ArcelorMittal Poland improves its operations in order to make the production process more environmentally friendly. This is achieved thanks to:

• Construction of the sewage treatment plant, which cost around PLN 2 m, placed at the ore reloading base at the Unit in Dąbrowa Górnicza
• Application of the mechanical and biological method of sewage treatment
• Construction of the dedusting installation at the plant of the blast furnace no. 2 in Dąbrowa Górnicza, which allows significant limitation of dust emission in the teeming bay, as well as a several percentage decrease in the emission of dust pollution to the atmosphere. The cost of the installations is PLN 28 m
• Reaching emission levels according to the Best Available Techniques (BAT)
• Construction of the new hot strip mill in Kraków worth PLN 1,24 billion. It allowed more effective consumption of thermal energy supplied in fuel. Additionally, it also contributed to the elimination of carbon dioxide emission from the process of charge heating. Thanks to applying the new solutions it was also possible to significantly limit the individual consumption of water
• We’ve modernized the chemical department of the coke plant in Kraków and introduced a new, waste-free technology of cleaning coke gas from hydrogen sulphide which eliminated hazardous substances from the process
• At our coke plant in Zdzieszowice we have built hermetic and low-emission coke oven batteries no. 7, 8, 11 and 12, and shut down old batteries no. 1, 2, 9 and 10.

The company’s efforts have been noticed by the authorities of Malopolska and Silesia regions, which have taken a decision to eliminate the safety zones around the plants and granted integrated permits for equipment in use. These permits acknowledge compliance of the company’s technical solutions and equipment parameters with the standards of the Best Available Techniques.

Taking care of the natural environment is the key element of the ArcelorMittal’s strategy of sustainable development. It is regulated by the strict norms of the company’s Environmental Policy and by the guidelines of the Environmental Management System ISO 14001:2004 implemented in 2001.