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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

 

8Jun

Middle East bucks declining apparent steel use trend

Despite the global trend in 2022, apparent steel use (ASU) in the Middle East (ME) increased by …

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8Jun

Mid-East’s 2022 DRI output increases: new worldsteel report

Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran increased their direct reduced iron production in 2022, driving the Middle …

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7Jun

UAE billet producers leave the market to imports

Rebar re-rollers in United Arab Emirates have chosen to source billet from Saudi suppliers due to …

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7Jun

Iranian mills push up target billet quotes

Iranian mills are considering hiking their billet export prices in the next round of export tenders, …

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7Jun

Saudi mills conclude Middle East billet export deals
Saudi mills conclude Middle East billet export deals

Amid a lack of demand in their domestic market, Saudi merchant billet producers have concluded billet …

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6Jun

GCC mill reduces HRC despite import price uptick

Imported hot rolled coil prices in the Gulf Cooperation Council are seeing an upward trend driven …

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6Jun

Saudi-origin rebar deal ‘spoils’ Kuwait market

A Saudi Arabian primary mill's rebar export to Kuwait at a discounted rate has spoiled the …

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5Jun

Saudi mills enjoy export deals, domestic supply increases

Saudi benchmark mill Hadeed and tier-two mill Al Ittefaq have concluded rebar and wire rod deals …

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5Jun

Bahrain, Kuwait rebar markets observe subdued activity

The Bahrain and Kuwait rebar markets are observing sluggish demand and low business activity, Kallanish notes. …

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5Jun

UAE retail prices remain stable amid limited supply

Rebar retail prices are almost stable in United Arab Emirates amid secondary mills' limited supply. Due …

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