SSAB has announced that it 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.

Mr Karl Gustav Ramström executive VP at SSAB Plate said that "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."

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.