Zhu Jimin, delegate to the 17th National Congress of the
Communist Party of China (CPC), secretary of Party Committee and
President of Shougang Group, stated in an interview with
China.org.cn that the Shougang Group invested 2.1 billion yuan
(US$280 million) in environmental protection efforts from 1995 to
2006.
After ten years of ceaseless efforts, their overall waste
discharge in 2006 had been lowered: sulfur dioxide, soot and dust
discharges have dropped by 78 percent, 82 percent and 84 percent
respectively in comparison with 1995 discharges. Today soot and
dust is rarely seen around Shougang's former
operations.???????
Shougang has also expanded its factory. Currently, the Shougang
factory has become a garden area and scenic spot of the nation's
steel industry.
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Zhu believes that the key to pollution treatment is the source of
the pollution. Shougang has developed technology focusing on this
area. It introduced both domestic and foreign advanced technologies
in order to resolve source related pollution problems. In the past
pollutants produced from coal coking dirtied the air. In order to
solve this problem, Shougang introduced new advanced technology
that fundamentally changed the coal coking process. Shougang is
also cooperating with Japan to promote this
technology.???????
“We now convert the residual heat and energy and turn the
discharged steam into hot water which can be used by local
residents. Steel waste is used in making cement materials. We have
established a production line consisting of 600,000 tons of water
wastes and 300,000 tons of steel slag," said Zhu
Jimin.??
"In addition to combating its own pollution problems, Shougang
has begun to develop a friendly relationship with nature. We've
developed the 'white waste recovery technology': mixing pieces of
white waste with coal and transforming the mixture into an organic
fuel. This method can not only solves pollution problems but also
provides energy resources for other enterprises. We've made some
sacrifices by adopting such practices. But I think that these
sacrifices are worthwhile since they are beneficial to both society
and nature and may help Shougang to explore a faster, more benign
development path."?
"Despite rising costs and investments, we have begun to earn
profits from our efforts in fighting against pollution recently.
Regarding the dry dust removing technology in large volume blast
furnaces and the coke dry quenching technology, both have been sold
to other enterprises. And in return, we've made reasonable profits.
In fact, Shougang has reached internationally advanced levels in
pollution treatment."?
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(China.org.cn by Zhang Ming'ai, October 24, 2007)
