Mills’ prices to resume increasing in August

摘要

Domestic prices for July deliveries of 57-108 mm pipes made to GOST10704(05) went down by 3-4%.Mills refused welded pipe producers additional volumes in July. Moreo-ver, a 5-7% increase was announced in prices for August output. Whilethere are no reserves of comparatively cheap feedstock and finishedproducts, production cost dynamics will have the biggest influence ondomestic prices from welded pipe producers during the forecast period.Domestic HRC prices to welded pipe producers will add another 1-3%in September and remain static in October, Metal Expert forecasts.