News. Russian ferrous metallurgy news. April

Registration of participants for the 11th International Conference " Stainless Steel and the Russian Market " is going (10-11 April, St. Petersburg). Key Speakers: Ivan Markov (Director of the Department of Metallurgy and Materials, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation), Viktor Tarnavsky ("Metal Supply & Sales" Magazine), Petr Varyushin (Nornickel), Andrey Voronin (USSA), Anton Narbutovskikh (Krasny Oktyabr Corporation), Alexander Malanichev (Mechel), Andrey Pushkarev (Russian ...

LLC MMK-Design Solutions a subsidiary of MMK Trading House and part of PJSC MMK Group, was registered in November 2024. The core production base for MMK-Design Solutions is LLC Mekhanoremontny Kompleks, also part of PJSC MMK Group. Spanning several workshops with a total area of over 30,000 square meters, the facility houses more than 120 units of equipment, including unique equipment. An in-house design bureau staffed with highly qualified engineers, designers, and projecting engineers enables ...

Industrial routes and career-oriented excursions developed by Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (PJSC MMK) have been included in the international industrial tourism guidebook of the Union State of Russia and Belarus. Titled “Two Countries, a Thousand Factories”, the book was published by the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research. The publication features the most popular and educational tours to leading enterprises in Russia and Belarus. Over 50 ...

At the end of last week, a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak took place at Business Russia, where prospects for the Russian economy were discussed, including investments, inflation, and business resilience. "I raised the issue of supporting electrometallurgy — one of the most environmentally friendly methods of steel production. Currently, these enterprises, unlike mining companies, do not receive natural resource royalties but pay an excise tax on liquid steel, even though ...

Prices for rebar on the Russian market rose slightly in late March, reaching their highest level since November of last year. Some steelmakers raised their April quotes for this product, while others kept them unchanged, but the upward trend in primary market prices is clear and will likely continue in the near future. As a result, traders have little choice, especially since spot prices in most regions lag behind factory prices. Although the construction industry remains broadly unfavorable ...

The analytical service of “Metal Supply & Sales” Magazine continues publishing the MCC-TM Index (Temperature of the market). The index value is determined through weekly expert surveys. According to expert feedback, the Russian steel market has remained in growth territory for the third consecutive week. However, a gap persists between rebar and medium-sized profile pipes on one side and hot-rolled steel products on the other. Demand for steel construction products has recently improved, whereas ...