SSAB reduces dust emissions

SSAB reduces dust emissions     

SSAB is investing approximately SEK 200 million in a Pushing Emission Control
System (which includes a suction hood and a filter plant) at the coking plant in
Oxelösund. This will lead to a significant reduction in emissions of dust and
will improve the environment for people living in the vicinity of the plant in
Oxelösund. "It is important for us at SSAB that we are able in this way to continue our
work for achieving an improved environment. We are constantly working to improve
our production and develop products which bring with them environmental benefits
for our customers and society," says Karl Gustav Ramström, Executive VP SSAB
Plate. 

In the coking plant, coal is converted into coke and gas through heating in a
battery of sealed ovens. When the coke is pushed from the ovens in the battery
to the quenching car, dust and smoke are released into the air. With the
construction of a new suction hood which accompanies the quenching car to the
quenching tower, smoke and dust are captured in a system which then sends them
to a new filter. The dust is filtered in the filter plant and thereafter
recirculated into the coking process. 

The work of installing the Pushing Emission Control System at the coking plant
will begin immediately and is expected to be finished, towards the end of 2010. 

SSAB initiated the investment in Pushing Emission Control System in connection
with an application for an environmental permit in 2006, and the investment is a
prerequisite for SSAB fulfilling the terms of its environmental permit.


For further information, please contact:     
Lena Westerlund, Public Relations SSAB Plate	phone:+46 702 72 94 40
Heidi Wendt, Media Relations SSAB	         phone: +46 76 117 4149

SSAB is a world-leading supplier of high-strength steels. SSAB offers products
developed in close cooperation with the customers in order to create a stronger,
lighter and more sustainable world. SSAB has 9,200 employees in over 45
countries and has production plants in Sweden and the United States. SSAB is
listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic, Stockholm.