Pipes are among the most important steel products on the Russian market.
According to TMK regional sales director Andrei Trofimov, in 2015 pipes accounted for 27.6% of the steel consumption on the local market, as opposed to 11.2% in the world on average.
Pipe consumption increase is expected due to the revival of oil and gas complexes, metal structures production and machine-building demand increase. (Ukrainian metal)