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Russia has sharply increased its coking coal exports to India by nearly 1.7 times
In the past fiscal year - from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025. - Russia increased coking coal supplies to India almost 1.7 times to 8.2 million tons. This is stated in the April review of the Indian analytical company Bigmint. In total, India bought 57 million tons of coking coal on foreign markets during these 12 months - 0.7% less than a year earlier. Thus, Russia provided 16% of all Indian imports in this nomenclature, according to Bigmint data. The largest supplier to the country was Australia ...
23 April 2025., 11:00   comment

Spring always comes. Russian long products market: April 14-21
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 ...
23 April 2025., 10:15   comment

Import substitution of metallurgical and machine-building equipment in Russia
Until 2022, Russia was heavily reliant on Europe for supplies of metallurgical and machine-building equipment. In 2021, Russian enterprises purchased approximately $1 billion worth of such equipment, including $700 million from EU suppliers. The main suppliers of metallurgical equipment were SMS Group (Germany), Danieli (Italy) and Primetals Technologies (headquartered in London). In 2022, a shift in trend was observed. In light of the recent trade restrictions, European firms have almost completely ...
22 April 2025., 11:10   comment

Market environment is relatively stable
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. In the middle of April the situation on the Russian market of steel products was relatively stable. The previous processes continued on it, no significant rate changes were observed. Estimates of sales and demand in the last week were contradictory, but the extremes compensated each other's influence. ...
22 April 2025., 10:34   comment

Russian Steel Association forecasts 2.5% growth in steel exports as demand in Russia falls
The Russian Steel Association expects steel exports to increase by 2.5% in 2025, the association's president Alexey Sentyurin said at the "Scrap of Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals" Forum. “In 2021 we shipped maximum volumes for export of 31 million tons, they had to be reduced last year to 20 million tons - that's a minus of almost 35%. This year, given the months that have already passed, we hope that exports will maintain the increase in rates, so for the year, we think we will be able to increase ...
21 April 2025., 11:30   comment

Russian Railways (RZD): iron ore loading for export grew by 13.3% in the first quarter
“Iron ore loading for export via the Russian Railways network increased by 13.3%. A total of 3.7 million tons of iron ore was loaded for export in the first quarter of 2025,” the press service of RZD reported. Including 2.1 million tons shipped in the eastern direction (+20.5%), 706.8 thousand tons shipped in the western direction (+9.6%), and 907 thousand tons shipped in the southern direction (+2.1%), the report said. The leading regions by volume of loading for export: - Belgorod region (1.1 ...
21 April 2025., 10:56   comment

Electrometallurgy accounts for more than 30% of total steel production in Russia
The 20th International Forum “Scrap of Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals” was held in Moscow. Nikita Ryblenkov, Executive Secretary of Association of Electrometallurgical Enterprises, spoke at the strategic plenary session. He presented an analysis of the current state and prospects of development of the electrometallurgical industry in Russia. Electrometallurgy accounts for more than 30% of the total volume of steel production in Russia. Smelting remains stable, and new production facilities are ...
21 April 2025., 10:30   comment

The Russian Federation will increase the capacity of border infrastructure
The Russian Federation is implementing projects aimed at improving international logistics and increasing cargo flows. A number of them are related to the modernization of border checkpoints and increasing the capacity of the network. “Within the framework of the national project “Efficient Transportation System” checkpoints are being updated on a large scale. By 2030, we will build and reconstruct 27 facilities on key international trade routes. As a result, 2 times more cargo will be able ...
18 April 2025., 10:45   comment

The organizing committee of the June complex of exhibitions “synchronized the clock”
On April 15, a meeting of the Organizing Committee of the exhibition of manufacturers of metal structures, products and their consumers SteelStructures’2025 and a complex of specialized exhibitions Metallurgy.Russia’2025, Litmash.Russia‘2025, Tubes.Russia’2025 was held. Heads of industry associations, unions and research centers of metallurgy, construction industry and mechanical engineering discussed the current situation in the metals market, the progress of preparations for the exhibitions ...
17 April 2025., 11:00   comment

Participants of the conference in Tashkent will visit two leading enterprises in their industries
On 25 April, as part of the 5th International Conference “ Iron & Steel Market of Central Asia and the Caucasus ”, participants will have the opportunity to visit two major plants in Uzbekistan. One of them is Enter Steel, Central Asia's largest group of engineering and steel construction plants, which produces a wide range of steel structures for infrastructure construction, apparatus and reactors of capacitive type for the oil and gas and chemical industries, a large hot-dip galvanising shop ...
17 April 2025., 10:30   comment

April issue of “Metal Supply and Sales” Magazine has been released
The pages contain analytical materials on various sectors of metallurgical business, interviews and market reviews. For example, the latest issue contains a detailed report on the conference on coated steels, electrometallurgy, a review dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Rusal, interviews with the Managing Director of Ural Steel on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the enterprise, with the Managing Director of Volzhsky Pipe Plant, General Director of MMK-Informservice and other market ...
17 April 2025., 10:00   comment

It’s better to run badly than to sit well. Russian and global sheet products market: April 2–16
Russian metallurgical plants raised factory prices for hot-rolled sheet and coil in April, with plans to increase prices across the entire sheet products sector by 2,000–4,000 rubles per ton in May. Their key strength lies in limited supply volumes. In the second quarter, scheduled maintenance is planned at all major enterprises, including Kazakhstan’s Qarmet. Additionally, domestic producers are banking on export shipments. In turn, metal trading companies and pipe mills are also forced to ...
16 April 2025., 14:30   comment

Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade assesses work of St. Petersburg metallurgical enterprises
A delegation from Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, led by Ivan Markov, Director of the Metallurgy and Materials Department, visited the production facilities of the Petrostal Metallurgical Plant and the Laboratory of Special Steels and Alloys in St. Petersburg. Participants reviewed: - Current capabilities of the enterprises; - Results of technical modernization efforts; - Key areas of innovative development. Over the past year, over 193 million RUB was allocated for modernization at ...
16 April 2025., 12:48   comment

Major changes are expected in the stainless steel market over the next two years (photo report)
On April 10–11, the 11th international conference "Stainless Steel and the Russian Market " took place in St. Petersburg. The event was organized by the "Metal Supply & Sales" Magazine and brought together over 140 participants. Parallel to the conference, a meeting of the Coordination Council of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade on metallurgy was held, focusing on the development of stainless steel production in Russia. The session gathered around 50 attendees, including executives ...
16 April 2025., 11:37   comment

Russia will expand exports to Indonesia
First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov announced the potential for increasing Russian exports to Indonesia, particularly in metallurgy and the forestry sector. This statement was made during an expanded meeting of the Russian-Indonesian intergovernmental commission. He emphasized the importance of diversifying the structure of export supplies from Russia to Indonesia, noting positive trends in this direction. Manturov highlighted promising opportunities for expanding exports of metallurgical ...
16 April 2025., 10:16   comment

Severstal will participate in the "Steel Structures'2025" exhibition
The " Steel Structures'2025 " exhibition for manufacturers and consumers of metal structures and related products will take place from June 3–5, 2025, at the Timiryazev Center exhibition complex in Moscow. Leading metallurgical and engineering companies from Russia, China, Turkey, and other countries are going to participate at the exhibition. As part of the event’s business program, the 10th All-Russian Conference "Steel Structures: Key Trends of 2025 " hosts of the exhibition are: Metal Supply ...
15 April 2025., 11:42   comment

Consumer сonfusion. Russian market of long products: March 31 – April 14
An unexpected return of winter in European Russia slightly chilled the rebar market, but overall conditions remain acceptable. Demand is weak yet relatively stable, without significant drops. Amid the economic downturn, the construction sector is holding up better than many other industries. However, the lack of substantial oversupply is also crucial. This allows metal trading companies to gradually raise prices, though average quotations in Moscow still lag slightly behind the primary market. ...
15 April 2025., 10:56   comment

Winter in April chilled the market, but not for long
The analytical service of “Metal Supply & Sales” Magazine continues publishing the MSS-TM Index (Market Temperature Index). The index value is determined through weekly expert surveys. The sharp cold snap and snowfalls in the first week of April had a noticeable impact on the Russian steel market. Several experts noted a decline in sales and a narrowing of consumer demand compared to late March. Despite this downturn, rebar remained in positive territory. The deterioration in market conditions, ...
15 April 2025., 09:59   comment

Mining and metallurgical companies are actively upgrading their equipment
In recent developments, metallurgists have initiated significant upgrades to their equipment, encompassing various sectors such as construction, road building, special-purpose machinery, heavy-duty vehicles and locomotives. This trend is evident in both mining and metallurgical companies, as well as in companies operating within the ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy sector. This is understandable given the large-scale cargo transportation and complex logistics at full-cycle metallurgical plants. ...
14 April 2025., 12:58   comment

Severstal to Invest Nearly 58 Billion Rubles in Environmental Projects by 2025

Severstal plans to invest nearly 58 billion rubles in 2025 into projects aimed at achieving its climate goals and decarbonization. Most of the funds will go toward constructing a complex for iron ore pellet production, the company’s press service announced during the presentation of its integrated 2024 report. “Environmental protection initiatives cost 10.3 billion rubles in 2024. To meet its 2030 climate targets, Severstal intends to allocate 57.9 billion rubles in 2025, primarily for building ...
14 April 2025., 10:20   comment