According to the data issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, in the first seven months of this year
Russia registered a 38.5 percent increase in its
pipe production to 5.041 million mt.
In particular, in the January-July period this yeasr, Russian output of electric-welded large diameter (LD) pipes increased by 76.2 percent, its
production of electric-welded pipes, excluding LD pipes, went up by 26.6 percent, its
production of welded pipes, excluding electric-welded pipes, rose by 12.3 percent,
production of seamless pipes saw an increase of 30.9 percent, output of casing pipes increased 32.6 percent,
production of drill pipes went up by 69.3 percent, while output of tubing increased by 13 percent, all compared to the same period last year.
Accordingly, the increase in
pipe output indicates a rise of consumption in Russian industrial sectors, such as oil and gas, machine building and construction.
In January-July this year, an increase in
pipe production was registered by all major domestic pipemakers. In particular, TMK's Volzhsky
Pipe Plant saw its
pipe production rise by 2.1 times, its subsidiary Taganrog Metallurgical Works saw a 25.2 percent increase in output, its Seversky Tube Works registered a 13.9 percent increase, while its Sinarsky
Pipe Plant saw its
pipe output increase by 3.2 percent, all compared to January-July 2009. Meanwhile, OMK's Vyksa Steel Works (Vyksa) increased its
pipe output by 31.5 percent, ChTPZ Group's Pervouralsky Novotrubny Works saw a 33.2 percent rise in its
pipe output and the same group's Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant saw its
pipe production increase by 32.7 percent, all compared to the first seven months of the previous year.