Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant in 9 months of 2020 reduced its total pipe shipments by 34% to 1,037 thousand tonnes, down from 1,581 thousand tonnes a year earlier. Largediameter pipe shipments were down 63% to 261,000 tonnes. The decrease was driven by lower demand from the fuel and energy sector and the COVID-19 pandemic, which continued to have a negative impact on domestic and international pipe markets in Q3 2020.