OREANDA-NEWS. August 7, 2012. In January-March 2012 PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” invested in environment 86.1 million UAH or 12.9% of capital investment in production, repairs and basic production assets (667.1 million UAH) including:

• capital construction – 76.6 million UAH;

• repairs and maintenance – 9.5 million UAH.

In Q1 2012 environmental investment increased by 2.5 times compared with the same period of the previous year.

Environmental investment / total investment ratio, million UAH

PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” developed environmental plan 2012 included:

• measures in compliance with environmental programs in Dnepropetrovsk region and Kryvyi Rih

• measures for minimization of waste generation and disposal in environment;

• measures for reliability control of operation of basic environmental assets.

Environmental plan 2012 of PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” includes 72 measures:

• 41 – capital construction;

• 22 – capital repairs of basic environmental assets;

• 9 – maintenance of basic assets.

Scheduled in 2012 environmental investments of the plant amounted to 224.8 million UAH.

Key environmental measures in Q1, 2012

Coke and Chemical Production, Recovery Shop

Combining of pipeline air vents and containers of benzol section into common collector

Aiming at emission reduction the project combines air vents and containers into common collector system with connection of collectors and gas pipeline with direct coke gas of coke oven batteries 5-6 before primary gas coolers. Common system will connect emission sources from cooling section and coke gas condensation, sulfated section, benzol section, tar and crude benzol storage facility.

Expected environmental impact will be reduction of air pollutions by 17.9 t/per year.

Works completed as at April 1, 2012: project developed, equipment bought. Building and assembly works scheduled on H2, 2012.

2.860 million UAH invested since construction start including 0.659 million UAH in Q1, 2012.

Modernization of existing converter shop with construction of new gas cleaning units behind converters 1-6, CO after-burner and automation system of environmental monitoring and technology process

Expected environmental impact will be reduction of air pollutions by 5,240 t/per year.

Works completed as at April 10, 2012: project developed, environmental equipment for one converter is bought.

Ongoing dismounting, preparatory and general construction works, reconstruction of railroads and oxygen supply lines. Reconstruction of gas cleaning units will be implemented since 2013 in frames of capital repairs of converters.

110.7 million UAH invested since construction start including 50.6 million UAH in Q1, 2012.

Reconstruction of tail facilities and recycling water supply near Myrolyubivka village with dyke topping +145m including launch area 1

Environmental impact is capacity grow of existing tail facilities aimed at preventing of land pollution as a result of tailings disposal in natural environment.

Works completed as at April 1, 2012: construction of depositing sites 1-2, 3-4, 5, 6, 7-8, 9-10. The sites were handed for use to the tailings management facility of ore dressing plant of mining department. Working design documentation for dyke topping +145.0 m was completed.

137. 2 million UAH invested since reconstruction start including 2.7 million UAH in Q1, 2012.

Aiming at grow of operational integrity of basic environment assets in Q1, 2012 capital repairs were implemented:gas cleaning units of converters 3, 5.

8.8 million UAH was invested in capital repairs in Q1, 2012.