increase of human wellbeing appear to be a viable perspective for Mariupol. Present-day high-efficiency and ecologically pure production constitutes the future that the Company aims for.