Metallurgy news. June

On June 4, the second day of the exhibition complex comprising Metal Structures’2025, Metallurgy’2025, Litmash’2025, Tubes’2025, and Wire’2025, the booths of 450 companies from 7 countries were visited by 4,350 professionals from the metallurgy and metal trading sectors, the foundry industry, and the construction sector. A large number of partners and business counterparts visited the booths of Severstal, the EVRAZ STEEL ecosystem, Novostal-M Metallurgical Holding, MMK, and a wide range of other ...

In April 2025, Russian ferrous metal shipments to Turkey showed significant growth, increasing 1.5 times compared to the same period last year. According to the Turkish Statistical Service, exports totaled $253.6 million, the highest since December 2024. Month-on-month growth in shipments reached 23.4%, emphasizing the steady demand for Russian steel products. In the first four months of this year, the total volume of ferrous metal exports from Russia to Turkey exceeded 922 million dollars, ...

On June 3, t he opening day of the exhibition complex including SteelStructures’2025, Metallurgy’2025, Litmash’2025, Tubes’2025, and Wire’2025, a total of 3,200 visitors were registered. Despite the new venue of the exhibition consortium (Timiryazev Center), the attendance on the first day remained high from the very beginning. This year, the exhibitions feature 450 companies from 7 countries: Russia, China, India, Turkey, Iran, Italy, and Belarus. The first day was packed with business events. ...

According to the operational data provided by “Russian Railways” (RZD), in May this year there was a decrease in the volume of cargo in the company's networks. The total amount of transportation amounted to 94.6 million tons. This is 9.4% less than was recorded in the same period of 2024. The downward trend in the volume of loading was also observed in April 2025. Then the indicators amounted to 92.9 million tons. This is 8.6% lower than in the previous April. In the first five months of the ...

The analytical service of “Metal Supply & Sales” Magazine continues publishing the “MSS-TM index” (Market Temperature). The value of this index is determined through expert surveys on a weekly basis. The Russian market of steel products as a whole remains in the growth zone, but it is gradually cooling down, the reason for which is obviously a decrease in investment and economic activity. Sales and demand indicators so far show a decline only in the hot-rolled steel sector, but overall growth ...

Russia’s gold and primary aluminium output rises in April 2025 However, compared to March 2025, the output declined by 3.8%. In total, for the January-April 2025 period, gold production increased by 6% year-on-year. The production of primary aluminum in April rose by 5.3% compared to April of the previous year, but decreased by 0.7% from March 2025. Over the January-April 2025 period, the output of primary aluminum increased by 2.6% year-on-year. Subscription to news

Russia’s coal production in January-April 2025 increased by 2.4% compared to the same period a year earlier, reaching 147 mln tonnes, according to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). Production of all types of hard coal rose by 1.1% to 112 mln tonnes. Anthracite production declined by 2.4% to 7.5 mln tonnes, while coking coal production fell by 8% to 34.7 million tonnes. Lignite production amounted to 35.1 mln tonnes, a 7% increase. Production of other types of hard coal ...