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Severstal

March 21, 2003

Severstal Will Lower Energy Use by 27%, Reaching the Level of 5.1 Giga Calories Per Tonne of Output

Anatoly Kruchinin, general director of Severstal, had signed the Severstal’s policy on energy use. The policy is developed to lower the rate of energy use and increase energy savings. It outlines main goals and principles, as well as the company’s strategy in energy consumption.

The plant’s main goals in energy saving are maximizing utilization of coke, blast furnace and oxygen converter gases, utilization of waste gases coming off the steel making equipment. Increasing the company’s self-reliance in terms of energy supply through modernizing outdated and building new power generating equipment is also important.

Severstal’s main strategic objectives in this area involve stimulating employee energy savings, and continuous efforts to develop and carry out energy saving activities at low cost. It also plans to incorporate reliable accounting of used and produced resources by introduction of an automated accounting in all shops, and later switch to the cost center accounting.

“By implementing these objectives Severstal has lowered the rate of energy use by 0.4% in 2001, and by 4.4% in 2002, reaching 6.69 giga calories per tonne of steel output in 2002,” said Anatoly Kruchinin, Severstal’s general director.

One of the sources of lowering energy use in 2002 came from increasing steel output by 3.29%, which allowed to reduce outside purchases of energy. Two other sources were made available through an increase in output of secondary energy sources, and putting to operation the Gas Noncompression Utilization Turbine # 25. Additionally, the completion of overhaul of main equipment units of Severstal’s own power station has allowed to increase energy production by 162 million KWH/Y. Investments into a sophisticated energy saving program and in-house consulting has also contributed to energy saving.

The coefficient of rate of energy use per tonne of steel output is used to compare the level of energy consumption of steel making companies. Best foreign companies, such as Rautaruukki and VAI maintain at 4.7-4.75 Giga calories per tonne of output, which is 30% lower than Russian steel-makers. Severstal plans to reach the level of 5.1 giga calories per tonne of output by 2012. Other members of Severstal-group will also take part in energy saving programs. For example, Cherepovets Steel Rolling Plant (CHSPZ) has developed a strategy of energy savings and a program of its implementation in the next five years.



21 March 2003

 

 

 

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