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:
- Macroeconomics and the metals market: development strategies in a period of turbulence
- Markets for metallurgical products (long, section, flat rolled products and steel pipes). Current situation and forecasts for 2026
- Production of metal products, production and sales strategies of metallurgical companies
- Drivers of demand for metal products in various segments of the metals market
- Distribution of rolled products: restructuring, diversification, digitalization of sales
- Operational efficiency, warehouse and transport logistics: development tools
- E-commerce in metal trading
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
