In 2019, stainless steel consumption in Russia increased by 27 tons YoY, to 497807 tons. Compared with 2017 the result grew by 5.5%. In Q1 2019 stainless steel consumption went up by 0.8% YoY, in Q2 it decreased by 6.7%, in Q3 – by 0.5%, but in Q4 grew by 6.4%. Flat cold-rolled metal consumption…
In August stainless steel manufacture (primary forms and semi-finished products) totaled 12.7 thousand tons, down by 19.7% YoY and by 9.1% MoM. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in January-August the output fell by 14.2% YoY. In August metal output decreased by 1.1% YoY, while in 8 months grew by 1.3% YoY. (Ukrainian…
In May Russia imported 30824 tons of stainless steel products, up by 1.3% MoM, but down by 21.6% YoY. In particular, the import of flat rolled metal increased by 3.6% MoM, pipe fittings – by 14.9% and primary billets – by 172.3%. At the same time the imports of electric welded pipes dropped by 21.6%,…
Stainless steel consumption in 2018 grew by 5.8% YoY, to 499.2 thousand tons. In 2017 the growth was 13.9%. Local production of stainless steel last year totaled 121,846 tons, up by 2.1%. In particular, Russia produced 22,483 tons of flat rolled steel, with Krasniy Octyabr accounting for some 56%. Bars output reached 55,954 tons (ZEMZ…
In 2018 Russia exported 8.246 thousand tons of stainless steel products, up by 18% YoY. The share of the flat rolled metal grew from 18.8% to 28.2%, that of bars – from 24.6% to 27%, of wire from 1.1% to 1.4%, electric welded pipes – from 11.6% to 13.9% and of pipe fittings from 1.8%…
According to the Spetsstal Association, in January-October Russia increased rolled stainless steel output by 2.9% YoY, to 64.55 thousand tons. Bars were responsible for the increase, having grown by 18.6%. Other metal types manufacture decreased: hot-rolled flat metal – by 10.6%, pipes billets – by 13.3% and cold-rolled flat metal by 22%. The main stainless…
Stainless steel consumption in Russia is gaining pace. For example, in H1 demand for stainless rolled metal increased by 25.7%, and had to be satisfied with imported metal. This situation will persist, as only Mechel has plans to carry our investment project in the segment of stainless and special steels. Thus the dependence of Russian…
The analytical center of the government held a discussion of the problems of stainless steel manufacture and sales in Russia. The event was attended by the representatives of the ministry of economic development, the Russian Union of Metal Suppliers, the Pipe Industry Development Fund, the National Association of automobile Parts Manufacturers, MMK, Severstal, TMK, etc.…
