Recently, the All-China Metallurgical Chamber of Commerce held a 2018 enterprise exchange meeting. Zhang Zhixiang, president of the All-China Metallurgical Chamber of Commerce, said that the operation of the seamless steel pipe industry is expected to remain stable in the fourth quarter . The basic balance of supply and demand of seamless steel pipes in 2018 has become the main tone.

1 Main production process of hot-rolled seamless steel pipe (main inspection process):

Due to overcapacity of No. 45 seamless steel pipe and low steel prices, the No. 45 seamless steel pipe industry has been deeply mired in profit. Today, the tight capital situation is spreading from steel traders to steel mills. Recently, a steel company in Jiangxi has been broken and the boss has run.

Since the beginning of this year, the steel industry has continued to deepen the supply-side structural reforms, strictly guard against the resurgence of “strip steel”, ensure that all high-polluting production capacity has withdrawn from the market, and strictly control new capacity according to environmental protection requirements, thereby promoting the overall development of the industry. Affected by the above macroeconomic policies, the price of Q345C steel pipes in thefirst half of the year remained at a high level in recent years, and the operating rate of blast furnaces in steel mills was relatively high.

　　On November 7, the China Iron and Steel Association said that in October, affected by the country's steady growth policy measures, the market is expected to rise, and the release of steel production capacity remains at a high level, driving demand for iron ore and rising prices. The post-market will soon enter the low season of Q345C seamless steel pipe consumption, steel output will decrease, iron ore demand intensity will decline, and prices will not continue to rise, will be slightly fluctuating.

The difference between the so-called stainless steel seamless steel pipe and the carbon steel seamless steel pipe mainly refers to the difference in design rules between stainless steel and carbon steel, that is to say, the design rules of the two steels are not universal. The differences between 27simn seamless tubes are summarized as follows:

  Heat treatment (or heat treatment) is a group of industrial and metal processing processes used to alter the physical properties of materials, sometimes chemical properties. Heat treatment of steel can be defined as the application of heat to change the properties or state of the steel. The heat can be measured by the temperature of the steel to be treated. The temperature can be cold or hot when touched, so the process temperature range can range from very cold to very hot. Alternatively, in terms of temperature, the range can be from cold negative temperature to hot addition temperature.

Carbon reduces the corrosion resistance, ductility, toughness and weldability of steel. This is due to the strong affinity of carbon and chromium, which can form a series of complex carbides with chromium. The higher the carbon content in the steel, the more chromium carbide is formed. As a result, the chromium content in the solid solution is reduced, and the corrosion resistance of the steel is also lowered. The higher the carbon content in the steel, the lower the corrosion resistance. For stainless steel bright rods, corrosion resistance is the main requirement, so the carbon content of stainless steel bright rods is generally low, most of them are only 0.10% - 0.20%, generally not more than 0.4%.

"In the face of a strong 'environmental storm', the steel industry must consolidate its goals, form a consensus, and unswervingly take energy-saving, emission-reduction and low-carbon development as a strategy and direction, and unswervingly take the road of energy conservation and emission reduction, each Enterprises must not hesitate to pass the environmental protection." This is the mobilization order issued by Zhang Changfu, vice president and secretary general of China Iron and Steel Association, to the steel industry during the “2014 Fifth China Steel Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Forum”. Relevant leaders from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Environmental Protection have exchanged views with more than 300 representatives on energy conservation and emission reduction policies, countermeasures and experience.

In 2017, along with the rapid rise of domestic steel prices, scrap prices also oscillated all the way up, and at the end of 2017 exceeded 2,000 yuan (ton price, the same below) mark. Although the thorough removal of “strip steel” has had a certain impact on scrap demand and prices have been adjusted, in general, scrap prices have continued to rise along with the rise in steel prices. The data monitoring of the Lange Steel Cloud Business Platform shows that as of January 26, the heavy waste price in Tangshan District was 2,230 yuan, which was 850 yuan higher than the April 2017 low of 1,380 yuan, an increase of 61.6%. A price is also a new high in scrap prices in recent years. In the next step, environmental protection will become the biggest driver of the scrap industry, and scrap utilization will double in the next 2-3 years.

2018 is the first year of the second phase of the Blue Sky Defence War. The 20cr seamless steel pipe industry is one of the main battlefields for the battle against atmospheric pollution. Implementing ultra-low emissions is the top priority of this battle. The 2018 (ninth) China Steel Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Forum, hosted by the Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute, was held in Beijing.

SMM News: On June 15, 2018, the Ministry of Commerce issued Announcement No. 52 of 2018, and decided to review the investigation on the anti-dumping measures against imported high-temperature pressure-bearing alloy steel seamless steel pipes originating from the United States and the European Union.

　　Recently, the head of the Treaty and Law Department of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China responded to the "Report on the Dispute of the Anti-dumping Measures against High-Performance Seamless Steel Tubes in Japan and the European Union against China" issued by the WTO (WTO) Dispute Settlement Appeals on October 14. I regret that the Appellate Body's ruling on price impact analysis, causality analysis, and cost adjustment and fair comparison related to the calculation of dumping margins. The Chinese side will carefully evaluate the Appellate Body report and the expert group report, and will properly handle the implementation of the case in accordance with WTO rules.

In the morning session, Linyi 35CrMo seamless pipe market price dropped by 30. Lange Steel Cloud Business Platform monitoring data shows: Youfa new national standard 1.5 inch (3.25mm) galvanized pipe price price 5380 yuan (ton price, the same below), Zhengjinyuan new national standard production 4 inch (3.5mm) galvanized pipe Price price 5030 yuan, Zhengda (Tianhong) new national standard production 6 inch (4mm) galvanized pipe price 5180 yuan.

In November, the funds were slightly tightened, and the interest rate of the seamless steel pipe market increased slightly. Commercial banks have significantly reduced credit exposure in some occupations and parts of the region. The Banking Regulatory Commission needs to issue a document to strengthen the prevention and resolution of the risk of the company's guarantee circle loans, warning the occupation of steel trade, coal and so on. Banks are more and more cautious about the seamless pipe industry chain, real estate and other professional lending, and the situation of tight management of the factory is still the same.

　　The transaction has been ups and downs, the market has risen and fallen, and the domestic spot steel price has risen slightly. The iron ore market has risen steadily, but the pressure on the port's ore inventory is increasing.

　　Gao Yunhu, director of the Department of Energy Conservation and Comprehensive Utilization of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said on the 22nd that China will vigorously promote the comprehensive utilization of scrap resources and study industrial policies that are conducive to the recycling, scale and high-quality utilization of scrap steel enterprises. Continue to increase the application rate of scrap steel by encouraging steel companies to improve process technology and process structure, and increase the proportion of electric furnace steel.

　　At the "Meet the 2019·Yangcheng Hui Commodity Investment Forum" held in Guangzhou on December 23, the guests expressed that the Chinese economy still cannot get rid of the two pillars of real estate and infrastructure, and the trend of rebar and real estate is the same. The price of rebar investment in infrastructure investment is often the role of the bottom and the icing on the cake. In 2019, the supply of steel is in short supply, and the supply and demand are overbalanced. The stage may be oversupply.

　　Jingchuan, deputy general manager and chief economist of Zhongda Futures, said at the "2018 Black Futures Forum" that the black department will begin to weaken at the end of the first quarter of next year.

1. Forging method: use a swaging machine will be washed out, the pipe end or part of reduce diameter, commonly used type of forging machineRotary, connecting rod type, roller type.2. Stamping method: on the punch with a tapered core of tube end expanding to the required size and shape.