Kremikovtsi Metallurgical Combine (Sofia)

Кремиковский металлургический комбинат (София)

BulgariaСофия (Кремиковци)1959–1963Industrial sites

Bulgaria's largest metallurgical enterprise, built near Sofia next to an iron-ore deposit discovered in 1953. According to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, construction began in 1959 and was carried out with Soviet assistance; by 1972 three blast furnaces, three converters, two electric furnaces and a coke plant were in operation. The first capacities, producing pig iron and coke, were commissioned in 1963.

Крупнейшее металлургическое предприятие Болгарии, построенное в окрестностях Софии у месторождения железной руды, открытого в 1953 году. По Большой советской энциклопедии, строительство началось в 1959 году и велось при помощи СССР; к 1972 году действовали три доменные печи, три конвертера, две электропечи и коксохимический завод. Первые мощности — производство чугуна и кокса — введены в 1963 году.

Property abroad

EraUSSR

FunctionIndustry and infrastructure

Present ownerBuyer of the assets of the bankrupt Kremikovtzi AD (2011 auction)

Acquisitionbuilt

StatusSold, transferred or lost

As of2024-06

The works stopped operating in 2009 and its assets were sold at the fourth auction in April 2011; according to a Mediapolis article of 20 June 2024, the complex has been liquidated and most of its industrial units demolished.

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