Der Ukrainische Oligarch: Rinat Akhmetov, will die bankrotte Serbische Stahlfirma: “Smederevo” kaufen

Der Vetrag zum Abkauf des Eisenwerks Smederevo unterzeichnet 31.01.2012. Der serbische Premier Mirko Cvetkovic und Vertreter des amerikanischen Unternehmens „U.S. Steel“ unterzeichneten den Vertrag zum Abkauf des Eisenwerks Smederevo, sodass die Regierung der Republik Serbien zum Eigentümer dieses Unternehmen wurde. Im Namen des „U.S. Steel“ unterzeichnete den Vertrag der stellvertretende Direktor für Europa David Lintur. Cvetkovic betonte dabei, dass die Regierung keine Absicht hat, Inhaber und Leiter des Eisenwerks zu sein, aber sie werde alles tun, um einen guten strategischen Partner zu finden, und die Zukunft für diese Fabrik abzusichern. Die Regeirung werde sich bemühen, die Herstellung aufrechtzuerhalten, einen strategischen Partner zu finden, und dass die Fabrik nach einer Krise wieder mit Gewinn wirtschaftet, so Cvetkovic.

Ukrainischer Stahl, wurde schon vor über 10 Jahren, auch nach Albanien geliefert, Zeitgleich mit Kokain, weil neue Drogen Wege erschlossen werden mussten.

Rinat Akhmetov, Ukrainian tycoon in Serbia
Owner of ‘Shakhtar’ FC to buy steel factory in Smederevo

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Ukrainian king of steel Rinat Akhmetov is interested to purchase the steel factory in Smederevo. As ‘Blic’ learns his closest associate was in Belgrade on Monday where he talked with Serbian leadership about takeover of the ‘US Steel’, a company that Serbia Government yesterday purchased from the Americans for one Dollar.

Rinat Leonidovič Ahmetov, Ukraininan businessman and oligarch

Akhmetov (46) is owner of several steel factories in Europe and Ukraine. An individual from Ukraine well acquainted with his business claims that Akhmetov is the most important steel manufacturer in the EU but a serious trader with electric power as well. As ‘Blic’ learns the talks with Ukraine are being led at the highest
‘His biggest competitors are German steel factories but also the ‘US Steel’ in Serbia. That is the reason for such serious interest. On the other hand, he meets all requirements you set’, our source says.

In Ukraine Akhmetov is known as someone who is permanently introducing contemporary technologies in production and whose workers are receiving regular pays. In public he is also known as the owner of the ‘Shakhtar’ FC.

Due to low prices of steel on European market and high production costs in Serbia, the steel factory in Smederevo has extinguished the first furnace last year. The second furnace as well as the plant in Slovakia continued working with decreased capacity.

Viktor Yanukovych, president of Ukraine with Rinat Ahmetov at football mach

Americans decided to leave Serbia two weeks ago. It was then that Serbia Government decided to takeover the company.

Serbia President Boris Tadic confirmed the other day that ‘Serbia Government has negotiated with a strategic partner’.

‘The future strategic partner has to fulfill two conditions, to have iron ore and coke necessary for production of steel’, Tadic said.

Serbia Government yesterday became formal owner of the steel factory for a symbolic amount of one Dollar. One could say it was a good deal since the Americans shall write-off up to 450 million Dollars in business books what the book-keeping value of the plant is. After signing of the contract Prime Minister Cvetkovic said not to be happy about such outcome.

‘We feel sad today because we remember how successful the ‘US Steel’ once was. When we learned that the partner from America intends to leave, the Government had two options – to close the factory and leave 5400 people without job or to takeover the factory and find a strategic partner as soon as possible. We chose the least bad option’, Cvetkovic said.

Costs 200 millions

The ‘US Steel’ yesterday publicized business results according to which the last year loss at the steel factory in Smederevo was 200 million Dollars. John Surma, President of the Company from Pittsburgh explained that ‘because of the costs the best option for the Company was to leave the steel factory to the Government of Serbia’.

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