On March 23, 2022, the Opening Ceremony of Toplana Zenica d.o.o. was held within ArcelorMittal Zenica. The event was attended by the Prime Minister of the Federation of BiH, Mr. Fadil Novalić; Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Mr. Spahija Kozlić; Partners in Toplana Zenica project: City of Zenica, led by the Mayor, Mr. Fuad Kasumović; representatives of KPA Unicon from Finland, representatives of FinnFund from Finland, representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development – EBRD. Also, it was a great pleasure to host the representatives of the ArcelorMittal Group: CEO of ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products, Mr. Augustine Kochuparampil, as well as his successor since April 1 this year, Mr. Sanjay Samaddar. With these mentioned guests, we hosted representatives of local communities, non-governmental organizations, institutions and companies with which we have long-term cooperation.
About Toplana Zenica:
The value of the new heating plant is 53 million euros. Partners’ Investment of 12 million euro – ArcelorMittal Zenica has an ownership share of 50 percent; the City of Zenica 20 percent, and Finnish partners KPA Union and Finn Fund 15 percent each. Financing by EBRD 41 million euros and with a full guarantee from the ArcelorMittal Group. On average, more than 150,000 tons of coal were used per year for the operation of old boilers, which was completely eliminated with the installation of new gas boilers. Toplana Zenica operates with three new boilers, using coke gas and blast furnace gases from ArcelorMittal Zenica.
Environmental emission reduced:
- SOX reduced from around 2000 mg/Nm3 to below 200 mg/Nm3
- Dust reduced from around 100 mg/Nm3 to below 10 mg/Nm3
- NOX reduced from around 300 mg/Nm3 to below 100 mg/Nm3
