Jan 30, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
30 January 2026 – Despite overnight corrections across commodity markets, nickel prices remain elevated and are still trading at their highest level in 16 months. Switzerland and the EU are clashing over new steel tariffs – has Brussels turned its back on...
Jan 29, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
29 January 2026 – Poland is calling on the EU to intervene against Ukraine’s steel scrap export ban-despite having sought to restrict steel imports from Ukraine itself as recently as October 2025. Copper prices surge sharply, while aluminium and nickel...
Jan 28, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
28 January 2026 – The International Trade Committee (INTA) of the European Parliament approved the draft report on the new steel tariffs and import quotas proposed by the European Commission on Tuesday. Commodity markets: aluminium prices in Asia are rising...
Jan 27, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
27 January 2026 – India and the EU agree on a free trade agreement. But is this really the “mother of all deals,” or did the Commission simply need an urgent success story? Source
Jan 26, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
26 January 2026 – Nickel futures traded on the SHFE and LME opened the week largely unchanged and stable. Last week, the EU submitted a reform proposal to the WTO in Geneva. And is the European Commission still democratically legitimate? Source
