Ecology
MMK's Environmental Development Programme to 2025
by
29,9
thousandtonnes
Reducing gross air emissions
by
10
timesReducing emissions of extremely and highly hazardous substances
by
37,5
thousandtonnes
Reducing pollutants discharged
11
thousandPlanting tree and shrub seedlings in Magnitogorsk
until 2025
at least
2,3
milliontonnes
Recycling of industrial waste every year
2
hectaresReclaiming abandoned quarries every year
USD
74,6
MCosts for environmental initiatives in 2020
every year
Achievement of MMK’s 2020 environmental targets
Investment in environmental initiatives until 2025
Total amount: RUB 38.1 billion
Achievements 2000 - 2021
- Construction of electric arc furnaces and the transition to continuous casting of steel, which enabled MMK to decommission all open-hearth furnaces
- Construction of dust exhausting systems for cast houses and blast furnace stock houses with an overall capacity of 7.2 mcm/hour
BY
24,5
thousandtonnes
Reducing gross air emissions
by
10
timesreducing emissions of extremely and highly hazardous substances
BY
37,5
thousandtonnes
reducing pollutants discharged
- Construction of new and redesign of existing local circulation water supply systems
- Redesign of the mining facilities’ wastewater system
- Elimination of the impact of water treatment facilities’ repairs on the circulation water supply system
by
2,9
timesemissions reduced
- Reusing 100% of iron-containing waste
- Construction of a plant for draining sludge deposits formed during the treatment of converter gases
- Construction of a plant to enrich iron-containing sludge deposits from storage facility No. 2 with an annual processing capacity of up to 2 million tonnes of industrial waste
- Utilising 100% of the annually generated slag
- Reclamation of retired iron ore pits and waste storage facilities
by
4,9
timesthe volume of slag dumps decreased until 2025
- Over six years, the Company plans to allocate RUB 57 million to plant 11,000 tree and shrub seedlings in Magnitogorsk
- As part of our greening programme, we focus on both the Company's facilities and adjacent land plots as well as the city’s residential areas and territories of social institutions, parks and public gardens
MMK adopted the 2020 Environmental Programme that included 105 initiatives, of which 98 were implemented in the reporting period and 7 projects are in progress in 2021.
In 2020, expenses on the initiatives totalled $74.6 million, including $55.9 million for capital construction.
The Group's overall environmental expenses amounted to $109.3 million, or 1.5% of its revenue. The share of environmental expenses in the Group’s revenue remained flat vs 2019.
52
projectsto reduce pollutant air emissions
20
initiativesto reduce and prevent discharges of pollutants into water bodies
14
initiativesfor waste disposal and environmentally safe waste storage, as well as land reclamation
19
initiativesenvironmental initiatives to be implemented by subsidiaries
Key environmental projects
Sinter Plant No. 5: decommissioning of sinter plant No. 4 (October 2019)
Sinter Batch Preparation Shop
Greening in Magnitogorsk and at MMK
