Welded Steel Tube and Pipe Monthly provides an up-to-date overview of prices, market trends and developments in welded steel tube and pipe markets and products.
Containing detailed statistics of production, trade and apparent consumption, this unique, independent analysis also includes forecasts for and analysis of regional price movements, with a special focus on North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
In addition - data on trade flows between exporting countries and major consuming regions, intelligence on activity by market suppliers including distributors and suppliers and key analysis on standard pipe, linepipe & OCTG, mechanical pipe and hollow structural sections (HSS).
May 2013 Issue
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29 May 2013
Chinese coil prices plunged sharply to January levels or below this month, and pipe mills have tried to justify unchanged prices for May orders.
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29 May 2013
US domestic scrap prices slipped another $20/l.ton for May deliveries, following the $10-15/l.ton decline for April shipments.
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29 May 2013
Although coil prices are also under attack in international markets, China’s prices for exported pipe have held up so far.
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29 May 2013
In Western Europe strong industrial production out of Germany for March provided the catalyst for buyers to snap up cheap Eastern European material.
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29 May 2013
Stainless consumption, at least on a year-on-year basis, continues to gather momentum, not only in China, where it remains in the double-digit category, but also in mature markets like the USA.
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Downloadable Data
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29 May 2013
Download the data from this month's issue here