13:57, 26 January 2026

Programs of business meetings for steel market participants in the first half of 2026 are being actively formed

Just over two weeks remain until the start of the 19th All-Russian Conference “Regional Metal Trading of Russia”, which will take place on February 12–13 in Sochi. This event opens the series of business conferences on metallurgy organized by Metal Supply and Sales magazine. Market experts discuss issues here that set the trends for the coming year.

In 2026, the key topics of the conference include:

This year, in addition to presentations by representatives of metallurgical and metal trading companies, the conference will feature a panel discussion on the topic “Current Challenges for Russian Producers, Suppliers and Consumers of Metal Products. Adaptive Strategies of Metals Market Participants”.

The full programme, list of participants and registration are available on the conference website.

Also, programs are currently being formed for other conferences that the magazine will hold in the first half of 2026:

Galvanized and Polymer-Coated Rolled Products: Production and Consumption Trends, Moscow, March 19–20

Metals Market of the Caucasus and Central Asia, Batumi, April 2–3

Stainless Steel and the Russian Market, Volgograd–Volzhsky, April 23–24

Steel Pipes: Production and Regional Sales, Saint Petersburg, May 17–18

E-Commerce in the Metals Market, Moscow, May 25

High-Quality Fasteners – Reliability of Machines and Steel Structures, Moscow, May 26

Steel Structures: Key Trends of 2026, Moscow, May 27

Aluminium, Rolled Products and Profiles: Production, Market and Distribution, Ekaterinburg, June 23–24

New on the topic

MMK-Project Solutions enters the steel structures market

MMK-Project Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of MMK Trading House, has entered the steel structures market. The company's production base is a new mechanical engineering workshop launched in 2025. The facility is equipped with unique machinery capable of performing large-scale and trial assembly of heavy structures — a capability available to only a limited number of market players. The company operates as an aggregator and operator of large-scale projects, placing orders both at MMK's own facilities and through a partner network of steel structure plants.

05 June, 16:22

Steel structures and foundry technologies: specialised exhibition complex concludes in Moscow

More than 300 participating companies — steel structure manufacturers and steel product producers, foundry enterprises, equipment and engineering solution suppliers, as well as construction and installation organisations from Russia and abroad, including China, Turkey, and Belarus — presented their services, technologies, and equipment at exhibition stands. The participation and strong interest shown by international exhibitors, particularly Chinese companies, underscores the strategic potential of the Russian market.

29 May, 16:14

China’s Galvanized Rebar Market Takes Center Stage at International Corrosion Conference

The Zinc Development Center's international conference on "Modern Corrosion Protection Technologies Utilizing Zinc Powder" brought together participants to discuss industry adva...

27 May, 11:48

Complex of international specialised exhibitions on steel structures and foundry technologies opens in Moscow

The complex of International Specialised Exhibitions Steel Structures'2026, Metallurgy/Litmash.Russia'2026, and the new exhibition project Steel Service Centres'2026 has opened at the modern Timiryazev Centre exhibition complex in Moscow. Running alongside the exhibition complex on the same site is the Wire'2026 exhibition. The organisers are Metal-Expo in partnership with Expo-Fusion.

26 May, 12:50
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