# Molybdenum: ore to plate

Part of [Mining and metals](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/theme/mining.md).
Everything that turns Molybdenum ore into molybdenum products, by the tier where each recipe is first available.
HTML page: https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/theme/metals/molybdenum/

## Starts from

- [Molybdenum ore](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/molybdenum-ore.md) *(ore)* — mined by: Molybdenum mine (tier 2) (https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/mo-mine.md); patch: Molybdenite ore

## Unlocked by upgrade choices, not research

### Recipes

### Molybdenum pulp barrel (`simik-molybdenum`)

- 80 s · tier ?
- Ingredients: 5 × [Gadolinium Stripped Solution barrel](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/gd-stripped-solution-barrel.md), 70 × [Molybdenum ore](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/molybdenum-ore.md), 1 × [Biosample](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/bio-sample.md), 30 × [Pressurized air](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/fluid/pressured-air.md)
- Results: 5 × [Molybdenite dust](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/molybdenite-dust.md), 4 × [Molybdenum pulp barrel](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/molybdenum-pulp-barrel.md), 1 × [Hot air barrel](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/hot-air-barrel.md), 9 × [Gadolinium crystal](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/gd-crystal.md)
- Made in: Simik den MK 01, Simik den MK 02, Simik den MK 03, Simik den MK 04
- Unlocked by an upgrade choice (script), not research

## Alloys and mixed-metal products using this metal

- [Crude cermet](https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/crude-cermet.md) *(alloy)* — from: 5 Ceramic + 3 Molybdenum ore + 5 Nickel ore (Crude cermet, tier 4) (https://factorio.kalzumeus.com/item/crude-cermet/#r-crude-cermet); combines: Molybdenum + Nickel