The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia has rejected the offer of the Pipe Metallurgical Company to buy 100% of the “Tekhnologii bureniya” Company, owned by Hilong Energy (China). The FAS believes the deal will limit competition on the Russian market of drilling pipes. TMK is the largest manufacturer of drilling pipes in Russia – in…
Chairman of Pipe Metallurgical Company Dmitriy Pumpyanskiy and chairman of Gazprom Alexei Miller have signed a roadmap to develop pipe products with integrated registering, processing and commuting components. TMK will produce for Gazprom innovative large diameter pipes with built-in sensors to control pressure, temperature and deformations in real-time mode. The pipes will be specially marked…
The board of directors of the Pipe Metal Company (TMK) has approved the buy back of the shares valued at $30 million. The project will be carried out in 2018-2019. The papers bought back will be kept by TMK. The company plans to buy back up to 29.3 million shares, or 7.3 million GDR. (Ukrainian…
In Q2 TMK received $1.355 billion, up by 6% QoQ. Revenue in H1 grew by 28% YoY, to $2.628 billion. EBITDA in Q2 increased by 23% QoQ, to $197 million and by 30%, to $357 million in H1. The company net debt as of June 30 totaled $2.715 billion. (Ukrainian metal)
In April-June TMK sold 1.075 million tons of pipes, up by 10% QoQ. In H1 the combined pipe sales grew by 14% YoY, to 2.056 million tons, mostly because of the sales growth in America. TMK retains its forecast for this year unchanged and expects OCTG pipes demand in Russia to remain on the high…
Pipe Metal Company has held an annual meeting of the shareholders. According to the company statement, it was decided to distribute 2017 net profit as dividends of 2.28 rubles per ordinary share for the total amount of 2.355 billion rubles. Ernst & Young was selected as the company auditor. (Ukrainian metal)
The Pipe Metallurgical Company will continue supplying steel billets to the USA despite the $25 import duty. According to the company deputy CEO on strategy and corporate development Vladimir Shmatovich, TMK is trying to make the US authorities exclude its products from the list of duties. “Still, the price growth on the US market and…
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of the Russian pipe producer TMK increased by 13% YoY, to $160 million in January-March, as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the company said in a statement on May 18. Revenue grew by 35%, to $1.274 billion. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
