OOO ‘Starocementny Zavod’ (city of Sukhoi Log) plans to replace electrostatic precipitators on two rotary kilns in 2021-2024 and establish continuous monitoring of flue gases emissions. Investments will amount to 285.4 million rubles. The company began investing in environmental solutions back in 2017. Over the past year, the company has decreased the volume of pollutants at the enterprise by 32%.
In 2018, a new electrostatic precipitator was installed on rotary kiln No. 4.
“This project cost the company 110 million rubles. As a result, inorganic dust emissions from this kiln decreased by 8-10 times,” says director of the ‘Starocementny Zavod’ plant Andrey Zemtsov.
‘Starocementny Zavod’ plant was commissioned in 1930, and now it specializes in the production of seven grades of building and oil well cement. The company has five production lines with a total capacity of 700,000 tpa.