Metals, Munitions, and Rice: A Look Inside Bulgaria's Exports

Bulgaria's primary exports are copper and its products, with sales reaching a record 4.2 billion euro in 2024.

Bulgarian industry awaits the (indirect) effects of Trump's tariffs

Direct exports to the US are small, but there will be a negative impact on the supply chain

Aurubis Bulgaria's profit rises to 392 million levs in FY 23/24

The financial results were expected, as the plant did not shut down for scheduled maintenance

Bulgaria's new factories for 2024: How has the industrial landscape changed

Amongst a sharp dip in investments during 2024 there have been a few that have also withdrawn entirely from the country

The week: The budget debacle, BETL sink, Schengen opens, GNR to play in Sofia

K Insights 13/12

The day in 3 news: Syria’s regime change greeted with caution; Aurubis Bulgaria sees profit growth for 2023/24; Avtomagistrali wins new contract without open tenders

K100 2024: Stagnation after the boom for Bulgaria’s largest firms

The new annual edition of Capital 100 ranking shows that the revenues of the top 100 companies shrank by 14% last year after the boom in the energy sector in 2022. The star businesses of 2023 are arms, cars and solar

France’s Air Liquide to invest 100 million euro in Bulgaria and Germany

The bulk of the funds will go to a new air separation unit in the town of Pirdop, pushing capacity for industrial gases up 10%

The day in 3 news: GERB rejects foreign agents law; Q2 economic growth at 2%; French gas producer invests 100 million in factory

Aurubis embarks on its biggest investment program in Bulgaria

Tankhouse expansion, 30 MW of solar parks and other projects will be completed by the end of 2027

The week: Rumors of Bulgarian extinction are greatly exaggerated

For once, good demographic news; gambling ban - better late than never and a big mining investment

The week: Brace, the rotation is coming

The Suddenly-important Ministry, More Russian spies pop up, and Meta buys a company

The day in 3 news: Farmers block major arteries again; Aurubis produces less; Renewables get easier grid access

Bulgaria’s new factories in 2023: Part I (The South)

The value of the 15 biggest projects in the industrial sector reached BGN 4.4 bln in 2023

Largest metal producers: First signs of cool-down

The revenue growth of the top 30 companies in the sector slowed to 22% in 2022

The week: The year ends on a high with a Budget and a Constitution, A ship company in trouble, and Russia gets slapped twice

K Insights Newsletter 22/12

The day in 3 news: Bulgargaz gets EC cash boost; Aurubis profit drops; Palms Bet scores record dividend yield

The week: A 7.5 tremor in the non-coalition

Tremors in the coalition, Budget is in, Mihailov is out and Zakharova is pissed

Biggest companies in Bulgaria: state-owned energy giants are forever

The revenue of the 100 largest companies in Bulgaria has increased more than 5 times in two decades

Bulgaria’s 100 largest companies: record revenue and profits for 2022

The Ukraine war has pushed the turnover of the companies in the K100 ranking to BGN 132 billion, or 60% up on the year before