Netherlands-based tube and pipe distributor, Van Leeuwen Group, has forecast good demand and higher prices in the international tube and pipe market in 2018 after a successful 2017.
Investments are going to increase in 2018, resulting in higher demand and an upward price trend, the company said on April 11. Northern European domestic prices for commodity-size, grade-S235 square hollow sections averaged ?,?628.37 ($777.28) per tonne delivered in 2017, compared with ?,?508.22 per tonne delivered in 2016."In many countries, customer order books,...