MESteel began as a simple idea: a buyer in Jeddah looking for hot-rolled coil should not have to guess who stocks it in Jebel Ali. Two decades later the principle has not changed. We index companies by the products they actually buy and sell, so a search returns businesses that can answer, not businesses that happen to mention steel on a website.
Today the directory holds more than 14,000 companies across 236 countries — mills, re-rollers, traders, stockists, fabricators, service centres and the agents who work between them. The oldest listings date from October 2000. Many of the companies that joined in the first year are still trading through us.
What the site does
- The directory. Every member indexed by activity, by product bought and product sold, and by country. Search runs inside words, so "galv" finds galvanised.
- The marketplace. Post an offer when you have material to sell, or an inquiry when you are looking for it. Responses go directly to you.
- Steel news and prices. Middle East and global coverage from our newsroom, with price reporting and the industry events calendar.
- Jobs. Vacancies from member companies, with applications going straight to the company that posted them.
How we make money
Membership and advertising. That is the whole list. We do not take a commission on trades and we do not sell member data. Premium Member listings are shown above Member listings; within each tier the order is the same for everybody, and no amount of money moves a company past a search that does not match it.
Browsing is free and always has been. Member is USD 275 a year and puts your company in front of buyers with your contact details visible. Premium Member is USD 500 and adds placement above Member listings. UAE companies pay 5% VAT on top. Each plan includes a number of activities and products, shown when you choose one, and more can be added.
Contact details are shown to members only. That is not an upsell — it is what stops the directory becoming a scraping target and keeps the phone numbers in it worth having.
Where we are
MESteel is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the business is centred on the Gulf — but steel is not a local trade. Roughly half the companies in the directory are outside the region, selling into it or buying from it.
For anything at all, write to us. A person reads it.