In January-April, Russia exported 534.4 thousand tons of steel pipes valued at $478 million, down by 43% and by 56.5% YoY respectively. The largest importer was Kazakhstan – 26%, up by 46.7%, followed by US (24.2%, up almost 3-fold) and Belarus (14.5%, up by 3.2%). (Ukrainian metal)
In January-May, Ukraine imported 48.4 thousand tons of pipes valued at $77.8 million. In particular, seamless pipes accounted for 26.5 thousand tons ($42.9 million), pipes and tubes with the diameter from 406.4 mm – 6.5 thousand tons ($8.2 million), and other pipes and tubes – 15.3 thousand tons ($26.7 million). The main suppliers of seamless…
In 5 years several large-scale projects on pipe manufacture are expected in Russia, resulting in the welded pipes output increase by 13%. OMK believes that the market demand will grow by 6%. Average loading of capacities will drop from 50% to 47%. In particular, OMK intends to commission a shop to produce oil and gas,…
The output capacity of the Liskimontazhkonstruktsia pipe complex will be increased. In particular, the company intends to increase stainless steel pipe manufacture to 11 thousand tons. Last year the company shipped 370 tons of stainless pipes to Novatek. The manufacturing site was officially opened in June 2017. (Ukrainian metal)
A new enterprise started operating in the Kurgan industrial park – Kurgan Works of Energy Techniques. The works will produce steel pipes in PPU and PPM insulation, as well as pipe joints. Until the end of the year the company intends to produce some 23 thousand meters of pipes. Investments in the project totaled 76…
Russia has prohibited imports of some types of pipes from Ukraine. In particular, the prohibition covers seamless pipes, tubes and hollow sections, made of ferrous metals, except for pig iron, including of corrosion-resistant steel, round pipes of iron or unalloyed steel, as well as square and rectangular pipes. Moreover, the import of some types of…
Following a tender JSC Centerenergo has ordered Aktan-Dnipro LLC the delivery of boiler pipes valued at 24.9 million UAH. Until the end of 2020 the company has to supply 157 tons of pipes according to TГ 14-3-460:2009 for 3 heat and power plants. The price of the pipes is 128-349 thousand UAH per ton depending…
Russian oil companies Rosneft, Lukoil, Gazprom Neft, Surgutneftegas and Tatneft have asked Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to allow them selling used oil and gas pipes or using them for construction. Oil companies used to sell used pipes as scrap metal or used up to 80% of the old pipelines for construction. The sold pipes sometimes…
