Russia: ZTZ wins Yamal SPG pipe tender

Zagorsky Pipe Works has won a tender to supply pipes to Yamal SPG. The company has to deliver 10 thousand tons of pipes with 530×25 mm and 530×28 mm size of X70 steel with insulation. The pipes will be used in construction of the second stage of the Yuzhno-Tambeysk gas condensate deposits. (Ukrainian metal)

Russia: Voronezh starts producing LDP

Liskimontazhkonstruktsia in Voronezh has fished construction project on large diameter thick-walled pipes manufacture. The production has already commenced. The company produces electric-welded longitudinal welded pipes with 406-1420 mm diameter and 7.7-80 mm wall thickness. The pipes could be produced of various steel grades, including stainless steel. The company can also provide heat-treatment and coating. The…

Russia: pipes output down in November 2016

In November pipes output continued falling, dropping by 2.1% MoM to 839 thousand tons. In January-November steel pipes output decreased by 12.2% YoY, to 9.2 million tons. Seamless pipes output in November reached 279 thousand tons, up by 5.3% MoM, large diameter electric-welded pipes – 244 thousand tons, down by 6.2%, other electric-welded pipes –…

Russia: steel pipe prices to grow

For the last 6 years steel pipes consumption in Russia stabilized on the level of 10 million tons per year. Imports have decreased in the last 2 years, with 400 thousand tons imported in 2015-2016, as opposed to 1 million tons previously. At the same time Russian manufacturers increase exports. In 2016 the volume of…