ArcelorMittal is investing $38.5 million for its coke plant's modernization in Zdzieszowice, Poland. The upgrade includes three flue-gas denitrification units installation for the CHP cogeneration plant, which will significantly reduce nitrogen oxide emissions and provide heat for the CHP plant, which uses coking gas, to more than 7,000 consumers. In addition, the reconstruction project of the Coking gas stabilization tank will be launched on the grounds of the Coke chemical plant, which will replace the existing twin installation, which needs reconstruction. He added that over the past decade, the company has reduced carbon dioxide emissions at its coke plant by 50% in Zdzieszowice. ArcelorMittal Poland plans to complete all modernization projects at the facility within three years. ArcelorMittal will stop blast furnace No. 2 of its factory in Dąbrowa Górnicza for maintenance. More than $167 million will be allocated for the unit upgrade, which will last three months and will be the most considerable blast furnace upgrade ever performed in Poland. ArcelorMittal steel production in Poland during 2022 decreased by 15% compared to 2021, reaching 3.4 million tonnes. Steel sales rose to $5.93 billion in 2022, an increase of 12% compared to 2021.
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Steel NewsApril 4, 20231 min read