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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

 

9Feb

Iranian mills negotiate UAE tolling agreements for exports

Iranian privately-owned mills, through their wholly-owned subsidiaries founded in United Arab Emirates, which are nevertheless inactive, …

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9Feb

Africa crude steel output shrinks despite Libya growth

Despite growth in Libya, Africa's crude steel output shrank in December and in full-year 2022, Kallanish …

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9Feb

Mid-East steel output surges, bucking 2022 global trend

Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar each increased their crude steel production in 2022. January-December …

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8Feb

Fortescue eyes Belinga ore mining in second half

Ivindo Iron, subsidiary of Australia-listed Fortescue Metals, has signed the Mining Convention with the Gabonese government for the …

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8Feb

UAE/Oman scrap, DRI quotes increase, billet prices soften

The billet market in United Arab Emirates and Oman is under pressure from increasing domestic scrap …

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8Feb

Saudi scrap hike piles further pressure on re-rollers

Following the domestic scrap price increase in Saudi Arabia, merchant billet producers are struggling to buy scrap. …

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7Feb

GCC market observes Chinese HRC price softening

The Gulf Cooperation Council hot rolled coil market is seeing sliding prices, particularly of Chinese origin, …

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6Feb

Al Yamamah turns to loss in December quarter

Saudi Arabia’s Al Yamamah Steel reported a 0.5% on-year drop but 46.5% on-quarter growth in revenue …

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6Feb

Iran's ten-month steel exports shrink despite longs growth

Iranian semi-finished and finished steel exports slid 1.2% on-year to 8.43 million tonnes in the first …

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6Feb

Saudi tier-three mills struggle to issue rebar quotes

Most tier-three mills in Saudi Arabia are struggling with issuing rebar quotes amid high billet costs, …

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