EU ETS and CBAM: Why Not Abolish Them Altogether? – Stainless Espresso

Jun 17, 2026 | Stainless Espresso

17 June 2026 – Four major steel and chemical corporations are calling on the European Council to freeze emissions trading – and are unintentionally providing the best argument for abolishing it altogether. European Parliament Votes in Favor of EU-U.S....

Green Hydrogen in the Steel Sector: Pure Political Symbolism – Stainless Espresso

Jun 16, 2026 | Stainless Espresso

16 June 2026 – A major German steel producer is celebrating a hydrogen supply contract as a green breakthrough. The figures show: it is political symbolism on an industrial scale. The tariff domino effect: when protectionism demands even more protectionism....

Steel Subsidy Spiral Leads to Downfall – Stainless Espresso

Jun 15, 2026 | Stainless Espresso

15 June 2026 – The continuing subsidy spiral in steel is leading to downfall and reveals where the real problem lies: German steel depends on transfer payments. U.S.-Iran deal boosts Asian markets – base metals follow. Source

EU ETS Reform: The Trade Unions and Their Dilemma – Stainless Espresso

Jun 12, 2026 | Stainless Espresso

12 June 2026 – Brussels is openly considering weakening the Emissions Trading System, ETS – putting Germany’s IG Metall in a massive dilemma from which there is no comfortable escape. WV Stahl demands energy subsidies – at the taxpayer’s...

EU Steel Quotas: Bureaucratic Patchwork in Three Variants? – Stainless Espresso

Jun 11, 2026 | Stainless Espresso

11 June 2026 – Information is currently circulating around the new import quotas under the EU steel safeguard measure, the validity of which remains open – but the content is worth briefly putting into context. Stainless futures and nickel are stabilizing....