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Burak Odabasi

Burak is Middle East and African market reporter at Kallanish. He looks after pricing analysis for all carbon and stainless steel products, pig iron and rebar for designated markets, with a particular focus on Gulf countries, South Africa and Egypt. He has over ten years of experience foreign trade business as entrepreneur and worked as coordinator in investment projects mainly in Turkey. Before pandemic he worked as lecturer-tourist guide in Turkey. Burak speaks English, Turkish and intermediate level German

 

8Sep

UAE supply lifts Saudi rebar imports, future uncertain

United Arab Emirates led rebar (HS code 72142090) supply to Saudi Arabia in the first half …

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8Sep

Qatar Steel 2020 performance plummets, UAE mill solid

Qatar Steel (Qasco)’s mothballing of various units in the first half of 2020 led to drastic …

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7Sep

GCC ministers decline safeguard duties despite their recommendation

The Gulf Cooperation Council’s ministerial committee has decided not to impose steel safeguard duties, going against …

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7Sep

MENA HRC buyers resist quotes on downtrend expectation

Hot rolled coil suppliers have received pushback from Middle East and North African buyers this week, …

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7Sep

South African metal workers’ union sets strike deadline

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), the country’s largest metalworkers’ union, has given …

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7Sep

Coup raises questions over Guinea iron ore reserves

The military coup in Guinea has raised questions over the future of the country’s giant iron …

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6Sep

South Africa’s Coega Steel ordered to cease production

South African Department of Employment and Labour inspectors have issued a prohibition notice to Coega Steel, …

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6Sep

Hadeed reintroduces rebar discount, Saudi/UAE price gap narrows

Saudi Arabian steel market activity has begun the week subdued, with the country’s biggest producer, Hadeed, …

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6Sep

Union Iron & Steel targets UAE government projects

Abu Dhabi-based re-roller Union Iron & Steel (UIS) has received material certification from the Abu Dhabi …

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6Sep

Iranian steel-hitting power outages to last three years

The ongoing electricity supply curtailment affecting steel output in Iran is expected to continue seasonally in …

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