The Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has stated that it has signed a contract with Italy’s Termokimik Corporation, a leading producer of environmental equipment for industrial companies, to develop the basic engineering to upgrade the sinter plant at its subsidiary Mariupol Ilyich Iron & Steel Works (MMKI). Total investment in the project will amount to about $220 million.
The completion of all of the reconstruction phases is scheduled for 2020. As the project continues, the sinter plant will reach best international environmental standards for emission treatment. Emissions of dust and sulfur oxide from the sintering zone will decrease by 85% and 30% respectively, and emissions of dust from the cooling zone will decline by 90%. (SteelOrbis//Ukrainian metal)