The Russian market of flat rolled products continues to shrink. Distributors and producers of welded pipes are reducing purchases of hot-rolled sheet and coil due to the continuing narrowing of demand. And no matter how hard metallurgical companies try, surplus products are gradually accumulating in warehouses. This problem is not too acute yet, but in case of further decline in consumption it may become actualized. Despite all these negative trends, prices for steel products are still relatively ...

The weather this spring is simply “wonderful”! Then early warmth, then cold, then summer heat! Now we expect cold weather again. Nevertheless, seasonal growth in the construction industry has occurred. Although in absolute values it looks more modest than in the previous two years, the intensification of consumer demand allows metal trading companies to raise prices, trying to bring them to the level of primary market quotations or slightly higher. Metallurgical companies, for their part, maintain ...