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Bulgaria Troubled Steel Behemoth Assets Put on Sale [Jul 28, 2010] The site and assets of Bulgaria's largest steelmaker Kremikovtzi will be offered for sale in the middle of September, four months after the behemoth was sent into liquidation. [via YahooNews] More >>

Busted Secret Agent Could Testify against Ex Bulgaria PM (Novinite.com) [Feb 20, 2010] The notorious former CEO of Bulgaria's troubled and now closed steel mill Kremikovtzi, Alexander Tomov, has suggested that busted secret agent Aleksei Petrov could testify against Ex PM Sergey Stanishev. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Steel Behemoth Faces Assets Sale-off (Novinite.com) [Feb 03, 2010] The businesses of Bulgaria's troubled steel-maker Kremikovtzi will be wound up and its assets ? offloaded after a court rejected the rescue plan, presented by its administrator. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Obsolete Steel Mill Relinquishes Permit Quest (Novinite.com) [Nov 19, 2009] Bulgaria's former largest steel mill ?Kremikovtzi? had withdrawn the application for a complex permit for its environmentally clean productions. The move has happened a month ago, the Minister of Environment, Nona Karadzhova, announced Thursday, adding the permit would not be issued. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Steel Workers Protest over Kremikovtzi Liquidation Plan (Novinite.com) [Nov 16, 2009] Workers from Bulgaria's former largest steel-maker Kremikovtzi are protesting Monday against the center-right GERB government?s plan to liquidate the mill. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Steel Workers Delay Rally against Shutdown (Novinite.com) [Nov 12, 2009] Workers from Bulgaria's Kremikovtzi steel mill have postponed their Thursday's rally for Monday, when they will protest against unpaid salaries and the imminent closure of the indebted plant. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Steel Workers Rally as Shut-Down Looms (Novinite.com) [Nov 11, 2009] Workers from Bulgaria's Kremikovtzi steel mill have announced they will renew their protests on Thursday, rallying against unpaid salaries and the imminent closure of the indebted plant. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Steel Workers Rally as Shut-Down Looms (Novinite.com) [Nov 11, 2009] Workers from Bulgaria's Kremikovtzi steel mill will rally in the streets of Sofia on Thursday and next Monday. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

National Electric Company Capitalizes Debts in Bulgaria Steel Mill (Novinite.com) [Nov 10, 2009] Bulgaria?s Minister of Economy, Energy, and Tourism, Traicho Traikov said that Kremikovtzi is a ?fake industrial entity?, and is to be liquidated. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

BGN 55 M of Salaries Delayed at Bulgaria Steel Mill Kremikovtzi (Novinite.com) [Nov 05, 2009] The workers of Bulgaria?s bankrupt steel mill Kremikovtzi are awaiting delayed salaries and social security payments totaling BGN 56 M. This has been found by the Mission for protecting the rights of the workers at the plant set up in October 2009, as cited by the Sega Daily. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Economy Minister Harbors Hopes for Kremikovtzi Salvage (Novinite.com) [Apr 15, 2009] There is still some lingering hope that a contract for coke processing at the troubled Bulgarian steel mill "Kremikovtzi" could be signed. The statement was made by Bulgaria's Economy Minister, Petar Dimitrov, Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Steel Workers Threaten Civil Unrest (Novinite.com) [Apr 09, 2009] The plight of the metal-workers from Bulgaria's troubled steel mill Kremikovtzi remained unchanged Thursday for the seventh day in a row. [via YahooNews] More >>

Steel Workers Protest In Bulgaria (Manufacturing.net) [Apr 08, 2009] Nearly 1,000 workers at Bulgaria's largest steel-maker, Kremikovtzi, are protesting delayed paychecks and demanding the government find a new owner for the factory. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Cabinet Gives Green Light to Sofia's Waste Treatment Plant (Novinite.com) [Mar 12, 2009] Bulgaria's Ministries Council granted authorization Thursday to design and build a waste treatment facility in the "Sadinata" site, near the village of Yana, in Sofia's "Kremikovtzi" district. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Economy Minister Backs Up Steel Workers' Demands (Novinite.com) [Mar 09, 2009] The demands of the protesting workers from the troubled steel mill "Kremikovtzi' had received the support of the Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister, Petar Dimitrov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Admits Ailing Steelmaker Sale Hits Stalemate (Novinite.com) [Mar 05, 2009] Bulgaria's economy and energy minister admitted talks over the purchase of insolvent steel mill Kremikovtzi have been bogged down, blaming it on low prices on foreign markets. [via YahooNews] More >>

Talks with Brazil Bidder for Bulgaria's Steel-maker Kremikovtzi Due (Novinite.com) [Feb 05, 2009] Negotiations between Bulgaria's Ministry of Energy and Economy and the Brazilian steel giant CSN over the purchase of the ailing plant Kremikovtzi are finally expected to take place Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Seven Plus One Companies Bid for Bulgaria's Steel Mill Kremikovtzi (Novinite.com) [Dec 29, 2008] Bulgaria's Ministry of Economy and Energy issued Monday an official statement disproving any allegations that it might strike a deal for the troubled steel-maker Kremikovtzi before January 1, 2009. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Railway Companies Craft Crisis Plan in Case Kremikovtzi Shuts down (Novinite.com) [Nov 13, 2008] Bulgaria's state-owned railway companies BDZ and NK "Railroad Infrastructure" going to prepare within ten days an emergency plan for their restructuring in case the steel-making giant Kremikovtzi gets closed down. [via YahooNews] More >>

Delayed Salaries Urge Kremikovtzi Workers on Protest Again (Novinite.com) [Nov 10, 2008] The workers of Bulgaria's largest steel-maker Kremikovtzi are staging yet another protest rally in downtown Sofia on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>