In 2016 Russia consumed 2.6 million tons of galvanized steel and 1.9 million tons of polymer-coated rolled metal.
Metal Profile Company processed and sold some 600 thousand tons of coated metal, according to the company commercial director Dmitry Andreev.
The expert noted a worrying trend of thinning metal. In 2015 0.3-0.35 mm thick steel consumption was 5%, in 2016 – 12%.
Rolled metal with thickness above 0.5 mm kept its share (12%), while that of 0.45-0.5 mm dropped from 50% to 45%. (Ukrainian metal)
