The situation of stainless steel pipe market in the context of the outbreak of the epidemic and the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine

Author: Hong Mingkang

According to CCTV News on the 18th, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russian army has controlled all the urban areas of Mariupol, Ukraine, except Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. On the 16th, Russia urged the Uzbek armed personnel and foreign mercenaries trapped in the Yasu Steel Plant to surrender, lay down their weapons and leave the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Moscow Time on the 17th. However, the Ukrainian side rejected this ultimatum. In the afternoon of the same day, the battle around Azovstal Iron and Steel Works resumed.

On the 19th local time, Sergeigedai, a Ukrainian official in Luhansk, said that Russian troops had occupied the eastern city of Kreminna and Ukrainian troops had withdrawn from the city. According to Reuters, Crimina appears to be the first confirmed city to be occupied by the Russian army after launching a new offensive in eastern Ukraine.

The President of President of Ukraine is as ugly as ever. In the face of failure, he immediately talks unconditionally, delays time, and continues to provoke conflicts when weapons are in place on both sides of Europe and the United States. I personally believe that Russia will make a final decision and launch a war on China, which has a huge impact on all our industries.

Now, China is also experiencing four outbreaks. According to the official website of the National Health Commission, from 0:00 to 24:00 on April 20, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 2841 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 *. Among them, 11 cases were imported from abroad (5 cases in Guangxi, 3 cases in Fujian, 1 case in Shanghai, 1 case in Guangdong, and 1 case in Yunnan), including 2 cases that were converted from asymptomatic infection to confirmed cases (1 case in Fujian, 1 case in Guangxi); 2830 local cases * (2634 in Shanghai, 95 in Jilin, 42 in Heilongjiang, 14 in Jiangxi, 8 in Jiangsu, 8 in Guangdong, 6 in Zhejiang, 5 in Shanxi, 4 in Sichuan, 4 in Qinghai, 3 in Hunan, 1 in Beijing, 1 in Hebei, 1 in Inner Mongolia, 1 in Fujian, 1 in Shandong, 1 in Henan, and 1 in Yunnan), Including 500 cases that were converted from asymptomatic infected persons to confirmed cases * (459 cases * in Shanghai, 32 cases in Jilin, 5 cases in Zhejiang, 2 cases in Guangdong, 1 case in Fujian, and 1 case in Shandong). 8 new deaths, all local cases, in Shanghai; There are no new suspected cases.

31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 16617 new asymptomatic infections, including 65 imported cases, 16552 local cases (15861 in Shanghai, 261 in Jilin, 111 in Jiangsu, 93 in Hebei, 31 in Zhejiang, 31 in Jiangxi, 30 in Anhui, 26 in Shanxi, 25 in Henan, 23 in Heilongjiang, 20 in Shandong, 9 in Qinghai, 6 in Liaoning, 6 in Guangxi, 6 in Yunnan, 4 in Guangdong, 4 in Sichuan, 3 in Hubei, 1 in Fujian, and 1 in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps).

In such a big environment, with the release of some cities, the inventory of stainless steel has increased, and the demand should have a good rise in May. Recently, the price of stainless steel materials has also been volatile and stable, and we need to pay attention to the development of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The war has brought about the overall decline of the Chinese stock market to 3100 points. The support level is currently strong, and there is a large amount of capital operation behind it. It can be predicted that China will not let it fall below its own expectations, The resumption of work in Shanghai will be a signal bomb that triggers a price increase in the entire industry, making us look forward to the epidemic prevention news in Shanghai.

At present, the demand for stainless steel increased by -9% in April. On the whole, the demand is low, so large enterprises can take advantage of it. If the epidemic situation is controlled in the second half of the year, the second half of the year will be a good time to overtake at a curve. As we know, many enterprises began to purchase multiple production lines in the first half of the year to take advantage of the epidemic situation in order to prevent sudden large demand. Some of them also began to study laser welding production lines, which we are looking forward to.

After years of technological precipitation, Hangao Technology, together with the suppliers of online laser welding technology with relevant successful cases, cooperates with its own intelligent control system of the Internet of Things to build a domestic high-speed and high-precision laser welding production line. Speed is king, quality is king. In the future, Laser beam welding will lead the middle and high-end market. Please wait and see.

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