Ukraine: Interpipe net profit up in H1 2023

In January-June, Interpipe received a net profit of $122.43 million, up from $19.53 million last year. Sales revenue grew by 12.3%, to $518.38 million. Operational profit amounted to $178.29 million, up by 167.8%. Pipe manufacture in Q2 remained unchanged compared with Q1 at 105 thousand tons, while railroad products output grew by 35%, to 27…

Ukraine: PGOK board chairman arrested

Pecherskiy Court of Kyiv has arrested Victor Lotous, Poltava Mining and Processing Works board chairman, with an alternative of a bail of UAH 999.991 million. PGOK belongs to Konstantin Zhevago. A claim has also been sent to extract Zhevago from France. According to investigation, the enterprise was selling crushed stone made of ferruginous quartzites waste.…

Uzbekistan: Almalyk launches unique ferromolybdenum manufacture

Almalyk Mining and Processing Works has implemented a new technique to produce ferromolybdenum. Ferromolybdenum powder is made on the basis of processing molybdenum-containing wastes originating when producing molybdenum. Ferromolybdenum is an alloy containing 50-70% of molybdenum. The company has launched the manufacture of 2 thousand kg of ferromolybdenum per month. So far, 5500 kg has…