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28.8.2008 - EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL SUPPORTS HANDICAPPED SPORTSMEN
Ostrava, August 28, 2008 - Today the seventh year of Sport games for physically handicapped people took place in Social care institute for physically handicapped people in Hrabyně. The aim
of the
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24.6.2008 - EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL CELEBRATES ITS FIRST ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW NAME
Last June the integration of Vítkovice Steel into Evraz Group was completed, and the company took the name EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL. This week the company management and staff have
commemorated the f
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12.5.2008 - THE BIGGEST PASSENGER SHIP IN THE WORLD WITH KEEL FROM EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL HAS SET SAIL
Independence of the Seas, currently one of the three biggest passenger ships in the world, set sail on its maiden voyage on May 12 from the English port of Southampton.
EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL, a.s.
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9.5.2008 - PLATES FOR THE MOST INTERESTING PRAGUE UNDERGROUND STATION COMES FROM OSTRAVA
Strizkov station in Prosek will be inaugurated on the extended line C of the Prague Underground. The station is the first of three to complete the new
line. The station is considered one of the mo
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17.3.2008 - EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL TAKES PART IN SYMBIOSIS 2008
The company EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. will participate in the 7th year of the prestigious project SYMBIOSIS 2008 which will take place on March 19, 2008
in the new auditorium of the Technic
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7.12.2007 - TECHNICAL FIELDS HAVE PERSPECTIVE AND A FUTURE
Ostrava 7 December 2007 - The company EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL is participating in the 14th Annual presentational exhibition for education and training UČEŇ, STŘEDOŠKOLÁK, VYSOKOŠKOLÁK 2007
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4.10.2007 - STAND EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL RECEIVED 1ST PLACE IN COMPETITION AURA AT INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING FAIR IN BRNO
In Brno on October 11, 2007 - International Engineering Fair in Brno belongs to the
best engineering exhibitions in the Czech Republic with average participation about 2000 companies. The part of
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4.10.2007 - SHIPBUILDING PLATES FOR THE BIGGEST PASSENGER SHIP
Brno, October 4, 2007 - At this year's International Engineering Fair in Brno, important negotiations took place between the company EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. and the Finnish ship
manufacturer A
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17.9.2007 - EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL BELONGS AMONG THE TOP COMPANIES IN THE FIELD OF PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF SHIP PLATE
OSTRAVA 17.9.2007 - EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL Company has acquired an approbation MQS from Lloyd's Register Group. This certificate was awarded to her as 6th plate rolling mill plant and as
14th compa
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23.7.2007 - CHANGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL DIVISION
OSTRAVA 23.7.2007 – To a position of a financial director of the Evraz Vítkovice Steel, a.s., the shareholders nominated Ing. Petr Jůza. At the same time, he became also the member of the
Board of
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1.6.2007 - REALIZATION OF MERGER – FORMATION OF A COMPANY EVRAZ VITKOVICE STEEL
OSTRAVA June 1st 2007 – Merger between the VITKOVICE STEEL, a.s. and its only shareholder ABA Assets s.r.o. was recorded into the Business Registry on June 1st 2007. On that date, the above
named
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16.3.2007 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL COMPANY MERGER
VÍTKOVICE STEEL,a.s. (enterprise of Evraz Group S.A.) Company prepares a merger between VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. Company and its sole shareholder – ABA Assets s.r.o. Company.
By effecting the merge
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8.3.2007 - SYMBIÓZA 2007 AND VÍTKOVICE STEEL
VÍTKOVICE STEEL is currently intensely preparing its participation at the 6th year of a prestigious project called SYMBIÓZA 2007. The company successfully participated in two previous years and the
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2.3.2007 - PERSPECTIVE BRANCH? STEEL MAKING, FOR SURE
Like many other companies in the Moravian-Silesian Region, VÍTKOVICE STEEL is aware of a lack of technical and mainly steel making professions on the labor market. Another factor is the fact that
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20.1.2006 - EVRAZ´S REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED TO GOVERNING BODIES OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL
Evraz Group S.A.(LSE: EVR) (the Group), one of the leading vertically integrated steel production and mining businesses with operations mainly in Russia, announces that its five nominees were
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17.1.2006 - EVRAZ GROUP RELEASES 2005 TRADING UPDATE
Evraz Group S. A. (LSE: EVR), one of the leading vertically integrated steel production and mining businesses with operations mainly in Russia, today released its 2005 trading update*.
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28.11.2005 - PROFIT OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL FOR THE THREE QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR IS MORE THAN 2 BILLION CZK!
For the first three quarters of this year VÍTKOVICE STEEL generated profit before tax of 2 189 625 thousand CZK. When compared with the same period last year with the pre-tax profit of 790 835
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15.11.2005 - EVRAZ GROUP S.A. COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL
Evraz Group S.A. (LSE: EVR), one of the leading vertically integrated steel production and mining businesses with operations mainly in Russia, today announces the completion of the acquisition of
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20.10.2005 - ANOTHER 10 000 TONS OF SHIPBUILDING PLATES FROM VÍTKOVICE STEEL WILL BE SENT TO FINLAND
Approximately 84 % from the total production in VÍTKOVICE STEEL is represented by flat products, i.e., by plates. The largest part of plates is used in mechanical engineering (30 %), civil
enginee
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11.10.2005 - RECESSION DOES NOT AFFECT HIGH GRADE PLATES
VÍTKOVICE STEEL is a traditional supplier of plates for the power generation sector. Since 2004 this Ostrava-based steel company has been able to place its products from higher quality grades to
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11.10.2005 - THE LAST CZECH GOVERNMENT-OWNED STEEL COMPANY HAS BEEN PRIVATIZED
This year, VÍTKOVICE STEEL was going through a very difficult process, which entered its ultimate stage on July 13, 2005. On this day the Czech Government approved the results of the tender for
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11.10.2005 - PROFIT OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL FOR THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS INCREASED BY 1,4 BILLION cCZK COMPARED WITH THE LAST YEAR!
In the first eight months of this year VÍTKOVICE STEEL generated a pre-tax profit of 2 046 024 thousand CZK. This value is more than three times higher than the same period last year with a pre-tax
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26.9.2005 - THE GLORY OF VÍTEK THE KNIGHT HAS BEEN REVIVED AGAIN!!!
Vivid red-and-orange colour reminding glowing steel is combined with grayish blue color of steel slowly cooling down on the cooling beds in the rolling mills of VÍTKOVICE STEEL. These company
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21.9.2005 - FIREFIGHTERS WERE COMPETING IN OSTRAVA UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL
VÍTKOVICE STEEL is active in supporting also sport projects which emphasize dynamism, flexibility, and professionalism. Enthusiasm, thirst for life and dedication to achieve top results – these are
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22.7.2005 - PROFIT IN VÍTKOVICE STEEL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF 2005 INCREASED SEVERAL TIMES
Flexible production and sales activities of VÍTKOVICE STEEL have resulted in very good financial results of the company for the first half of 2005. When compared with the same period last year, the
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15.7.2005 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL IS THE ONLY CZECH COMPANY THAT PRESENTED ITSELF TO THE MILITARY
Vigorous rhythmical music with the dominant sound of drums, marching solders in elegant uniforms, off-road combat vehicles in action, hovercrafts, all types of ammunition, scale-models of ocean
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7.7.2005 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL, A. S., PROFIT REACHED BILLIONS OF CROWNS
VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a. s., whose privatization is being completed these days reached a record profit of 938.8 million crowns for the first quarter this year with sales from own products and services
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1.7.2005 - SUCCESSFUL PRESENTATION OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL AT A SHIPPING EXHIBITION NOR-SHIPPING 2005
A record year - During its history, Nor-Shipping, originally technically focused exhibition, has changed into one of the biggest shipping fairs in the world. The 20th year was held between May 7
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1.6.2005 - LAST YEAR THE AUDITED PROFIT OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL, A. S., INCREASED MORE THAN TEN TIMES
In 2004, which was the third full calendar year of the company’s independent business activities, VÍTKOVICE STEEL generated historically the best profit since the foundation of the company – the
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5.4.2005 - HC VÍTKOVICE WITH A NEW NAME HC VÍTKOVICE STEEL
On April 1, the VÍTKOVICE hockey club will change its name to HC VÍTKOVICE STEEL. On this day, the contract for general partnership between VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a. s., and the VÍTKOVICE hockey club,
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1.4.2005 - THIS YEAR VÍTKOVICE STEEL WILL INVEST 270 MILLION CZK TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ISSM
In line with the accession treaty between the Czech Republic and the European Union, VÍTKOVICE STEEL made an undertaking to modernize the company’s secondary metallurgy plant. Therefore, today
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2.3.2005 - CERTIFICATES OPEN THE WAY FOR VÍTKOVICE STEEL TO NEW TERRITORIES
Certification by API (American Petroleum Institute) opened the way for VÍTKOVICE STEEL to orders from a completely new area of supplies of plates for oil and gas pipelines. In the first year after
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2.3.2005 - PLATES FROM VÍTKOVICE STEEL ARE USED FOR SHIPBUILDING AS WELL AS FOR EXCAVATORS!
VÍTKOVICE STEEL supplies its plates not only for big container ships but also for excavators and diggers and other construction machines designed for earth-moving works. While the thickness of
shi
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1.2.2005 - LAST YEAR VÍTKOVICE STEEL INCREASED ITS PROFIT SEVERAL TIMES
VÍTKOVICE STEEL expects that the 2004 profit will be historically the best one since the formation of the Company. In aggregation with OSINEK, a. s., the Company’s profit was 1.6 billion CZK with
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27.1.2005 - SHAREHOLDERS MEETING ENLARGED VÍTKOVICE STEEL’ S SUPERVISORY BOARD
Today, during an extraordinary shareholders meeting, the shareholders of VÍTKOVICE STEEL unanimously approved changes in the Company’s Articles and also changes in the composition of the
Superviso
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12.1.2005 - COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT IN VÍTKOVICE STEEL HAS BEEN SIGNED
After long and difficult negotiations, the collective agreement for this year was signed by both parties in VÍTKOVICE STEEL this morning. The collective agreement effective for the years 2004 –
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14.12.2004 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL WILL NOT BE TAKEN BY SURPRISE BY SNOW OR FROST!
Almost ten tons of road spreading salt, five tons of sand and another 40 tons of crushed slag – this is the stock of road spreading material of VÍTKOVICE STEEL for this winter. This material will
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14.12.2004 - PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS ATTRACTED ATTENTION OF THE YOUNG
Proactive communication with schools which VÍTKOVICE STEEL started based on the analysis of the current situation has yielded the first fruits proving that students are interested in this
Ostrava-
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6.12.2004 - WHEN SHIPS MAKE BOOM...
VÍTKOVICE STEEL supplied more than 3 000 tons of ship-building plates to Aker Finnyards, Rauma, for erection of 177 m long and 28 m wide „genuine“ luxurious yacht named BIRKA PARADISE, which the
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6.12.2004 - BRIDGES WITH THE SIGNATURE OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL
These days, the last plates for the motorway bridge with a working name Rojek are being dispatched from VÍTKOVICE STEEL. The bridge which will be a part of motorway D 47 will lead across the
Polan
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21.9.2004 - STUDENT PROGRAMS ATTRACT REINFORCEMENTS TO OUR TEAM
After a pause of several years, VÍTKOVICE STEEL has returned to sponsoring academic programs. Student summer jobs, fellowships and experience, excursions to simplify the choice of specializations,
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21.9.2004 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL - THE OPTIMISTIC FORECASTS FOR THE YEAR 2004 WERE EXCEEDED
Interest in the rolled products of VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a. s. occasionally exceeded the company’s capacities in the first half of 2004. The extraordinary market situation directly formed the economic
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21.9.2004 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL - RECIPE FOR SUCCESS? A CLEAR STRATEGY AND PARTNERS´ TRUST!
The new, pro-active business policy at VÍTKOVICE STEEL a. s., which the company managed to implement very successful, will bring customers faster and higher quality fulfillment of their
requiremen
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21.9.2004 - INTEGRATED SECONDARY METALLURGY SYSTEM - BILLION CROWN INVESTMENTS AT VÍTKOVICE STEEL
By the end of 2007, VÍTKOVICE STEEL should invest over 1 billion crowns into the modernization of its equipment. The company will concentrate these massive investments in the next 3-year period
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16.8.2004 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL PAYS BONUSES TO THE EMPLOYEES
VÍTKOVICE STEEL has decided to increase productivity and value added by proper motivation of the employees. The company has paid 4000 crowns on average per employee as extra bonuses for the results
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16.8.2004 - SHEET PILES FROM VÍTKOVICE STEEL ARE USED FOR FLOOD PROTECTION...
The floods in July 1997 in the Czech Republic, then in August 2002, and this year’s floods in Eastern Slovakia damaged innumerable number of houses and structures and water eroded banks of many
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22.7.2004 - EMPLOYEES OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. DRANK 320 THOUSAND LITERS OF MINERAL WATER
Although this year summer came little bit late, finally it is here! And increased temperature is accompanied by increased need for receipt of protection drinks. Yesterday, VÍTKOVICE STEEL initiated
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30.6.2004 - PRODUCTION OF FLAME-CUT SHAPES IN VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s., WILL GROW BY 40 % AGAINST 2003
The year-on-year increase in production of flame-cut shapes in VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s., in 2003 was almost 45 %. This year, the flame-cut shapes center expects year-on-year increase of another at
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21.6.2004 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. MAKES PROFIT
Last year, production in all mills of VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a. s., noted record levels. The results exceeded the production in the previous period by 8-13% and this fact is reflected in the overall
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29.4.2004 - FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE ACCESSION TO THE EU – VAT PAYMENT WILL BE SIMPLIFIED, ADMINISTRATION WILL BE COMPLICATED
For more than 8 months, a specialized finance task force dealing with readiness for the accession to the EU has been active in VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. Under the leadership of Radim Valas, the Finance
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29.4.2004 - ACCESSION TO THE EU - WITHOUT TRANSITION PERIODS, WITH MORE STRINGENT ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS, IN TOKEN OF BIG INVESTMENTS AND DYNAMIC CHANGES IN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Maintaining competitive ability of VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. in a sensitive world of steel market after the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union is into large extent contingent on
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29.4.2004 - EU REPRESENTS NEW OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO CHANCES FOR GLOBAL SUCCESS
VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. has changed its behavior in the area of business activities. The new business policy of VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. fully recognizes the accession of the Czech Republic to the EU
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8.4.2004 - THE NEW INTERNET PRESENTATION OF VÍTKOVICE STEEL IS MORE ATTRACTIVE AND WELL-ARRANGED
Well-arranged navigation, attractive design and user friendly environment, these are the key elements of the new Internet presentation of VÍTKOVICE STEEL. The new corporate website at www.vitkovices
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6.4.2004 - CRISIS OF THE STEEL-MAKING INDUSTRY? NO, IT IS A CONSEQUENCE OF GLOBAL CHANGES IN THE WOLRD ECONOMY
Is the steel-making industry in crisis? Because today in the Czech Republic for example there is a lack of crap? Because it is exported and its domestic price is growing? It is not a crisis. It is
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6.4.2004 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s., PROSPERED FROM THE BOOM OF THE SHIP-BUILDING INDUSTRY
VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s., noted a record level of increase of sales up to 50% at supplies for the ship-building industry in the first three months of the year. This increase was caused mainly by
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1.3.2004 - OSINEK, a.s. FURTHER REDUCED THE DEBT AT THE CZECH CONSOLIDATION AGENCY AND PAID BACK ALREADY 270 MILLION CROWNS
At the end of February, OSINEK, a.s. the majority owner of VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. paid back to the account of the Czech Consolidation Agency another 200 million crowns from the loan used for
financ
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24.2.2004 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s., HAS ENTERED AN ELITE CLUB OF SUPPLIERS
These days VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s., completed dispatching of 5 000 tons of steel plates with guaranteed quality X52 to Egypt. With this contract, the experts from Vítkovice entered a new market
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24.2.2004 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s., EXERTS NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY
Starting on January 1, 2004, VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. started functioning on new principles. Their business strategy, which is unique in this country, is a result of an extensive internal audit, which
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24.2.2004 - VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. HAS BECOME A CERTIFIED SUPPLIER OF PLATES FOR THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. has become a certified supplier of plates for the petroleum industry on the North American market. Some time ago, representatives of the American Petroleum Institute (API)
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24.2.2004 - LAST YEAR VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. INCREASED SALES OVER 9 BILLION CROWNS
Based on the preliminary results, last year VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. increased sales to 9.085 billion crowns, which is more by six percent than in 2002 when the company’s sales were 8.6 billion
crown
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22.1.2004 - MANAGEMENT AND TRADE UNIONS IN VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. AGREED ON THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. completed collective bargaining of terms and conditions for 2004 and the subsequent two years. The management agreed with the trade unions that nominal wages and salaries will
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