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Metalloinvest invests more than
21 billion rubles as part of the

environmental program 2020-

2025 The program plans:
- modernization of gas cleaning equipment
at the pelletizing factory of Lebedinsky GOK,
- technical re-equipment of gas purification of
On March 27, 2020, Metalloinvest, a drying drums of the crushing and screening
leading manufacturer and supplier factory of Mikhailovsky GOK,
of iron ore products and hot briquetted iron in the world market, approved the Environmental - reconstruction and construction of gas
Program for 2020-2025. The program provides for investments for 21 billion rubles in a set of purification equipment on the Ural Steel,
technological and environmental measures with a "direct" environmental effect at all production - modernization and development of water
sites recycling systems at Lebedinsky, Mikhailovsky

GOKs and OEMK,
- construction of additional treatment facilities
70% of the program budget will be made by the Clean Air project, aimed at improving the at Lebedinsky GOK,
quality of atmospheric air. Along with the implementation of the priority project, the Environmental - other projects.
Program provides for the next projects: "Green metallurgy / introduction and achievement of
BAT", "Clean Water", "Zero Waste", "Clean Land", "Biodiversity and SPNA", "Environmental
Monitoring", and "Reduction of Greenhouse Emissions gases", "Recycling / efficient use of
resources", "Development of the R&D function
to reduce environmental impact", "Improving
the environmental situation in the regions of
presence", "Ecological culture, education, staff
training", "Ecological management".

Important elements of the program are company EcoVadis. Based on the results
reducing the carbon intensity of products, of updating the rating in 2019, the rating
increasing the efficiency of dust and gas of the company improved by 3 points to
treatment plants, preserving biodiversity, land 60 points with an industry average of 43
reclamation, strengthening environmental points. Metalloinvest entered the 12%
quality control (creating automatic control of the best companies in the world rated
systems for emissions and discharges, EcoVadis. At the same time, among the
stationary and mobile environmental monitoring producers of metal resources and steel,

Key objectives of the Environmental laboratories). Under the program, the company the company is among the 8% best by the
Program by 2025: will continue the comprehensive development of criterion «Environment».
- reduction of atmospheric emissions by 7%, projects in the field of environmental protection In 2019, Metalloinvest took the 4th
- the complete transition of the Mikhailovsky in the cities of presence (environmental place in the Openness Rating of mining
Mining and Processing Plant (GOK) and the Oskol cleanups, tree / shrub planting, separate waste and metallurgical companies (operating in
Electrometallurgical Combine (OEMK) to a closed collection, etc.). Measures are also being taken Russia), organized by the World Wide Fund
water recycling system - the exclusion of wastewater to develop an ecological culture and train staff, for Nature in Russia.
discharges into water bodies, increase the effectiveness of the management
- stage-by-stage transition of Lebedinsky GOK to system in the field of environmental protection.
a closed recycling water supply system - reduction Metalloinvest uses advanced technologies in
of wastewater discharges by 50% (Ural Steel JSC production, including direct reduction of iron
operates a closed recycled water supply system that and steel smelting in electric furnaces, which
excludes sewage discharges water) The program targets will be minimize environmental impact. In the period
- 100% processing of technological waste and specified following an independent 2007-2018. The volume of gross emissions of
materials (excluding stripping and tailings of environmental audit in 2020. the Company’s enterprises decreased by 24%.
Lebedinsky and Mikhailovsky GOKs), The implementation of the The company is also constantly expanding its
- a 33% decrease in overburden production at Environmental Program will lead to production of high quality products (in particular,
Lebedinsky and Mikhailovsky GOKs as a result of the a reduction in: specific greenhouse hot briquetted iron and premium pellets), the use
construction of conveyor complexes, gas emissions from the production of which helps consumers reduce greenhouse
- reduction of 1 million tons of greenhouse gas of pellets, from iron ore enrichment, gas emissions in steel production.
emissions (CO2 equivalent) among consumers of water consumption from surface In 2018, Metalloinvest received its
iron ore raw materials (iron ore) of the company sources, volumes of generation and debut Silver Corporate Level Corporate Social
Metalloinvest. disposal of technological waste. Responsibility rating from the international metalloinvest.com

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