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Midrex: Gulf countries and North Africa are increasing export-oriented DRI/HBI outputs

We spoke with Vincent Chevrier from Midrex Technologies, about the role of HBI in the steel industry's decarbonization process and the future of the global DRI/HBI market.

Cesare Pasini: EU scrap exports must be restricted somehow

SteelOrbis talked to Cesare Pasini, vice president of Italian steelmaker Feralpi regarding the current situation in Italian raw material market and EU’s possible scrap export ban.

Dr. Veysel Yayan: Decline in steel output caused by higher input costs not being reflected in finished steel prices

Dr. Veysel Yayan, general secretary of TCUD, talked to SteelOrbis during the SteelOrbis Fall 2013 Conference & 69th IREPAS Meeting held in Istanbul on September 22-24.

Gianpiero Repole: Scrap may move to somewhere around $380-385/mt in April

At the SteelOrbis Spring 2013 Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting, Gianpiero Repole, commercial director of Liberty Group assessed the current situation in long steel markets.

Zouheir Tawil: Ahead of winter, Turkish mills must assume part of the risk

Zouheir Tawil, director of Tawil Group, has responded to our questions and expressed his views on the current state of the scrap markets.

In depth: Çolakoğlu Metalürji sets up trading company in US

Çolakoğlu Metalürji has decided to establish a presence on the ground in the US by founding a new wholly-owned subsidiary called Medtrade Inc. in Houston, Texas.

Marcus: World steel industry is in a “rutted road”

Peter Marcus from World Steel Dynamics (WSD) has assessed the current situation in the world steel industry and provided an outlook for the days to come.

Ugur Dalbeler: Chinese prices putting pressure on long steel prices

IREPAS Chairman and CEO of Çolakoğlu Metalurji, Uğur Dalbeler has assessed the 67th IREPAS meeting and main challenges confronted by steel industry players.

Ioannis Meimaroglou: Pressure on scrap prices reduced scrap collection this year

Ioannis Meimaroglou from Helveco Intertrade has assessed the current situation in the scrap market and expressed his views on the future of the market.

Alocci: No to scrap export restrictions, yes to incentives to keep scrap in EU

Ruggero Alocci, vice president of the ferrous metal division of BIR has expressed his views to SteelOrbis regarding the issue of ferrous scrap exports from the European Union.

Israel’s use of local scrap not to rise despite its increasing steel demand

We talked with Israeli scrap supplier Arbel Steel's managing director Izak Istrik about the Israeli scrap market at the SteelOrbis Spring '12 Conference and 66th IREPAS Meeting.

Sergey Labintsev : “We support Russian government’s export restrictions”

At the SteelOrbis Fall '11 Conference & 65th IREPAS Meeting, the ChermetServis Snabzenie General Manager Sergey Labintsev made statements about the scrap market in Russia.

Ugur Dalbeler: Turkish rebar exports to US exceeded expectations this year

At the SteelOrbis Fall '11 Conference & 65th IREPAS Meeting, we found the opportunity to meet Ugur Dalbeler, the General Manager of Colakoglu Metalurji and IREPAS chairman

Beyond the scrap yard

SteelOrbis discusses the US scrap industry’s domestic situation and place in the global raw materials landscape with George Adams, President, SA Recycling.

Finding common ground

Prime magazine discusses the future of the steel trading industry with John Foster, President and CEO of Coutinho & Ferrostaal North America and Chairman of AIIS.

Melinda Moore: “Iron ore market changed forever towards shorter-term contracts”

Credit Suisse commodities analyst Melinda Moore replied to our questions during the SteelOrbis Spring 2011 Conference & 64th IREPAS Meeting.

Matthijs de Jong: “Lowest level of scrap prices will go higher year by year”

Matthijs de Jong, the Project Manager of TSR Recycling in TSR RO Singapore, has kindly replied our questions during the SteelOrbis Spring 2011 Conference & 64th IREPAS Meeting.

“Markets have way to go before they beat the volatility by all means”

William J. Schmiedel, president of Sims Metal Management, shared with us his views and thoughts about today and the future of the steel and scrap markets worldwide.

Ved Prakash: Containerized scrap shipping market is booming

Ved Prakash from Gemini Corporation assessed the demand in major scrap markets for SteelOrbis at at the SteelOrbis Spring '10 Conference and 62nd IREPAS meeting held in Budapest.

Sanjay Mehta: Long product demand may pick up in the fourth quarter of 2010

Al Nasser Entrerprises’ CEO Sanjay Mehta assessed actual market situation in UAE and in the global steel industry for SteelOrbis.

Mills are moving more and more towards the use of contracts in scrap supplies

Cesare Pasini, president of Nuovo Campsider, association of Italian scrap consumers, assesses Italy’s scrap market and relations between local steelmakers and scrap dealers.

Will China’s impact on the world’s raw materials continue?

Tayfun Senturk of Ametsco spoke with SteelOrbis on the links between the Far East, Europe and Turkey in terms of raw materials.

Analysis of the Turkish steel sector by Metin Surmen

H. Metin Surmen from Traxys Europe S.A. assessed the outlook for the Turkish steel industry in 2010 for SteelOrbis.

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