Strategic Sectors

NLMK Group is increasing operational efficiency and reducing its environmental impact by implementing energy-saving technologies, ensuring self-sufficiency in energy resources and using steelmaking by-products for energy generation. These efforts are among the key goals of the current strategic cycle in terms of leadership in production efficiency.

Our energy-efficiency goals in production rely on the following objectives::

• ­Continuous process improvement to reduce energy consumption,
• ­Efficiency improvement of fuel gas utilization in power generation,
• ­Process and equipment upgrades, introduction of new technologies,
• ­Efficient management of energy resources,
• ­Compliance with resource consumption regulations.

The company is entering a new stage of development. The projects of the Energy Complex Development Strategy aim to increase the share of captive electricity generation, maximizing the use of by-product metallurgical gases and reducing operating costs of energy facilities.

The Company is working on a portfolio of technology development projects in energy, including industrial energy storage and waste heat recovery technologies.