Our Mission

Our mission is; to develop understanding between producers, traders and consumers of long steel products around the world;

to add value to international trading activities of our members by providing an environment facilitating better relationships with the shipping and finance industries as well as inspection services;

to help our members reach useful information about the markets around the globe;

to facilitate an environment in which our members can meet new parties to create business opportunuties;

to create a better atmosphere for fair business.

News

Short Range Outlook: January 2013

New Year brings some positive signs for longs market, at least for short term Business slowed down due to the holiday period in many long steel markets worldwide, but the balance of supply and demand has been maintained as many mills opted for long holiday breaks. The first week of the year showed some signs [...]

Qatar issues guidelines for rebar imports

Qatar’s Ministry of Environment has announced guidelines regarding reinforcing bar imports to improve the quality of building and construction materials in the country. Accordingly, Qatar has banned imports of reinforcing bars below grade 500, and made mandatory a labaratory test report to import the construction steels. The Ministry announced to accept only those issued by the ISO [...]

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