Interpipe invested $3.1 million in a single complex of non-destructive wheel testing. The project consisted of two stages. The first part involved the purchase of equipment for automatic measurement of wheel geometry manufactured by AMEST, which allows maintaining high product quality standards. “The AMEST installation offers improved control of key parameters, including tread diameter, rim…
From January to April, Azerbaijan imported $44.643 million worth of ferrous and non-ferrous metals from Turkey, up by 19.5% YoY. According to citing the Turkish Exporters Council, in April alone, Turkey exported $14.411 million worth of ferrous and non-ferrous metals to Azerbaijan, up by 41.9%. In January-April, the total value of ferrous and non-ferrous metal…
Negotiations were held in Beijing on a prospective copper foil production project involving Mirziyod Yunusov, Chairman of the “Uzelt ehsanoat” Association, and Dr. Feng Qing, General Director of the Chinese company Taijin New Energy Technology. The talks focused on the possible establishment of a joint production facility in Uzbekistan. The discussions centered on the growing…
Interpipe KLW marked key milestone by delivering the first ULT 35 wheelsets to Kirunawagon, destined for wagons at the green steel mill in northern Sweden. This design will serve as the new standard for Kirunawagon, which produces wagons for heavy haul operations. 35-ton axle loads are possible only in a limited number of countries with…
Metinvest Group enterprises in Zaporizhzhia – Zaporizhstal, Zaporizhkoks, Zaporizhvognetryv and Metinvest Machinery – paid over UAH 778 million in taxes and fees to budgets of all levels in the first quarter of 2026, increasing deductions by 10% compared to the same period in 2025. The largest volumes of deductions have traditionally been provided by the…
The Zaporizhstal plant of the Metinvest Group took the first place in the ranking of the largest employers in the Zaporizhzhia region, according to the Opendatabot analytical platform. The rating was formed based on an analysis of the financial statements of Ukrainian enterprises for 2025. Zaporizhstal, which was also included in the Opendatabot Index, became…
On May 7, another transit shipment of cargo from Russia will be made to Armenia via Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan Railways said that the shipments involved two railcars of aluminum and nine railcars of grain. This is the first transit shipment of aluminum to Armenia via Azerbaijan. (Report)
In January-March, Ukraine decreased imports of coke and semi-coke by 9.9% YoY, to 191.42 thousand tons. According to the State Customs Service, most coke came from Poland – 188.27 thousand tons, up by 3.7%. The Czech Republic supplied 2.05 thousand tons, down by 33.4%. Imports dropped by 1.5% in monetary terms, to $66.98 million. In…