Our 66th meeting will be held in London!
Our 66th Meeting will be held on April 1-3, 2012 at the Hilton on Park Lane in London. Please check http://www.steelorbis.com/ for details. Read More
IREPAS : Outlook is positive except Europe
The 65th IREPAS Meeting was held in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 25-27, 2011. Ioannis Meimaroglu, the chairman of the Raw Material Suppliers Committee, explained that scrap prices continue to remain firm based on four reasons. First of all steel production has been increasing globally since 2006, despite the interruption in 2008, driving scrap demand up. Secondly, not only producers are keeping their scrap inventories low, but also inventories... Read More
240 delegates attended the 65th meeting
The 65th IREPAS Meeting was held in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 25-27, 2011 with 240 delegates representing 148 companies from 35 countries. There were 81 delegates representing producing companies. Read More
Destination St.Petersburg, Russia for our 65th meeting
The 65th IREPAS meeting will take place in St.Petersburg, Russia. The second gathering of 2011 will be held at the Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg between September 25-27, 2011. Please check www.SteelOrbisEvents.com for further information. Read More
Our 64th meeting will take place in Hong Kong
We are pleased to announce that the 64th IREPAS meeting will take place in Hong Kong in April 10th to 12th, 2011. Hong Kong was the second most popular choice of the IREPAS members as per the results of last summer’s poll for the future venues of our meetings. Following the 63rd meeting held in Madrid in October 2010, we are now heading to Hong Kong for our first gathering of 2011 which is going to be held at the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel &... Read More
IREPAS : Business is expected to resume within a short period
The 63rd meeting of IREPAS (International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Madrid on October 3-5, 2010. There were 85 producer representatives amongst the 272 delegates from 42 different countries. At the conclusion of the event, the chairmen of the committees for raw material suppliers, traders, rebar and wire rod suppliers and billet suppliers came together to share their view of the current state of the markets with the general... Read More
The 63rd meeting will be held in Madrid
Time for the second gathering of 2010 is getting closer. Madrid had received the most votes in our poll for the venue of the 63rd meeting ahead of Hong Kong and Lisbon. Accordingly our second and last gathering of the year will be in Madrid at the Meliá Castilla Hotel, between October 3-5, 2010. Please check www.SteelOrbisEvents.com for details. Read More
Oversupply remains the main problem
Our 62nd meeting was held in Budapest on June 6-8. There were 92 producer representatives amongst the 241 attendees from 45 different countries. The meeting had to be postponed due to air traffic problems in European air space back in April. Traders’ Committee concluded the demand was low in the market in general, resulting in a situation of oversupply. Rebar and Wire Rod Suppliers Committee chairman Mr.Al Saadi sad that considering expectations... Read More
IREPAS Committees: Oversupply still remains the main problem
The 62nd meeting of IREPAS (International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Budapest on June 6-8. There were 92 producer representatives amongst the 241 attendees from 45 different countries. At the conclusion of the event, the chairmen of the committees for raw material suppliers, traders, rebar and wire rod suppliers and billet suppliers came together to share their view of the current state of the markets with the general participants... Read More
Budapest meeting postponed
The SteelOrbis Spring ’10 Conference and the 62nd IREPAS meeting in Budapest which was originally scheduled to take place on April 18-20 is poastponed due to force majeure situation created by unprecedented circumstances following the eruption of a volcano in Iceland. Flights across much of Europe will be severely disrupted well into Saturday (April 17) because of drifting ash ejected from the volcano in Iceland. Much of the airspace across northern... Read More