Voestalpine Hopes for Participation in South Stream Project

Politics ♦ Published: May 16, 2013; 12:46 ♦ (Vindobona)

CEO Eder announced the Austrian Steel Manufacturer was leading “intensive” talks with Russian energy company Gazprom.

Voestalpine Hopes for Participation in South Stream Project / Picture: © Voestalpine AG

The Austrian steel manufacturer voestalpine hopes for a contract of Russian energy giant Gazprom. CEO Wolfgang Eder announced that voestalpine was “in intensive negotiations” about a possible delivery for the gas pipeline project “South Stream”.The gas is supposed to be transferred from Siberia to Southern Europe.

However, Eder, who is also president of the European Steel…