http://www.irontradeco.comIrontradeco News2/8/2012 9:30:18 AMCopyright www.irontradeco.com. All rights reserved.www.irontradeco.comhttp://www.irontradeco.com/view/332.aspxPotential investors in the Middle East’s steel industry should not miss the golden opportunity to invest in steel companies and plants while growth is still strong overall. Dr Hilal Hussain Al Tuwairqi chairman of the Arab Iron and Steel Union said in an extraordinary broadside against investment9/27/2011 11:52:45 AMhttp://www.irontradeco.com/view/331.aspxNew Iranian steel plant Bardsir Steel, located close to Bardsir city in the southeastern Iranian province of Kerman is expected to be put into operation in early 2013. The plant comprises a direct reduced iron module of 1 million tonnes annual capacity and a melt shop also with an annual capacity9/27/2011 11:45:45 AMhttp://www.irontradeco.com/view/330.aspxTurkish rebar sales to the Persian Gulf have dried up as Ramadan has begun, and consumers retreat from the import market in favour of local suppliers. “The rebar import market is completely dead,” a trader based in Dubai told MB. “Ramadan has slowed down...8/4/2011 1:44:00 PMhttp://www.irontradeco.com/view/329.aspxEuropean rebar prices are unchanged for the second consecutive week on slow demand and a lack of buying activity due to mill shutdowns and the summer holiday period, mill and trader sources told MB8/4/2011 1:40:38 PMhttp://www.irontradeco.com/view/322.aspxTehran Times cited Mr Ahmad Khadem ol Mellah deputy industries and mines minister Iran as saying that industrial and mineral exports has risen 286% during the fourth development plan compared to the preceding 5 year plan. Mr Ahmad Khadem said the figure has gone up from USD 16.5 billion in the th3/18/2011 8:31:59 PM