U.S. Stainless Steel Mills Operating Near Maximum Capacity – Stainless Espresso

Oct 31, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

31 October 2025 – Reports from the U.S. market indicate that domestic stainless steel mills are already operating close to their maximum real production capacity due to tariffs. Austria has significantly increased its crude steel production in September, and...

EU Just Watching as the U.S. and China Grow Closer – Stainless Espresso

Oct 30, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

30 October 2025 – The highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea appears to have gone positively for both sides. Meanwhile, the European Union seems content to sit idly by, while its own economy...

Germany’s Industrial Policy: Focus on Old Giants Instead of New Ideas – Stainless Espresso

Oct 29, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

29 October 2025 – An expert report from Germany shows: It’s not China ruining Europe’s steel, but electricity prices. Asian base metals showed a stable sideways movement or slight gains on Wednesday. Source

EU: Tariffs Don’t Bring About Necessary Reforms – Stainless Espresso

Oct 28, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

28 October 2025 – While Argentina calls for further reforms and deregulation, and Italy demands an urgent reform of the EU Green Deal, the recent demand from an importers’ association to extend EU steel tariffs to downstream products amounts to nothing...

Base Metals Start the Week Stable and Friendly – Stainless Espresso

Oct 27, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

October 27, 2025 – The prices for base metals on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) continued their stable sideways movement or recorded further gains on Monday, following a positive end to last week. Trade relations between China and the EU remain rather...

Is the EU Trade Committee Heading for a Showdown with the U.S.? – Stainless Espresso

Oct 24, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

October 24, 2025 – The chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade, Bernd Lange (SPD/S&D), appears ready to take a confrontational stance toward the United States over the EU-U.S. trade deal. Base metals: positive sideways...