Wed, 22 Oct 2025

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 London Stock Exchange bouncing back, says metals magnate

The boss of global energy and metals firm Metlen tells the BBC why it moved its primary listing from Athens to London.

* Metlen, a global energy and metals company, has found the UK to be an attractive place to list its shares.
* CEO Evangelos Mytilineos says that despite Brexit, the London Stock Exchange is "on course to get back to the top" and has chosen it over US markets for cultural and business reasons.
* The company's primary listing was moved from Athens to London in August this year, making it one of the fastest companies to be admitted to the FTSE 100 list.
* Mytilineos criticizes UK and European energy policy, saying that high energy costs have ravaged the industry and led to a number of businesses going out of business.
* He argues that politicians have not been honest about the costs of the energy transition and has called for a more honest debate on the topic.
* The CEO also expresses confidence that the UK and EU can come to a deal over steel tariffs.
* Other companies, such as ARM Holdings, Flutter, and BHP, have recently left the London Stock Exchange to list their shares in other markets.
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