The marketplace offers various grades of stainless steel for use in a wide variety of industries to solve different technical tasks. Stainless steel is a type of alloy steel that is corrosion resistant due to the chromium content 12% or more. Chromium oxide is formed with the presence of oxygen creating an inert film on the steel surface. The film protects the entire product from adverse effects.
Stainless steel has exceptionally high corrosion resistance and strength, good weldability, ease of processing by cold deformation methods, a long operational period without loss of initial characteristics, and aesthetically pleasing appearance.
In 2017, the global stainless steel production was 48.1 million tons. In 2017 China produced 25.77 million tons of crude stainless steel, European Union – 7.38 million tons, India – 3.49 77 million tons, Japan – 3.17 million tons, the US – 2,7577 million tons.
Stainless steels are actively used for the manufacturing of products for both industrial and domestic purposes. Stainless steel scope of use includes chemical and pharmaceutical industries, engineering, food industry, production of medical instruments, oil and gas industry, machine-tool construction, shipbuilding, aviation industry and astronautics, energy, agricultural production, and processing industry as well as metallurgy.
In this category, predominantly Chinese suppliers offer stainless steel in sheets, coils, and pipes at an average price of $ 1,500 to 3,000 per ton depending on the steel grade, type of processing, and shape. The minimum order is 1 ton.
