Aug 2, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
August 2, 2021 – Difficult economic data and new regulations by the Chinese government sent Asian stock markets temporarily into a tailspin today. Western commodity exchanges unimpressed by Chinese data. Tight supply situation for aluminium continues to drive...
Jul 31, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
Taiwanese stainless steel producers are raising prices, some dramatically, for August 2021. And the South American steel market remains stunned after the end of Chinese export rebates on various steel products. Taiwanese stainless steel producers drastically increase...
Jul 30, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
July 30, 2021 – As we previously reported, the Chinese government has implemented its intention and imposed new export taxes and ended export rebates. Particularly affected are ferrochrome exports and 23 steel products, where export rebates have been completely...
Jul 29, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
July 29, 2021 – Chinese steel and stainless steel prices rose again today, even if analysts had already again sung farewells to the Chinese market. Aluminum, nickel and other important values further in the plus. India and Brazil increasingly focus on the...
Jul 28, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
July 28, 2021: Criticism of the European Commission’s three-year extension of the EU Safeguard measures continues unabated. The EU economy is being severely damaged by supply bottlenecks; in Germany alone the estimated losses amount to more than 25 billion...
Jul 27, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
Rising ferrochrome prices are pulling up domestic stainless steel producers’ August 2021 alloy surcharges significantly in the EU. By up to 10%. Nickel ore prices close to all-time high. Demand for 300 series stainless steel in 2021 up more than 35%...