Measurement and evaluation of noise levels inside and outside the industrial area of Ferronikeli

The increasing awareness of the public of environmental issues such as CO 2 emissions, carbon footprints and waste recycling has brought the issue of environmental noise to the fore. Many of the demands of modern society result in the creation of noise sources such as larger airports, additional power stations or heavy industry and higher road traffic levels. In addition, the expansion of towns and cities, driven by the demand for housing, has often resulted in the development of land near existing noise sources. These trends have meant that many more industries are now required to monitor their environmental noise impact. Environmental noise, caused by traffic, industrial and recreational activities, is one of the main local environmental problems in many countries of Europe and the source of an increasing number of complaints from the public. Generally, however, action to reduce environmental noise has had a lower priority than that taken to address other environmental problems such as air and water pollution. In the past, the noise generated by different sources, including industries, was not as obvious in trends within Kosovo Country. Gllogoc is a town that is a part of the Pristina region, located in the central part of the Republic of Kosovo. In this town the smelter plant ‘NewCo Ferronikeli’ which is well known as an industrial complex for ferronickel alloy production is located. This study was a simple assessment of the noise levels around the NewCo Ferronikeli company. However, this study is based on the Directive 2002/49/EC of The European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise.