Steel crisis or the standard formula once again? – Stainless Espresso

Mar 27, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

March 27, 2025 – Steel crisis in Germany or just a system with a method to collect state aid? US government wants to introduce car import tariffs of 25%. Source

The war of numbers: Is Aluminium Deutschland twisting the facts? – Stainless Espresso

Mar 26, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

26 March 2025 – The war of numbers has had the European Union firmly in its grip, and not just since the recently presented EU Steel and Metals Action Plan. Now the Verband Deutscher Metallhändler und Recycler e.V. (VDM) has caught the aluminium producer...

EU Safeguard review results officially announced – Stainless Espresso

Mar 25, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

25 March 2025 – The European Commission today published the final results of the EU Safeguard Review. Even though the Commission has made some tightening, the EU steel lobby was not able to fully assert itself with its excessive demands – some product...

Robust demand for iron ore concentrate in China – Stainless Espresso

Mar 24, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

24 March 2025 – Demand for iron ore concentrates in China is robust, which has already led to a shortage in availability in some regions. Will reciprocal US tariffs be significantly more targeted? Source

EU delays imposition of counter tariffs on US goods – Stainless Espresso

Mar 21, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

21 March 2025 – In order to gain more leeway for negotiations with the US government, the European Commission has temporarily postponed the introduction of counter tariffs on US goods. Steel mills in the EU are once again complaining louder about market...

Rainy season causes nickel ore prices to skyrocket – Stainless Espresso

Mar 20, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

20 March 2025 – The rainy season in the Philippines is coming to an end and nickel ore prices there are rising sharply, followed by an even more drastic increase in freight costs for nickel ore. EU Steel and Metals Action Plan officially presented –...