Air protection
Reducing air pollutant emissions is a key focus of the Group’s environmental agenda. In 2020, MMK continued its efforts to reduce the Comprehensive Air Pollutant Index (CAPI) in Magnitogorsk and achieve a 90% decrease in emissions of extremely and highly hazardous substances.
TARGETS AND RESULTS
MMK seeks to achieve a 14% reduction in gross air pollutant emissions by 2025 compared to the base year of 2019.
In 2019, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment removed Magnitogorsk from the list of the most air polluted cities Between 2017 and 2020, the city’s CAPI shrank by almost 60%.
52
projectsto reduce emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere
20
measuresto reduce the discharge of pollutants into water bodies
14
initiativesfor the disposal and environmentally safe disposal of waste, land reclamation
52
projectsto reduce emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere
12
environmentalprotection measures
to be implemented in subsidiaries
KEY INDICATORS
The Group’s gross emissions, including MMK’s volumes, thousand tonnes
Gross volume of emissions of pollutants of the Group
MMK's gross emissions of pollutants
15
%reduction of the Group's gross emissions
3
%reduction of specific emissions of pollutants MMK
| № item | № of the warning | Date and time of reception | The degree of danger of NMU | Date, time of the beginning and end of the implementation of measures to regulate emissions during the NMU period | Measures taken to reduce emissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | 04.08.21, 15:14 | I | 19:00 04.08.21 to 12:00 05.08.21 | In the structural divisions of PJSC MMK, organizational and technical measures were carried out in accordance with the action plan for reducing emissions of harmful (polluting) substances into the atmospheric air during periods of unfavorable meteorological conditions (NMU) of the left-bank industrial node, the Maly Kuibas industrial node, the Agapovsky industrial node, developed as part of the MPV project of PJSC MMK and approved by the Ministry of Ecology of the Chelyabinsk Region (conclusions: No. 01/9406 of 15.08.2019, No. 01/11176 of 27.09.2019, No. 05/11739 of 14.10.2019). |