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Slovakia: Nippon Steel to spend EUR 900 million modernising Kosice steelworks

Japan’s Nippon Steel will invest about EUR 900 million in the Kosice steelworks, including a new electric furnace, as it prepares to make the eastern Slovak plant its main European production base. The company signed agreements with the Robert Fico government on September 15, giving it access to up to EUR 350 million from the…

Slovakia: 3 km of cable stolen from Kosice steelworks

Police are investigating the theft of more than 3 kilometres of copper cables from U.S. Steel Kosice steelworks. Kosice police spokeswoman Lenka Ivanova said various types of copper cables with a total length of 3,080 metres were taken along with plumbing components, transformers, wheelbarrows and other construction material. Total damages related to the theft, which…