Kremikovtsi is the largest metallurgical company in Bulgaria from 1963 to 2009. The company went bankrupt in 2008. The photo was from 1988.

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Kremikovtsi is the largest metallurgical company in Bulgaria from 1963 to 2009. After the transition of Bulgaria to a market economy, it was privatized. In 1999. state-owned company sold to Bulgarian firm Daru metals for $ 1. In 2005. Daru metal sells the company to Indian entrepreneur Pramod Mithal for $ 110 million. In 2008 the company went bankrupt and ceased operations in 2009.

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Size: 7113px × 6928px
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Photo credit: © Nikolai V. Vassilev / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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