Four countries are candidates for the Austrian group’s steel plant - Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Ukraine. Ukraine was the first country to sign the memorandum with Voestalpine.
“The memorandum with Romania does not have a date for signing, the same as Turkey. Problems with the land are not yet solved and the acquisition is a difficult process,” said Shiefer.
Voestalpine is interested in some 600 hectares near the Black Sea close to the south-eastern town of Agigea. Voestalpine announced in July its intention to pay laand owners in the area 5 percent of the plots value, to make sure they do not increase prices.
