MEsteel.com Feb  2003 - Newsletter

MESTEEL.COM furnishes great business opportunities with over 200 steel offers / inquiries displays by more than 1200 enterprises.

By allowing search of information at no cost,
and enabling participating enterprises to directly register and manage their product catalogs,
MEsteel is "T H E P L A C E T O B E" for D Y N A M I C S T E E L B U S I N E S S.

MESTEEL.COM , which has started off from Dubai in May 2000, marches forward
with a vision of providing full support for steel trade and information on the Internet.


43 NEW BUSINESS CONTACTS !
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Yes, again 43 new subscribers in January 2003 !

Check them out; introduce your company to those that interest you.
It just takes you a few minutes, to gain new steel business click

Your MEsteel community now counts a staggering 1195 members.
1195 companies to communicate and do easily business with - online - on MESTEEL,
The only specialized steel portal in the Middle East.


FIGURES TALK
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The graph is going up further...

MEsteel, RANKING HIGH for all "Middle East Steel related" search terms,
on search engines like GOOGLE, MSN, YAHOO, AOL, LYCOS...
attracts daily more and more parties, of interest to you.

In January 2003,
22,520 different persons paid in total 68,014 visits to MEsteel.
Each visitor examined on average 18 MEsteel pages.

So MEsteel gives your company the net exposure you deserve.


STEEL PRICES UP OR DOWN?
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Prices are still UP, are they going to remain UP or will the balloon burst any day.
Estimated steel import prices, CFR Dubai on 1-02-2003:


SEARCH the most recent STEEL offers and inquiries from MEsteel members


SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR PAID MEMBERS
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Send your offers / inquiries through MEsteel.com to get immediate results.

POST your own offer or inquiry on MEsteel.com

SPECIAL BENEFIT TO PAID MEMBERS !!!
SEND YOUR OFFERS / INQUIRIES FROM NOW TILL 10TH MARCH 2003,
AND GET ONE EXTRA COMPLIMENTARY MONTH OF MEMBERSHIP ON MEsteel.com


TIP OF THE MONTH
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- WHO BUYS?

Did you want to know, who buys steel angles in the Middle East?
On MEsteel homepage, Click "WHO BUYS", then select "CARBON STEEL - ANGLES".
You'll find about 435 companies
Wanted to know only for U.A.E.?
Select U.A.E. in the left-top drop down list and about 200 companies show up.

Same way, for who buys / who sells / for any steel product you wish.

You ever found any easier way to find buyers or sellers for your product?
Even better! MEsteel members can save and edit these groups and send emails - offers - inquiries in one shot to the whole list they want.


- QUALITIES

Are you looking for steel qualities, standards & norms? your work finishes quickly
Click here to find Carbon and Stainless Steel Qualities :
Equivalents, British (BS4360), German (DIN 17100), European (Euronorm), Japanese (JIS), USA (ASTM), Russian (GOST)


- MONEY-MONEY

You want your suppliers or buyers to be on MEsteel with you?
We would want to reward you, for helping MEsteel grow.
Click Here and  we'll send you confidential bonus of 50 USD per new member you introduce to us.


STEEL AND CONSTRUCTION NEWS
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The latest Headlines on MEsteel:

Egypt: Egypt will privatize 5 companies of Co. for Mining & Metallurgical Industries

Saudi Arabia: HRC expansion Hadeed

Iran: Mobarakeh expanding

Turkey: Turkish billet prices to be adjusted?

Iran: Yazd will start Electric Arc Furnace end 2003

Egypt: European Union antidumping on Turkish and Egyptian flat products?

Oman: Corinth Pipe - Greece low bidder for Oman - UAE gas pipeline

UAE: Mitsui gets letter of intent for 400.000t line pipe for Dolphin pipeline

Iran: Hormozgan signs 2 major contracts for its new steel complex.

Qatar: Qasco contemplates privatization

Iran: Bids opened for 4 million t/year Steel Pellets plant in Kerman

Iraq: Logomar collapses under Iraqi debt claims

Saudi Arabia: Sheerness meltshop bought by Al-Ittefaq (Dammam).

Qatar: Tender due for Asian Games 2006 Sport hall

Libya: OCI wins cement contract in Libya

Iran: Tehran Metal Exchange could be set up within 3 months

Saudi Arabia: Zamil wins PEB job in UK

Saudi Arabia: Cogne stainless deal in Saudi Arabia

Morocco: Sonasid will start building new EAF end 2003

Kuwait: 9 companies prequalified for tender 157km ductile pipes

Libya: Steel producers bid for Libyan rail contract

Turkey: Turkey may have new 201 trade restrictions

Bahrain: Bid for 3 storage tanks in Bahrain

Egypt: European Commission proposes Anti Dumping on HR imports from Egypt and Turkey

Qatar: Qasco signs new loan.

Egypt: Ukraine scrap exports shift from Turkey to Egypt.

Tunisia:Sidenor to increase production capacity

Pakistan: Pakistan Steel expansion plan announced

UAE: Gulf Steel to produce weld wire mesh

UAE: Dubai to invest $40 billion in construction by 2005

Qatar: GTS to implement Oracle E-Business Suite at Qatar Steel Company

Bahrain: Asry steel work high in 3e quarter 2002

Find full articles on above + latest M.E. steel news on
https://steelmillsoftheworld.com/news/searchresults2.asp

Publish News about <<&company>> to the steel world now !
Free of charge! Fill the form (and even attach pictures or documents)
on https://www.mesteel.com/news/newsform.htm


EVENTS
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MEsteel will be present at :

March 19-21 Asian Metallurgy 2003 - Mumbai / India
Steel Technology & product Trade fair ,Covering Iron & Steel Industry

April 1-3 Pipes Industry - Jeddah / Saudi Arabia : Present Situation And Future Tendencies
5th Regional Meeting on Trade in Steel Products, with working paper dealing on steel pipes in The Middle East.


further coming...

March 4-6 CHEMTEX & CORROSION MIDDLE EAST 2003
The 7th International Exhibition for Chemical, Petrochemical, Process Technology & Corrosion Control Industries

March 5-6 Saudi Elenex 2003
9th International electrical engineering, power generation and distribution exhibition

March 16-20
Saudi Pack2003
The 6th International Packaging Machinery and Materials Show

March16-19 Dioge 2003
Doha International Oil & Gas Exhibition.

This and more: for complete list of coming events, see MEsteel Events Section


Below in brief the 43 new members, who subscribed in January 2003
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-for full details Go to MEsteel New Members

-you can download and save in excel format also


A.N.ENTERPRISES, Pakistan
TEKNIKGROUP, Turkey
AL NIAZ INTERNATIONAL, Pakistan
AFRICA SOLDERING WIRES, Egypt
ALAS GROUP OF COMPANIES, Saudi Arabia
DOGU ASYA, Turkey
YOUNUS SONS CORP, Pakistan
SILVAN DIS VE IC TICARET A.S.,Turkey
ISOTREX GENERAL TRADING FZC, U.A.E.
ACEMINOR CORPORATION, Turkey
TERSANA, Jordan
FEREKS GROUP METAL INDUSTRIES AND TRADING, Turkey
SIDEM, U.A.E.
UNITED WIRE INDUSTRIES (PVT) LTD, Pakistan
FAKHRUDDIN AKBER ALI, Pakistan
OCETA, Egypt
NATIONAL IRANIAN SOUTH OIL FIELDS CO., Iran
NEW SHALIMAR STEEL INDUSTRIES (PVT) LTD, Pakistan
UNIC SAL, Lebanon
HUMMAK ENTERPRISES (PVT) LTD, Pakistan
SHIRAZI TRADING COMPANY PVT LTD, Pakistan
INTERNATIONAL TRADING LINKS, Pakistan
INTERNATIONAL TRADERS, Pakistan
FAKHRUDDIN AKBER ALI, Pakistan
AWAIS AZEEM STEEL, Pakistan
AKYEL IRON STEEL AND FOREING TRADE COMPANY LIMITED, Turkey
INTEGRATED ENTERPRISES, Pakistan
SAMI SOYBAS LTD., Turkey
GOLDEN EYE ,U.A.E.
GUVEN CELIK LTD STI ,Turkey
METAGE SAE/ M. A. ABDEL WAHAB & CO., Egypt
GULF STEEL COMPANY, Saudi Arabia
SNC DISMAC, Algeria
ARKALVER.CO.LTD., Iran
AL RAMTHA TRADING EST., U.A.E.
SAUDI CAN CO. LTD., Saudi Arabia
DANZAS ABU DHABI LLC, U.A.E.
EL-DOYED STEEL FURNITURE, Egypt
EMANCO METAL SUPPLIES, U.A.E.
IDREES STEEL, Pakistan
PRECISION FORGINGS, Saudi Arabia
PROJECTS ONE GENERAL TRADING WLL, U.A.E.