The month of March 2010 has proved to be a golden period for Indian steel makers as the domestic steel prices climbed by more than 10% since the month beginning.
The gains were higher for long products as compared to flat products
Long products – 14%
Flat products – 10%
Long products
TMT – 17.9%
WRC – 10.5%
Angle – 12.1%
Channel – [...]

Chinese Stainless Steel Seamless Pipe Situation is Uping
Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010According to Mr Bao Siwen of Mysteel, recently prices for seamless pipes presented an upward trend amid corrections in some areas, and most traders held an optimistic attitude towards the future market. While, market insiders believed that the pipe market would go smoothly in the [...]

Avoid the oxidation of the welded parts in stainless steel
The recommendation is use a pickling gel (or pickling paste) and let it work for a while to remove the oxides and the contamination aggravated during the process f welding, doing immediately a nice wash with water. This way, the oxidation problems will be avoided [...]

What’s the benifits of using stainless steel pipe ?
Stainless steels have been used successfully for handling potable water since the mid-1960’s.
They are excellent engineering materials for handling water because of their mechanical, physical and corrosion resistant properties.
Based on installation and life-cycle evaluations, they are also cost-effective.
The family of duplex and austenitic grades offer many possibilities [...]

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Chinese pipe manufactuers face import duties
Chinese manufactuers of steel pipes such as Baofeng steel group will face import duties after the US Department of Commerce ruled in the favor of a complaint by US Steel Corp.
Meanwhile, Argentina said it would extend the anti-dumping investigation period for steel pipe and fluorochloromethane imports from China, according to a statement [...]