Bosnia's ArcelorMittal Zenica starts $7.0 mln euro project for new dust filter

The Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOF) project follows the successful completion in November 2013 of a $8.0 million investment in filters at the site’s blast furnace, and brings the company’s total investments in ecological projects at Zenica to more than $60 million since 2005, ArcelorMittal Zenica said in a statement.

The installation of new filters is expected to be completed by early 2016.

The BOF secondary de-dusting system is the latest in a series of technical investments aimed at reducing the ecological impact of the plant, which was restarted in 2008 following almost two decades of disuse after the war in the 1990s.

When fully operational, the BOF secondary de-dusting system will meet all relevant Bosnian and EU standards and eliminate visible "red dust" emissions from the plant. More than 95% of fume from production operations will be captured and cleaned in the bag filter, which will result in dust emissions below 10 milligrams/normal cubic metres (mg/Nm3).

ArcelorMittal Zenica, is part of ArcelorMittal steel group, which has a presence in more than 60 countries and an industrial footprint in more than 20 countries.

($=0.8130 euro)