20 mins with: Yana Kalmykova, Metinvest

In:

Metals and Mining

Region:

Europe

Max Thompson

Managing Editor

TXF spoke with Yana Kalmykova, corporate finance director at Metinvest to outline the importance of ECA support amid limited bank appetite for their projects. From a green steel plant in Italy to an iron ore waste reduction scheme in Ukraine, the pipeline of projects is still healthy despite the ongoing war.

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