Russia: Maltsovsky Portlandcement, a Eurocement Group cement plant in the Bryansk region, has started operation of a new jet filter at the cooler of its rotary kiln no. 7. The project cost Euro0.55m with the equipment built by Czech firm Cipris Filtr Brno.

"The company pursues a transparent environmental policy and will continue to keep the public informed of all its planned measures on a regular basis," said Nikolay Karyakin, the Director General of Maltsovsky Portlandcement.

Part of a project to increase the cement plant's environmental standards, the plan was agreed upon with the Rostechnadzor (the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision) and Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Consumer Protection Agency) Departments for the Bryansk region and approved by the Bryansk region administration in 2010.

Since 2007 Maltsovsky Portlandcement has spent more than Euro14m on environmental upgrades. These have included: the installation of two new electric filters manufactured by Alstom Power Stavan (France - Sweden) at rotary kiln No. 7; replacement of jet filters at additive overturning units Nos. 5 and 6; modernisation of jet filters at bag machines Nos. 1 and 2; modernisation of the jet filter at cement mill No. 7; and the installation of modern jet filters manufactured by SIMATEK (Denmark) at the feed conveyors cement mills Nos. 11 - 16.