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December 25, 2013

Romania says Enel, ArcelorMittal exit nuclear project
Bucharest (AFP) Dec 23, 2013
Energy giants Enel and ArcelorMittal will pull out of the construction of two nuclear reactors in Romania after a Chinese company entered the deal, Romanian officials said Monday. Italy's Enel and the Romanian subsidiary of ArcelorMittal "have decided to sell their stakes of respectively 9.15 and 6.2 percent in EnergoNuclear," the project company, said Nuclearelectrica, a Romanian state-owned enterprise holding the remaining 84.65 percent. Enel said "a change in the shareholder structure, with a ... read more

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