In August, according to the customs statistics, Russia imported 29.1 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant rolled metal valued at $50 million, up by 15.7% and by 7.6% MoM and by 41.7% and by 48.2% YoY respectively. In July imports increased by 6.8% MoM in volume and by 12.7% in cost. In January-August Russia imported 190 thousand…
In January-August Russia exported 5.9 million tons of flat rolled metal, up by 2.56% YoY. This is also the highest volume of exports for the past 7 years. Revenue increased by 51.4%, to $3 billion, the highest in 3 years. The main consumer was Turkey (33.4%, up by 8% YoY), followed by Egypt (6.3%, +133%),…
A new increase in prices for raw materials and rolled metal on world markets will be a basis for Russian companies to increase sale prices for local market in October. MMK has already informed its customers on the price rise in October: by 10% for hot-rolled metal, including coils, by 5% for cold-rolled coils, by…
In August direct supplies of rolled steel to housing-construction and ferroconcrete structures manufacturing companies totaled 19.2 thousand tons, up by 2.9% MoM, but down by 15.2% YoY. According to the railroad statistics, in July the indexes were +5.2% and –30% respectively, and in June –37.2% and –3.4%. In January-August construction companies received 180 thousand tons…
According to the Federal Agency on technical regulation and metrology (Rosstandart), the GOST R 52146-2003 “The cold-rolled sheet and cold-rolled dip-galvanized sheet with polymer coating from continuous lines. Technical conditions” has been terminated, and a new standard GOST 34180-2017 “Cold-rolled steel sheet and cold-rolled dip-galvanized sheet with polymer coating from continuous lines. Technical conditions” has…
Following the rise of the world prices for rolled metal and the weakening of the ruble exchange rate the prices for rolled metal on Russian market could increase. The growing demand as well as the price increase for all the main raw materials also contribute to this. According to the market participants, MMK plans to…
In June, according to the railroad statistics, direct deliveries of rolled steel to construction companies totaled 17.7 thousand tons, down by 37.2% MoM and by 3.4% YoY. In May the results were up by 8.8% MoM and down by 8.7% YoY, in April – up by 9.6% and down by 8.8% respectively. In January-June construction…
In January-May Ukraine increased rolled metal export revenue by 20% YoY, to $2.7 billion. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, in 5 months Ukraine exported 6.2 million tons of rolled metal, down from 7.8 million tons in January-May 2016. The export share in the total volume of rolled metal produced dropped to 83% from 84%. The share of…