Interregional Association «The Siberian Agreement» will support the Omsk ash recycling and useful use project

AMIS experts discussed plans for the development of the industrial cluster of ash processing at a meeting in Omsk.

Participants of the meeting – The heads of the AMIS Executive Committee, Andrey Zhukov and Gennady Guselnikov, Chairman of the Board of the Omsk Industrial Cluster for the Processing and Use of Ash and Slag Materials, General Director of JSC «Osnova Holding» Alexander Antropenko and Sergey Lekarevich, Executive Director of the cluster, discussed the prospects for processing ash and slag materials. The corresponding cluster was created in 2017 this year, with the assistance of the regional Government. The head of the region, Alexander Burkov, signed an order yesterday on the inclusion of the Omsk industrial cluster for the processing of ash and slag materials in the target regional program.

«Our work was supported by the leadership of the Omsk region and regional branch ministries, which took into account the experience of successful implementation of projects for the production of aerated concrete blocks of WARMITE, Portland cement, and ash bricks, the production of which uses ash and slag materials.», – Alexander Antropenko emphasized.

As it was mentioned at the meeting, investments in production amounted to 2 billion rubles. Today, the production facilities of the enterprises allow processing about 250 thousand tons of ash. According to experts, the implementation of all cluster projects will make it possible to use 29 millions of tons of ash, which will significantly reduce the environmental damage that ash dumps cause to the ecology of Omsk. Now Omsk thermal power plants have accumulated 75 million tons of ash.

Chairman of the AMIS Executive Committee Andrey Zhukov noted the importance of the Omsk project and said that the Interregional Association «The Siberian Agreement» He also works in the field of utilization and use of ash from thermal power plants in a number of regions and has promising developments.

«We welcome the successful experience of the Omsk industrial cluster in the processing and use of ash and slag materials and are interested in developing the technology of multi-tonnage ash processing.», – Zhukov declared. Following the meeting, specific agreements were reached on the development of ash processing projects at the interregional level. The AMIS Executive Committee will prepare a package of documents to promote Omsk's unique technology in other regions of Siberia.