Uralvagonzavod raises harmful atmospheric emissions by 126 tons

According to the report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population, Rezhnickel Production Association increased its atmospheric emissions by 3,649 tons. Non-ferrous metallurgical enterprises normally make a significant impact on the state of the environment in the areas of their location, and in some cases they alter it completely to the degree comparable to changes caused by the presence of a ferrous metallurgical enterprise in the region.

The report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population indicates that A. K. Serov Metallurgical Plant (part of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC)), with its 54.5% share of all atmospheric emissions in the town of Serov, Sverdlovsk Region, is the town’s major air polluter. Serov-based enterprises that emit gases without recycling them first have dumped 52,184 tons of pollutants altogether.

The report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population indicates that SukholozhskCement, Nevyanskiy Cement-Maker, and SZMF, a plant based in the town of Sukhoi Log, are Sverdlovsk Region’s major air polluters among building companies. Their shares in the total amount of atmospheric emissions come to 17.1% (8,290 tons), 13.8% (7,188 tons), and 7.3% (3,804 tons), respectively. 185 building companies, or 61.3% of the total number, have been dumping pollutants without recycling them first.

The report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population indicates that Sredneuralsky Copper Smelting Plant (part of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC)) is the top air polluter in Revdinsky district, Sverdlovsk Region. Its share in the total amount of harmful emissions released in the air comes to 93.2%. Revdinsky district-based enterprises that emit waste gas without recycling it first have already dumped 18,728 tons of pollutants, with 347,999 tons received by the dust- and gas-cleaning installations, of which

The report on the state of the environment and the way environmental factors affect the health of Sverdlovsk Region population indicates that the total amount of air pollutants emitted by the regional chemical enterprises reached the point of 3,111 tons; a great share of the emissions (735 tons, or 23.6%) was produced by Uralati, the asbestos goods producer.