Jiangsu Province-based Shagang Group has announced that by May 24 it will have shipped a further 70,000 mt of X80M grade line pipes to Russia, completing deliveries of a total of 250,000 mt for the contract in question. On May 10, a shipment of 30,000 mt of X80M line left the port of Haili in Jiangsu, bringing the total volume shipped thus far to 180,000 mt.
All the line pipes are of 17.5 mm x 3,751 mm specification and are for use in the construction of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline.