Russia: SteelAsia to buy metal

SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp. (the Philippines) has concluded an agreement with two Russian companies aiming at long-term cooperation with them. Under the $250 million contract Evraz will annually supply 50 thousand tons of billets to SteelAsia works in Davao City and in the Bulakan province. In Q1 the group purchased 240 thousand tons of Russian billets…

Russia: bar market to grow in 2017

Severstal forecasts that in 2017 the bar market will grow by 3-5%. At the same time at present the market is characterized by the decrease in consumption (by 25% from 2013 to 2016), as well as excessive capacities. In 2016 bar consumption was on the level of 7.912 million tons, with capacities loading at 62%.…

Russia: metal market situation discussed in Moscow

Moscow hosted a round table on metal market situation. Among the presenters were Zhanna Pets, the ChTPZ information-analytical department director, Arthur Krasavin, Mechel-Service marketing department director, and Zhanna Raus, Dialvest development director. In particular, Zhanna Pets reported on pipe market situation, noting that in 2017 it would decrease by 1% YoY, to 9.99 million tons.…