9 March 2026 – The conflict between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other is continuing to push aluminium prices higher, bringing them close to the record levels reached in 2022. Meanwhile, a Member of the European Parliament has filed a lawsuit against the Commission over allegedly empty responses, and the German state of Saarland is calling for steel quotas in the EU Industrial Accelerator Act-while ignoring the consequences for SMEs. Source

