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Leaks: How Bulgarian gas mafia and Boyko Borissov made a deal with Putin for Turkstream
The documents depict secret arrangements violating public procurement procedures and obeying Russian corporate interests

The largest metal producers: Aurubis remains on top, steel producers grow the most
Appreciation of metals prices increased company earnings by 33% in 2021, but forecasts for 2022 are less optimistic

Steel gets more expensive or missing, hitting construction
The shortage is due to terminated supplies from Ukraine and Russia, which are big producers

KCM’s mining deal with Minstroy
The metallurgical group now fully controls Varba – Batantsi lead-and-zinc miner

Bulgaria’s heavy industry stays stable in pandemic-marred 2020
Most sectors improved their results in 2020 but a surge in energy prices poses a risk to 2021 results

The biggest companies in metallurgy: on the crest of a price wave
Last year was strong for gold and copper yields, but the output of other metal producers fell. Despite the pandemic-induced crisis net sales of the sector’s leading firms are up

Sun is shining over Aurubis
The company, which became the biggest one in terms of revenue in Bulgaria in 2020, is building a large solar plant for its own use

The Week: Kicking the coal can down the road, the Blagoevgrad election test and getting closer to the Euro
Bulgaria says no to transition from coal, Peevski peeves MRF and Bulgarian high-tech startups on a roll

Market recovery: Bulgarian enterprises are booming
Industrial turnover rose in the double digits in March and commodity exports hit an all-time high

A price shock for industry
The Prices of raw materials and energy goods like steel, aluminum, and CO2 quotas rose significantly in just six months

Bulgaria’s new factories
Investment projects worth less than 430 mln levs were announced in 2020 - a third of the amount in 2019

Don’t call it "Turkish Stream". It is entirely Russian
A "Capital" investigation into the companies building and financing it reveals that all are under Russian control. US sanctions on the project have not yet been approved

How come high prices are actually low?
Despite record high electricity prices on the energy exchange, Bulgarian consumers keep getting a good deal

Bulgaria’s new factories
Investment projects worth 1.3 billion levs were announced last year, up 500 million levs on 2018

Electricity market gone crazy
Market manipulations are killing Bulgaria’s competitive advantage in energy

TOP10 in metallurgy in Bulgaria: Metallurgy remains healthy amid global risks
Revenues in the sector continued growing in 2018, albeit at a slower pace