"Global longs market faces ongoing challenges of competition and tariff uncertainty"

Murat Cebecioğlu, chairman of IREPAS, the global association for longs producers and exporters, has given the welcome speech at the SteelOrbis Fall 2025 Conference & 93rd IREPAS Meeting taking place in Munich on September 28-30. The conference has attracted over 400 participants, including 123 representatives from 49 steel producers coming from 23 countries and 79 delegates from 41 raw material suppliers.

Recalling that at the last few IREPAS meetings the participants had discussed the adverse circumstances affecting the global long steel market the IREPAS chairman remarked that not much improvement has been observed in the market yet. Noting that protectionist measures are continuing to have a significant impact on the market, Mr. Cebecioğlu said that some US tariffs are being challenged by courts of appeals, leading to more uncertainties than before...

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