Rompetrol Rafinare shareholders approved, in the Ordinary General Assembly, the draft revenue and expenditure budget for 2024, which estimates a net loss of 39.758 million dollars this year, according to a report submitted on Monday to the Bucharest Stock Exchange.The gross turnover is estimated at 4.516 billion dollars and the net one at 3.52 billion dollars, while the operating profit, without depreciation and amortization expenses (EBITDA) at 123.92 million dollars and the operating profit (EBIT) at 38.855 million dollars.Also, the shareholders voted the company's production program, as well as the investment plan for 2024.The amount of raw materials expected to be processed this year exceeds 4.956 million tons/year, of which almost 4.65 million tons of steel per year and 306,319 tons/year of other raw materials. The quantity processed by the Vega Refinery is expected to be 4133,137 tons of raw materials/year.The production obtained by the Petrochimie plant is estimated at 146,130 tons of polymers per year, of which polypropylene (PP) 79,690 tons/year and high-pressure polyethylene (LDPE) 66,440 tons/year.The total value of Rompetrol Rafinare's investments for the year 2024 would be 147.929 million dollars, it is also mentioned in the report.Rompetrol Rafinare, a member of KMG International, operates the Petromidia Navodari refineries, which includes the Petrochemical Division, and the Vega Ploiesti refinery.The company's shares have been listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange since April 2004. The main shareholders are KMG International, with 48.1136% of the shares, and the Romanian state, through the Ministry of Energy, with 44.6959%.
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Trade unionists will continue to require the Presidential Administration to mediate the conflict with the government on issues such as the minimum wage or the collective labour agreement, said Bogdan Hossu, president of the Cartel Alfa trade union confederation, as reported by
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Bosch announced that its Global Business Services centre in Romania, at Timisoara, plans to reduce approximately 510 positions of the existing 1,800 by the end of 2030 as part of a cost-cutting plan that aims to lay off 13,000 employees worldwide across the entire group. The company cited “stagnant demand for services” and “productivity potentials […]
