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).
January 2012 Issue
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30 January 2012
With the strength of the dollar, increased imports of welded material are potentially in the offing for the USA.
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30 January 2012
On the demand fundamentals alone, MBR believes that the support for construction tubulars is not enough to maintain higher prices and, in fact, sales prices could be vulnerable to discounting.
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30 January 2012
Much of the increase in welded pipe was due to successful sales efforts in finding new customers in Burma (Myanmar) and Chile, but during the fourth quarter the pipe market was also affected by traders’ efforts which have been seen throughout the steel sector to bring forward shipping dates.
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30 January 2012
The Purchasing Manager’s Indices (PMI) for Saudi Arabia and UAE, according to HSBC, are very robust with Saudi Arabia’s PMI, 57.7, leading the way.
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30 January 2012
Global stainless steel production has begun to pick up with increases in demand expected to last for the next few months.
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Downloadable Data
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30 January 2012
Download the data from this month's issue here.