Liepājas Metalurgs                                              24.11.2005



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Latvian steel maker Liepajas Metalurgs is spending €200 million 

($ 235 million) on a series of investments aimed at increasing production 

at the long products plant.



Test will be carried out in December on an 800 000 t/y four-strand billet 

caster from VAI, which will then go on stream in January. A new rolling 

mill for both coiled debar and wire rod will also be built. Annual 

production capacity will rise by 200 000 tons to 800 000 tons

After the revamp. Liepajas Metalurgs will maintain its focus on the 

domestic market, but will also sell to other Baltic states and some EU 

Countries.





B.Imbovica

Chief Economist 

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