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Severstal modernizes inspection platforms for large-diameter pipe acceptance at Kolpino production site
Severstal has completed the modernization of pipe acceptance inspection platforms at its large-diameter pipe production hall, located at the company’s production site in the Kolpino district of St. Petersburg. The total investment in the project exceeded 260 million rubles. “The modernization will significantly increase the speed of pipe acceptance—now up to four pipes can be inspected and reworked simultaneously. This will boost annual production output for key clients by 15.5 thousand tons,” ...
25 March 2025., 11:56   comment

Lagging hot-rolled products
The analytical service of “Metal Supply & Sales” Magazine continues its publication of the MCC-TP Index (Market Temperature Index). The index value is determined through weekly expert surveys. Experts noted that in mid-March, sales of rebar and medium-sized profile pipes were at a decent level. However, while sales remain significantly below figures from a year ago, the overall trend is positive. The only sector showing no progress is hot-rolled steel, which continues to decline in price. Sales ...
25 March 2025., 10:26   comment

Director General of “Metal-Expo” presents new venues for the "Steel Structures’2025" and "Metal-Expo’2025" exhibitions
At the conference " Galvanized and pre-painted products: Production and Consumption Trends ", Alexey Efimov, Director General of Metal-Expo, announced new exhibition venues for the "Steel Structures’2025" and "Metal-Expo’2025" events. A new exhibition complex, "Timiryazev Center", has recently been constructed using steel frames and sandwich panels. Located near Sheremetyevo Airport and easily accessible from central Moscow, this venue will host the " Metallurgy/Litmash’2025 " and " Steel Structures’2025 ...
25 March 2025., 10:10   comment

OMK has implemented AI-based service for scrap metal quality control
The United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has introduced a digital service at its Vyksa Metallurgical Works, powered by machine vision and neural networks, to automatically determine the type, quality, and purity of steel scrap delivered to the facility. The system is operational in integrated casting and rolling facility, where scrap metal is processed for steel smelting. Industrial cameras installed in the workshops continuously photograph and record incoming raw materials, transmitting data ...
24 March 2025., 13:21   comment

Russian Railways (RZD): Loading of metallurgical raw materials for export Increased by 9.6% in January-February
Metallurgical raw materials loading for export via the RZD network increased by 9.6%, according to an official announcement on RZD’s Telegram channel. "In January-February 2025, 2.5 million tons were loaded. This includes 2.3 million tons of iron ore (+9%) and 155.7 thousand tons (+18.6%) of scrap metal," the statement noted. In the eastern direction, 1.3 million tons (+12.4%) of metallurgical raw materials were shipped for export, while 656 thousand tons (+8%) were transported westward and ...
24 March 2025., 10:50   comment

Artificial intelligence in metal processing
Metall Profil, one of the largest processors of coated steel in Russia and Central Asia, is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its operations. Maxim Lopatin, Marketing Director of Metall Profil, shared insights on the company’s AI applications during the conference “ Galvanized and pre-painted products: Production and Consumption Trends ,” held in Moscow on March 20 and attended by over 200 industry professionals. According to Mr. Lopatin, AI fundamentally involves: “recognition, ...
21 March 2025., 14:01   comment

Presentation of Samarkand Metallurgiya Zavodi in Moscow
Over 200 delegates gathered today in Moscow for the 20th International Conference " Galvanized and pre-painted products: Production and Consumption Trends ", organized by the "Metal Supply & Sales" Magazine. The event included over 20 executives and specialists from the MMK Group, a similar delegation from Severstal, and a large delegation from the NLMK Group. Other producers of galvanized and pre-painted products were represented, alongside leading processors, manufacturers of end products, ...
20 March 2025., 15:50   comment

Everything is expensive, only prices are low. The Russian market for sheet metal and welded pipes: March 13–20
The problem of non-payments is escalating on the Russian market. Even large state-owned companies are failing to meet their obligations. This is increasingly reducing business activity and negatively affecting the level of demand for steel products. On the spot market for hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel, there are noticeable trends toward a slow decline. However, significant changes in monetary policy in the near future are unlikely, so the market situation is expected to remain unchanged. ...
20 March 2025., 10:54   comment

Minus thirty degrees in the Russian market of long products: 10th-17th of March
Meteorologists are predicting a rise in temperature but the market of rolled metal products for building purpose, quite opposite, is frozen. Some metal trading companies forecasting a decrease of demand for the rebar decrease of an apparent demand on 30 percents, compared to last year’s figures. Players on the market inform that the sales on January-February period were better than they were in March. At the same time, strangely enough, the spring revival is present, deals are done, just rarely ...
19 March 2025., 09:36   comment

March issue of “Metal Supply and Sales” Magazine has been released
“Metallurgists and traders are adapting to a complex situation in both domestic and foreign markets”: with such a headline on the front cover the March issue of Metal Supply and Sales has been published. Participants of the Galvanized and Pre-Painted Products Conference (20-21st of March, Moscow) will be one of the first to watch it. The new issue opens with an editorial about the problems of excess capacity in the domestic and global steel markets. The issue also addresses to possibilities ...
18 March 2025., 15:43   comment

The market has shifted towards the growth
Analytical service of Sales magazine Metal Supply and Sales keep on publishing a MCC-TM index (Temperature of the market). The value of index is defined by expert surveys on weekly basis. According to the expert assessments, The Russian steel market has undergone a qualitative change. For the first time since June last year, the total index exceeded 50 points, which separates the observed growth from the decline. A week ago, this level exceeded the expected index, which continued to rise. However, ...
18 March 2025., 12:08   comment

An International and Russian stainless and special steels market will be discussed at a conference in April
Nowadays the stainless and specialty steels market in Russian Federation keeps developing rapidly. The demand for products is growing, which is due to an active consumption In the machinery, military, chemical, food industries, as well as in the machine tool industry and instrumentation. At the same time domestical manufacturers cannot cover demands from the internal market in the full extent, that is why there is still a substantional stake of imported products. Registration for the 11-th Stainless ...
17 March 2025., 15:40   comment

Metalloinvest placed a two-year bond denominated in Yuan at the lowest coupon rate of any comparable issue
Metalloinvest a leading global producer and supplier of HBI and iron ore products, and a regional producer of high quality steel, announces the closing of the order book for the placement of Series 001P-12 exchange-traded bonds by open subscription for a total amount of RMB 1.5 billion. The bookbuilding results set the final coupon at 10.20%, a reduction of 50 basis points from the level at the opening of the order book. To meet the strong demand from the investment community, the issue size ...
03 March 2025., 11:50   comment

Online registration is open for the SteelStructures’2025 Exhibition
Online registration is open for the forum of producers' of metal constructions, products and their consumers - SteelStructures’2025 , taking place from June 3 to 5 on the territory of the new Moscow exhibition complex "Timiryazev Center". On the exhibition floor, new product lines, solutions, and services for the construction industry will be showcased by Severstal, EVRAZ STEEL BUILDING, Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK), Severstal-Metiz, Rechickij Metiznyj Zavod, Ashinskiy Metallurgical ...
25 February 2025., 13:22   comment

This year, the 31st International Industrial Exhibition Metal-Expo will change its location
This year, the 31st International Industrial Exhibition Metal-Expo will change its location and will be held for the first time in St. Petersburg (November 11-14). And the first Metal-Expo began in Moscow in 1995 in February. It lasted six days – from Monday to Saturday inclusive. The decision to hold the exhibition was made in the summer of 1994, and in December of the same year, the first Organizing Committee meeting was held, which became a real working tool for forming the exhibition and ...
21 February 2025., 12:11   comment

Mechanical Repair Complex of MMK: 25 Years of Uninterrupted Operation
On January 28, LLC "Mechanical Repair Complex" (MRC) celebrated its 25th anniversary. MRC is one of the largest manufacturers of technological equipment for the metallurgical and mining industries in Russia. Throughout its history, the enterprise has ensured uninterrupted production processes at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK). MRC specializes in the production of new spare parts and replacement equipment for MMK's technological units, as well as the repair of mechanical equipment ...
29 January 2025., 12:13   comment

On the developments of Russian foundry workers for high-tech industries
The XVIII All-Russian Foundrymen's Congress was held as part of the Metal-Expo'2024 business programme, and was opened by Ivan Dibrov, Honorary President of the Russian Foundrymen's Association of the Russian Federation.The event focused on new materials and technologies for advanced sectors of Russian industry. 'According to our calculations, there are 870 foundries in Russia. However, I believe this is an underestimation, and the actual number is closer to 900 or slightly higher. It is important ...
20 January 2025., 13:33   comment

‘Severstal-Metiz‘ builds bridges
Severstal-Metiz has over a decade of experience in the production of reinforcing strands for various applications, including prestressed structures, nuclear power plants and liquefied natural gas storage facilities, as well as cable-stayed bridges.To discuss the application of such systems, the company organised and held a coordination council in Cherepovets, entitled 'Prospects for the application of domestic strand cable-stayed systems in bridge structures'. The event brought together over ...
16 January 2025., 12:22   comment

The Metal-Expo Organising Committee discussed the preparations and programmes of next year's exhibitions in Moscow and St. Petersburg
On the18th of December, Moscow hosted the final meeting of this year's Metal-Expo Organising Committee. The committee comprises heads of industry ministries, unions and associations of metallurgy, machine building, construction and other industries, as well as research institutes. The experts discussed the events of the last autumn Metals Week and the preparation of the summer industrial exhibitions - Steel Structures'2025, Metallurgy.Russia'2025, Litmash.Russia'2025 and Pipes.Russia'2025, which ...
24 December 2024., 11:10   comment

Preliminary year-end results, along with predictions, interviews and more
The final issue of the year "Metal Supply and Sales" magazine has been published. The edition contains a number of materials on the results of the 30th anniversary International Industrial Exhibition Metal-Expo' 2024 , which this year saw high levels of business activity and record attendance. The event also saw the publication of photo reports from the metallurgists' forum site, interviews with participants, reviews of the most interesting business events and competitions. The market situation ...
18 December 2024., 08:02   comment