Russia: TMK sales up in Q1 2017

In January-March the Pipe Metal Company sold 850 thousand tons of pipes to customers, up by 0.6% YoY. According to the company statement, seamless pipes sales increased by 16.7%, to 658 thousand tons thanks to the stable demand form oil-and-gas companies. Welded pipes sales dropped by 31.8%, to 192 thousand tons, mostly because of the…

Russia: TMK starts supplying new premium products

The Pipe Metal Company has started supplying new premium-quality products to its customers – the Light insulated lift pipes (ILP). Last year the company sold 14.5 km of Light ILP to Tyumenneftegaz, a daughter company of Rosneft, as well as Messoyakhaneftegaz, a Rosneft and Gazprom neft JV. The ILP are used as compressor-pump pipes to…

Russia: TMK increasing pipe prices

The Pipe Metallurgical Company has announced the increase of all of its Russian division pipe product prices by 5% from March 1. The increase will affect all categories of consumers. The main reason for the price increase is the growth of raw materials cost and other industrial expenses in H2 2016, which affected the prime…