Steel mill

The mill, owned by China's steel industry giant Hbis, boosted production through greater engagement of production capacities.

Insajder reported on Monday that Serbia agreed to pay 340,000 euros a month, plus hefty bonuses, to the Dutch-based HPK Engineering BV, according to a contract that the government signed in March 2015 and has refused to disclose to the public ever since.

SMEDEREVO - The second blast furnace at the Smederevo steel mill has been restarted, with both furnaces now in operation and the first quantities of steel expected to start flowing in two days, says manager Peter Kamaras.

The second blast furnace at the Smederevo steel mill has been restarted, Tanjug reported on Thursday.

Both furnaces now in operation and the first quantities of steel expected to start flowing in two days, the plant's manager Peter Kamaras said.

After four years, the second blast furnace in the Zelezara Smederevo steel mill was fired up on Friday.

Bojan Bojkovic, director of Steel Mill Smederevo, said Esmark's European subsidiary was the only one to file a valid bid - one of the three bids in all.

Smederevo steel plant to resume operating in late June

BELGRADE -- Smederevo's Železara steel plant will begin operating on June 29 when one of the two furnaces will be restored, the RTS reported.

BELGRADE - The Smederevo Steel Plant will begin operating on June 29 when one of the two furnaces will be restored, Radio Television of Serbia reported.

Due to the lack of raw materials, one furnace in the Smederevo Steel Plant has not been operating for years now, while the other has been working with reduced capacities as of May 2.

Steel mill to halt production over Ukraine supplies

SMEDEREVO -- The Smederevo steel mill Železara is set to suspend production for a minimum of three weeks over problems with deliveries of raw materials from Ukraine.

However, it will use the halt to carry out scheduled overhauls, the company's financial director, Bojan Bojković told Tanjug on Friday.

SMEDEREVO - The Smederevo steel mill is set to suspend production for a minimum of three weeks over problems with deliveries of raw materials from Ukraine due to the situation there, but will use the halt to carry out scheduled overhauls, the company's financial director Bojan Bojkovic told Tanjug on Friday.