STEEL MILL ARCELORMITTAL IN GALATI, ROMANIA – BETWEEN SURVIVAL AND GLOBALIZATION. COGNITIVE ASPECTS

Gabriela Iordachita

STEEL MILL ARCELORMITTAL IN GALATI, ROMANIA – BETWEEN SURVIVAL AND GLOBALIZATION. COGNITIVE ASPECTS

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Gabriela Iordachita¹

¹ h.D., Fellow SOP HDR/159/1.5/133675 Project, Romanian Academy Iasi Branch and Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political, University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza", Iasi;

Corresponding author: [email protected]

Accepted 27 March 2026

Available Online 15 March 2015

Abstract

THIS RESEARCH IS AN EXPLORATION OF SOME ASPECTS RELATED TO THE EVOLUTION OF STEEL MILL IN GALATI AFTER THE TOTALITARIAN REGIME CHANGE AND CENTRALIZED ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN ROMANIA. WE EXAMINE HOW THE FORMER BIG STEELWORKS IS NOW ADAPTED TO THE NEW POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REALITIES. CONSIDERING THAT ETHICAL DIMENSION CAN`T BE NEGLECTED WE ANALYZE THE PROCESS OF PRIVATIZATION AND OTHER ASPECTS OF ARCELORMITTAL AS TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION. OUR EXPLORATION IS CONTEXTUALIZED WIDER PROCESS OF GLOBALIZATION. IN SAME TIME, WE ANALYZE HOW THE PRIVATIZATION OF GALATI STEEL MILL WITH MITTAL GROUP ANDMERGER OF MITTAL STEEL WITH ARCELOR IS AN ADVANTAGE FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE STEELWORKS IN GALATI. CONCLUSIONS OUR APPROACH PROVES TO BE NUANCED AND PROVOCATIVE, REVEALING A LESS EXPLORED RESEARCH FIELD.

Keywords

ARCELOR MITTAL GLATI TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION GLOBALIZATION

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