MEsteel.com March 2004 - Newsletter

In MEsteel's March 2004 News Letter,

- Middle East Steel Output up by 7%
- Steel market forecast
- MEsteel : 103 New Members
- New info available on MEsteel
- Steel News In The Middle East.
- Steel Events April - May 2004

Middle East Steel Output up by 7%

February 2004 production figures for Middle East countries were:

Turkey: 1529 KT, up by 11.8 pct.
Iran 693 KT, up by 8.3pct.
Qatar 86 KT, up by 3.7pct.
Saudi 320 KT, up by 5.8 pct.
Algeria 86 KT, down by 8.4 pct.
Egypt 372 KT, up by 11.1 pct.
Libya 63 KT, down by 11.9 pct.
Tunisia 5 KT, down by 29.1 pct., all compared to February 2003

So Feb 2004 Middle East Steel Output was up by 7%,
compared to February last year.

World crude steel production increased by 12.1%, compared to February 2003,
to reach 79.5 million metric tons (mmt) in February 2004.

Production in Asia again showed strong growth,
with a total production of 36.7 mmt in February,
a rise of 19.8% compared to February 2003.
Out of this, China produced 19.7 mmt of crude steel , an increase of 31.5%.
Russian crude steel production rose by 10.6% to 5 mmt in February 2004.

The steel market forecast

Exports for next month are foreseen to be positive worldwide,
with strongest pick-up in Africa/Middle East.
General inventory levels remain low.
Demand in Automotive, Appliances and Construction sector is expected to remain strong for the next 3 months at least.

China is expected to consume an extra 50m tons of imported iron ore
and an extra 2m tons of steel scrap in 2004
thus keeping up the pressure on raw material supply.

After the recent slowdown in Chinese demand,
buyers there are expected to return to the market,
which might fuel new strength in prices, after the recent slight corrections.

Recent and historical steel prices

MEsteel Record : 103 New Members in February 2004

103 new steel related companies joined MEsteel in February 2004,
bringing the total to 1759 MEsteel members.

Algeria:
SHREE INTERNATIONAL
SMATIS GROUP

Azerbaijan:
DHT METAL LTD

Bahrain:
HARDWARE HOUSE

Belgium:
BRICSCAD

Canada:
VERTEX TRADE & TECHNOLOGY

Cyprus:
NIKOS MANTIS LTD

Egypt :
AL ZAHRAA FOR METALS
FILTRAC FILTER
POWER FOR IMPORT AND EXPORT
EAGLE CO.,
MODERN METALLIC CONSTRUCTIONS & MECHANICS
CAIRO TRADE INTERNATIONAL
REFAAT FOR CONTRACTING

Iran:
CINNASAM SOUTH PARS CO.
TOOS CIRCULAR SAW BLADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADING GROUP
T.GASHTAVAR CO.
YADMAN SAZEH
ARSH KARAYAN CO,LTD
GRIFFIN
SITCO
DANITRADE
SAED SAFFARI

Jordan:
INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENGINEERING SUPPLIES OFFICE
SUN GATE

Kuwait:
HUSSAIN ALMATROUK EST

Lebanon:
AMCO
CARROSSERIE ADELFI

Libya:
KINGLEVEL LTD
LIBICA INC

Morocco:
BK

Oman:
BAHWAN ENGINEERING CO LLC
UNIOM
KHALID BIN AHMED AND SONS LLC
MODERN STEEL MILLS LLC

Pakistan:
AGRIC INTERTRADE
BASHIR PIPE INDUSTRIES (PVT.) LTD
MUBARAK ENTERPRISE
ROYAL TUBES (PVT) LIMITED
NIMBUS TRADERS INTERNATIONAL
SETHI BROTHERS
ATLAS TRADE IMPEX
KHURRAM CORPORATION
AH INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD AGENCIES
UPTC LIMITED
SHANGHAI INDUSTRIES (PVT) LTD
BTM TRADERS
PREMIER STEEL PRODUCTS
IQBAL ENGINEERING COMPANY
WASTANI & SONS
COMBINE TRADING CORPORATION

Palestine:
ATTIA ABU JOBA & SONS CO.

Saudi Arabia:
ALMOJEL TRADING & CONTRACTING CO
KAMAL YOUSUF JAMIL TRADING & CONTRACTING
LASER COMPANY FOR METAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
SAUDI ELECTRODE FACTORY
AL-NAHDI TRADING GROUP
KSB PUMPS ARABIA LTD.
NATIONAL ENTERPRISES CO. & FACTORY
ALZAMIL HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.

Sudan:
HAFEZ ELSAYED ELBARBARY CO LTD
PEMECO ENGINEERING

Syria:
A.SUKKAR.CO
AL-AMMAR
SYRIAN INDUSTRIAL METALLURGIC CO. / SIMCO

Tunisia:
KHOUIDEM TRADING COMPANY SARL

Turkey:
METALLOY LTD.
BOZOKLAR TRADE
TOSCELIK PROFILE AND SHEET iND CO
EMTAMITAS ENERGY AND METAL CONSTRUCTION INC.
CELIKOGLU STEEL & IRON IND.CO.
BILGIN
B.E.S.T. FOREIGN TRADE LTD CO
SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH&TANAY CELIK A.S.
MTM MEKANIK MUHENDISLIK LTD
ERCIYAS STEEL PIPE INDUSTRY CO. INC.
NATURAL GRABS
TREYSAN PREFABRICATED STEEL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY & TRADE CORPORATION
SA-RA ENERGY
ISLER GEMI INDUSTRY TRADE CO.

United Arab Emirates:
ENGINEERING BUILDING MATERIAL CO.LLC
AL NAWRAS STEEL CO.LLC
JAHAN AFROOZ CO.
AL REYAMI TECHNICAL SERVICES
STEEL RACKS FACTORY L.L.C
VOLTA TRADING CO.(LLC)
AL-MAJD SPARE PARTS TRADING EST.
SCGC-U.A.E.
CIVIL TRADING BUILDING MATERIALS
HAJI SIDDIQUE FOUNDRY
MAS INTERNATIONAL FZC
INTERNATIONAL INSPECTION SERVICES
VOGUE STEEL FACTORY LLC
AL ARAB TRADING EST.
BETTRO UNITED METAL IND LLC

United States:
BOBCO METALS LLC
ST. LOUIS SCREW & BOLT

Yemen:
ALRIMALAH FOR STEEL
TILAL TRADING & CONTRACTING CO LTD


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New info available on MEsteel

Technical info and Steel Norms were added for following products:

Alloy steel
Wrought iron
Forgings
Castings
Hot Rolled Plates
Hot Rolled
Tubes-Pipes Welded
Tubes-Pipes Seamless
Billets-Blooms Clad Plates
Hot Rolled Plates
Tinplate - TFS - Blackplate
Terne (Lead Coated)
Hot Dip Galvanized
Galvannealed
Aluzinc-Galvalume
Aluminized (=Aluminium Coated Steel)
Cold Rolled
Hot Rolled
Wire Rod
Wire Coated
Wire
Tubes-Pipes Welded
Tubes-Pipes Cast (Ductile)
Tubes-Pipe Seamless
Reinforcing Bars
Merchant Bars
Bright Shafting Bars (Cold Formed)
Beams-Channels-Joists-Columns
Angles
Zinc Ingots


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Steel News In The Middle East

UAE: Dubai Drydocks expands facilities

Saudi Arabia: Hadeed Expansion Flat products

Pakistan: Tuwairqi confirms to Set Up Billet Plant at Port Qasim

Saudi Arabia: Saudi Steel Profiles starts 5th ERW tube

UAE: Joint alliance firm wins Dh245m EPC contract in Iran

Saudi Arabia: Arabian Pipes Building new SAW Pipe Mill.

Pakistan: PSM to increase production to meet demands

Pakistan: Import of re-rollable scrap allowed to handle steel crisis

UAE: GSIC Planning to expand to 160 K Tonnes Steel Production in 2004

Iran: 2nd Danieli six-strand caster started up at NISCO KSC Steel Plant

Saudi Arabia: New 850,000 tpy complete Steel Making plant for Al Rajhi Jeddah

Morocco: Completion for Sonasid's new Steel Meltshop with FTP and WTP plants


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Steel Events coming up

Steel Times International European Steel Forum
Duesseldorf, Germany, April 5 - 7

Gitex Saudi Arabia 2004
Riyadh Exhibition Centre, Saudi Arabia April 18 - April 22

Gulf Maritime
Sharjah, UAE, April 19 - April 21

1st international building & construction expo Libya 2004
Tripoli international fair ground, Libya, May 3 - May 7

Tehran International Conference on Refractories
Tehran Iran, May 4 - May 6

Metal Asia 2004
Exhibition Centre Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, May5 - May9


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