Ukraine: Interpipe appoints HR director

Interpipe has appointed Vitaliy Pakhomov its human resources director. Pakhomov, who has an over 20-year experience in human resources, started working on April 6. Since 2019 he has been working as the HR director at the state concern Urkoboronprom, comprising of over 100 enterprises with 68 thousand employees. For over 10 years Pakhomov has headed…

Ukraine: scrap procurement up in Q1 2021

In January-March, Ukraine scrap procurement grew by 28.2% YoY, to 930 thousand tons. The growth was due to high purchasing prices of metal companies. In Q1, metal companies received 837.7 thousand tons of scrap, up by 23.1% YoY. Stocks are estimated at 180 thousand tons. Exports amounted to 49.1 thousand tons, up almost 3-fold YoY.…