Valjaonica Bakra Sevojno A.D. announced that the long-term Director of the company, Dragan Subotic, has been dismissed. The decision has been made by its current Director, Marko Mitrovic, who has been appointed by the foreign investment funds, DARBI and RC2, majority owners of the factory. Meanwhile, workers have expressed concern over the replacement of its director and future of the factory.

Production in the first nine months of 2012 reached 77% of the total plan, while investments in the first eight months totaled EUR 235,000 (USD 301,402.40). Production dropped by 5,600 tonnes compared to the plan, while production for the same period of 2011 decreased by 5,370 tonnes. Meanwhile, production costs per tonne rose by between 12% to 13% compared to 2011.