Russia: TMK supplies casing pipes to Gazprom

The Pipe Metallurgical Company has shipped a batch of corrosion-resistant casing pipes of 13Cr steel with TMK UP PF joints to Gazprom to be used at the Kirinskoye deposits. The pipes have been successfully lowered to the shafts. The first deliveries of TMK pipes to the deposits were carried out in 2015. (Ukrainian metal)

Russia: NLMK to raise CAPEX in 2019

Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) plans to raise capital expenditures in 2019 from $650-700 million expected in 2018, CEO Grigory Fedorishin said. He said that the company planned to raise capital expenditures in the next two to three years to support capacities, in particular, to rebuild two blast furnaces and two converters. “This way, capital…