United by the Future: Metinvest Begins the Irreversible Integration of Ukraine into the EU Despite the War – NV and The Economist
How Metinvest Group’s green steel plant in Italy will reinforce Ukrainian and European industries, as described in a special project by NV and The Economist, The World Ahead, Issue No. 8/2024.Bridges, in the literal sense, connect the banks of rivers. Figuratively, they link the past and the future, unite generations and inspire hope. Sometimes, they serve both purposes simultaneously.In 2014, pro-Russian terrorists destroyed the only railway bridge linking Mariupol with other Ukrainian cities and Europe. The destruction of this critical transport artery threatened the operations of two Metinvest Group metallurgical plants, which relied on that route to receive coke from Avdiivka and iron ore from Kryvbas. This had not only practical but also symbolic significance, as Ukrainian Mariupol risked being cut off from the rest of the country. Thanks to the efforts of steelworkers, the bridge was rebuilt, restoring normal connections to a city that remained the industrial heart of Donetsk an