What to expect from the Metal-Expo'2026 program of events

From 10 to 13 November 2026, the 32nd International Industrial Exhibition Metal-Expo'2026 will once again take place at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre in St. Petersburg. The event will bring together steel and metals producers, manufacturers, and consumers of metal products, equipment and technologies. More than 600 companies from Russia and abroad are expected to participate in the exhibition, while over 25,000 representatives of enterprises from various sectors of the economy across Russia and neighbouring countries are expected to visit Metal-Expo'2026.

From 10 to 13 November 2026, the 32nd International Industrial Exhibition Metal-Expo will once again take place at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre in St. Petersburg. The event will bring together steel and metals producers, manufacturers, and consumers of metal products, equipment and technologies. More than 600 companies from Russia and abroad are expected to participate in the exhibition, while over 25,000 representatives of enterprises from various sectors of the economy across Russia and neighbouring countries are expected to visit Metal-Expo'2026.

Each year, Metal-Expo features an extensive conference programme covering a wide range of topics related to the metallurgical and steel distribution industries, as well as technologies and equipment for metallurgical engineering. This year, the exhibition organising committee, together with representatives of the metals industry, will hold more than 40 specialised conferences, round tables and presentations, including presentations of new metallurgical investment projects.

"This year, the exhibition will showcase the latest investment projects in Russia's metallurgical industry, including an electric steelmaking complex for the production of steel billets, a cold rolling mill for stainless flat products, an iron ore pellet production facility, a melting and casting complex, a seamless aluminium tube extrusion plant, a continuous hot-dip galvanising line, several rolling and electric welded pipe production facilities, a plant for processing zinc-containing materials, as well as a number of other new projects," said Alexey Efimov, General Director of Metal-Expo.

The exhibition's conference programme is currently being finalised. In September, it will be reviewed and approved by the Metal-Expo Organising Committee, which includes senior representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, as well as leading metallurgical and mechanical engineering associations and unions.