| • | Dust emissions to fall below 10 milligrams per standard cubic meter |
| • | Sulfur dioxide emissions reduced by more than 85 percent |
| • | Cleaning capacity 400,000 standard cubic meters per hour |
Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from Karabük Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir), a Turkish steel producer, to supply key components to clean the off-gases from its new sinter plant No. 3. The order comprises the engineering for the entire off-gas cleaning system and supply of the first and final cleaning stages, the latter being based on Meros technology. The purpose of the project is to drastically reduce dust and sulfur emissions. The system will be able to clean some 400,000 standard cubic meters of off-gas per hour, and is scheduled to come into operation at the end of 2014.