MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Media Awareness – September 11, 2023 – Metalloinvest, a pioneer of green metallurgy in Russia, has opened its businesses to industrial tourism. This approach particularly appeals to professionals in the sector interested in cutting-edge technologies, as well as students and families with schoolchildren. More than 5,000 people have already visited the company’s facilities.
This summer, the company began offering guided tours at its largest facility, Lebedinsky GOK, in the Belgorod region, where tourists can experience the world’s largest open-cast iron mine from a viewing platform. observation. With a width of 5 km, the pit earned its place in the Guinness Book of Records several years ago. The tours also include visits to the enrichment plant and direct iron reduction plant – the latter uses technology that underpins the future development of green metallurgy.
Since 2001, Lebedinsky GOK has been producing hot briquette iron (HBI) – a form of reduced iron directly into easy-to-transport briquettes. HBI is a sustainable raw material capable of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from steel production by up to 50%. Given the current efforts of steel companies to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate global warming, HBI is experiencing a well-deserved increase in demand, both in Russia and in export markets.
Metalloinvest’s other mining unit, Mikhailovsky GOK, located in the Kursk region, launched industrial tourism from 2021. Its offer includes the opportunity to take photos with a giant mining truck and have meals in the miners’ canteen .
Metalloinvest’s steel division OEMK began welcoming tourists earlier this year. OEMK adopted direct iron reduction technology to produce steel as early as the 1980s, bypassing the use of traditional blast furnaces. As the industry places increasing emphasis on reducing carbon emissions, direct iron reduction is now gaining traction as a sought-after technology for steel production. The world’s largest steelmakers turn to it to design their new production facilities.
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