PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih invests USD 170mln into construction of its coking facilities

PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih invests USD 170mln into construction of its coking facilities

Investments were made into Construction of Oven Batterries (COB)

Total amount of ArcelorMittal investment in the project of COB no.6 was USD 128mln and including its twin COB no.5 the investments reached USD 170mln. Additional production of in-house coke and coke oven gas is the main target of this investment project, which will allow decreasing the volume of purchased coke and natural gas. Expected benefit of the project is production of 6 % humidity coke in the volume of 1 060 kt per year for blast furnaces of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih. Within the project of construction of COB no. 5 and 6 numerous environmental actions were implemented too.  AS a result, the air pollutant emissions are expected to be decreased by 1.6 kt per year.  The project of construction of Coke Oven Batteries no. 5-6 at Coke Plant is one of the major investment plans within the large-scale investment program of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih. Notably, total investments will amount to USD 1.2-USD1.5bn at PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih by 2020.

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