middle east steel news

15 Aug 2002 Turkish Erdemir investing in pickling operations.
10 Aug 2002 Qatar: Qasco plans to increase output
08 Aug 2002 Iran Sadid plans new pipe mill
15 July 2002 Algeria Ispat plans new bar mill
10 July 2002 Turkey Kardemir debts to be rescheduled
05 July 2002 Lebanon's last rolling mill closed.
01 June 2002 Turkey: Erdemir has inaugurated a new service centre at Gebze
20 May 2002 A Kuwaiti-Iranian joint venture called Unisteel, began commercial production of rebars in Kuwait
20 May 2002 Libya’s Lisco is considering raising its crude steel capacity
16 May 2002 GSX to cease trading on 17 May
07 May 2002 Maghreb Steel installs new Galvanising line
01 May 2002 Turkish finished steel consumption falls 34%, exports rise 36% in 2001
28 Mar 2002 Dubai: Emirates steel pipe: Steel unit promoters may face legal action
28 Mar 2002 Pakistan Steel slashes products prices
15 Mar 2002 Egypt: American Steel Rolling commissions second bar mill line
10 Mar 2002 Turkish Icdas Celik produces 200,000t/y from new specialty wire rod line
09 Mar 2002 Saudi Arabia: Hadeed Launches New Website.
03 Mar 2002 EU exempts Egypt from protective measures over steel exports
01 Mar 2002 Saudi Arabia: Hadeed Achieves New Production And Dispatch Record
01 Mar 2002 Demand for deformed bars down in Dubai
02 Feb 2002 New Melt Shop at Khorasan Steel Complex - Iran
30 Jan 2002 Japan finances Ardakan pelletising plant
26 Jan 2002 Tin plate prices weaken in Turkey
22 Jan 2002 Morocco's King, dedicated in Casablanca a cold-rolling complex
19 Jan 2002 Syria's Arabian Steel Company (Asco) is expected to commission
13 Jan 2002 Creditor banks formulating revival plan for emirates steel pipes
07 Jan 2002 Turkish & global pipe/tube companies looking to run mill in georgia
03 Jan 2002 Turkey's steel producer Eregli reported turnover of $750 mln. 2001
01 Jan 2002 25 % discount on subscription of Steel Business briefing
31 Dec 2001 Tunisia's Intermetal to start up revamped mill by June next year.
27 Dec 2001 LNM to invest in Algeria
24 Dec 2001 Cukurova sells Turkish steel operation
20 Dec 2001 Kardemir looks for investor(s), in part to develop sections business
15 Dec 2001 Turkey's Borcelik will double CR capacity and install HDG line
14 Nov 2001 Abu Dhabi Steel Plant  to start in 2002
07 Oct 2001 3.5 million tons of steel were produced by Iranian steel mills
07 Oct 2001  Tunisia commissioned the first phase of its upgraded bar mill.
07 Oct 2001  Erdemir's new 250,000 t/y HDG line
16 Sep 2001 Turkey's Kroman Celik to begin to sell alloy bar in 2002
11 Sep 2001 German NMH Stahlwerke attracts Saudi interest
14 Aug 2001 Eregli threatens Sidex/LNM with anti-dumping
30 July 2001 Khuzestan output increase
30 July 2001 Iran Spiral expanding operations
15 July 2001 Russian, Indian firms accused of dumping
28 June 2001 Iran: Industry minister reports additional 2m tones steel production capacity
19 June 2001 Russian, Indian firms dumping steel products in Saudi market: SABIC
11 June 2001  Iran mandates BHP to study Indo-Iran pipeline
01 May  2001 Sumitomo closes in on Iranian plate deal
20 April 2001 Iran: big expansion at Mobarakeh steelworks
21 Jan 2001 UMS 4th Annual Traders meet