IREPAS was started almost 43 years ago as the result of a meeting with Celsa and Gerdau. Ricardo Hugas created IREPAS to develop understanding between producers, traders, and consumers of rebar around the world. Today, IREPAS unites producers, traders, and professionals from the shipping and finance industries.
IREPAS meets every six months in different locations worldwide, helping all members gain access to useful information about the markets around the globe, meet new parties to create business opportunities, and create a better atmosphere for fair business.
BigMint, formerly SteelMint, has been a trusted platform for market intelligence, transparent price assessments, extensive data, and actionable insights, for over a decade.
Founded in 2010 by a trio of driven and passionate individuals,BigMint continues to provide credible, and in-depth market insights, historical data, statistics, prices and tenders. Maintaining a steady growth over the years, BigMint now covers price assessments of 30 countries, and stats assessments of 40 countries.
Over 3,740 companies around the globe use BigMint data for trading and as benchmarks for their analysis and planning purposes.