The company said it has not been able to agree on the start of industrial activity with the Liepaja City Council and the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) administration.
Meanwhile the municipal authorities in Liepaja will keep to their plan to create an eco-friendly industrial park on the sprawling territory of the former “Liepajas metalurgs” plant, which was once the city’s major employer but which closed its doors after running into insolvency in 2013.
The lawyers of SIA “Liepaja Steel” are currently preparing the necessary documentation for the dismantling and shipping of the steel melting furnace. The board of the company does not yet have a date when it will be leaving Liepaja, but said it is keen to cut running costs by doing so at the …
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