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UAE's Emirates Steel, part of EMSTEEL Group, has kept its rebar prices unchanged for October production, marking the third consecutive month of price rollover. The company maintained its price for 12-32 mm rebar at AED…
Chinese steel exports to GCC countries declined to approximately 817,300 tons in August 2026, down 7.6 pct YoY and 19.2 pct from July, as prolonged logistics disruptions continued to weigh on regional steel trade…
Turkish steelmaker Ekinciler Demir ve Celik Sanayi plans to establish a facility at its Iskenderun, Hatay plant to recover zinc from electric arc furnace (EAF) dust and produce commercial zinc oxide. The approximately…
EMSTEEL has supplied low-carbon steel sheet piles for a UK highway expansion project, with more than 1,100 tons of its GreenSheetPile ESZ section sheet piles installed as permanent retaining walls. Sheet Piling (UK)…
Zamil Steel Egypt, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Advanced Building Industries Company (SENAAT), has supplied and erected more than 10,000 tons of structural steel and pre-engineered buildings for a maintenance depot…
The UAE coated steel market remains firm, supported by good domestic demand, while logistics disruptions continue to affect material availability and local production. Major UAE coated steel producer Al Ghurair is…
Ezz Steel has selected Danieli Automation to supply a new extended Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for its Ezz Flat Steel plant in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, as part of the company's digital transformation strategy. The…
The US Department of Commerce has issued anti-dumping duty orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Egypt, Bulgaria and Vietnam, following affirmative final determinations by Commerce and the US…
East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry has signed a contract with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) for the manufacturing and supply of steel pipes, with a value exceeding SAR 771 mln (USD 205.6 mln) including VAT. The…
Group Five Pipe Saudi Co. has signed a SAR 270.6 mln (USD 72 mln) contract, including VAT, with Saudi Aramco for the manufacture and supply of spiral welded steel pipes. The contract was signed on September 17, 2026…
The European Commission has introduced provisional safeguard measures on imports of steel laminations and cores (SLCs), with specific tariff-rate quotas allocated to Turkey and the UAE. The measure will apply for 155…
Turkey's scrap import prices increased this week, supported by the uptrend in finished steel prices. MESTEEL assessed HMS 1&2 (80:20) at USD 395-400 per ton CFR Turkey, up from USD 390 per ton last week. Market…
The UAE structural steel market remains firm, supported by steady domestic demand, but logistics disruptions continue to complicate imported supply and deliveries. Chinese JIS beams are currently indicated at around USD…
Turkey exported 1.45 mln tons of HRC during the first seven months of 2026, down 16 pct YoY, according to Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) data. Italy remained the largest destination, taking 348,200 tons, followed…
Major OCTG manufacturers ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Al-Jubail (AMTPJ), Jubail Energy Services Company (JESCO) and Tenaris have signed customer agreements with ASMO, the Aramco-DHL joint venture, for pipe…
Al Yamamah Steel Industries Co. has signed a SAR 103.14 mln (USD 27.5 mln) contract to supply steel towers to a branch of National Power Construction Corporation Ltd. (NPCC) for a 380 kV ultra-high-voltage transmission…
Egyptian rebar prices have remained broadly stable, with weak domestic demand and low trading activity limiting the scope for further increases despite higher production costs. Ezz Steel continues to set the benchmark…
Arabian Pipes Company has signed a contract with Saudi Aramco for steel pipe coating works valued at around SAR 19 mln (USD 5 mln). The contract has a duration of 11 months, with its financial impact expected from Q4…
Ajeej Steel Manufacturing Co. has renewed a SAR 50 million (USD 13.3 mln) Shariah-compliant banking facility with Bank Aljazira, its parent company National Building & Marketing Company announced in a stock exchange…
Senior representatives of the Turkish steel industry met EUROFER President Henrik Adam in Istanbul to discuss the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), carbon-related costs and the competitiveness of Turkish…
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