Aluminium Scrap: Calls for 30% Export Tax – Stainless Espresso

Sep 16, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

16 September 2025 – In the EU, calls are being made for a 30% export tax on aluminium scrap – whilst domestic producers at the same time are exporting significant volumes of unprocessed aluminium. EUROFER Report Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2025/2026...

EU Steel Mills: Turnover Increase of 50% – Stainless Espresso

Sep 15, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

15 September 2025 – In recent years, EU steel mills have been able to increase their turnover by more than 50%, while producing less and less crude steel. At the same time, with their excessive trade defense demands, they are putting their own customers under...

Steel: EU Parliamentarian Calls for New Trade Defense Measure – Stainless Espresso

Sep 12, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

12 September 2025 – The German EU parliamentarian Christian Ehler (CDU), together with several other members of the European Parliament, sent a letter to the Commission yesterday demanding a successor to the EU safeguard measure on steel, which expires in...

Steelmakers’ Association Data Once Again Incorrect – Stainless Espresso

Sep 11, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

11 September 2025 – The US Midwest Aluminum Premiums continued their upward rally on Wednesday, reaching a new record high. That the figures published by the European Steelmakers’ Association (EUROFER) can be considered questionable is something we had...

State of the Union 2025: A Speech Full of Contradictions – Stainless Espresso

Sep 10, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

10 September 2025 – Today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her 2025 State of the Union address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The speech was full of contradictions and empty phrases straight out of her PR department. CBAM...