OREANDA-NEWS. December 08, 2011. A new ore sinter plant would soon be built in Yenakiieve, which would allow improving the ecology of the town, President Viktor Yanukovych said at the ceremony of launching a new blast furnace at JSC Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works.

"I hope we meet soon at the opening of a new ore sinter plant," he said, expressing confidence that the works would be built in no more than 4 years.

System Capital Management holding owner Rinat Akhmetov said that the sinter plant would be built in Yenakiieve soon.

In an interview, Viktor Yanukovych expressed the belief that improving the difficult environmental situation in major industrial regions of Ukraine is possible only through the modernization of production. An example of that he called the construction of the modern blast furnace at JSC Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works.

"It is important that public institutions cared for the modernization of production, worked to preserve the health of people, and laid the necessary environmental standards ... This is our children’s future. We must always remember about that," Viktor Yanukovych said.