Oct 2, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
2 October 2025 – What the press thought it overheard at yesterday’s “Emergency Steel Social Summit” sounded like a pipe dream for European steelmakers – and was then eagerly and uncritically released into the media cosmos. But on closer...
Oct 1, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
1 October 2025 – Aluminium prices on the European LME managed to defend their high level throughout September. US aluminium premiums also rose sharply compared to the previous month. Alleged Chinese iron ore ban may simply be a false report? Source
Sep 30, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
30 September 2025 – Taiwanese stainless steel producers have announced price increases for October 2025. A Northern European stainless steel producer says tariffs are creating uncertainty in the markets and calls for a stricter successor to the expiring...
Sep 29, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
29 September 2025 – Last week, the European Commission imposed definitive final anti-dumping duties on hot-rolled flat products (HRC) of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel from Egypt, Japan, and Vietnam. Source
Sep 26, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
26 September 2025 – With a rather frantic-looking article, Germany’s Handelsblatt yesterday spread the news that the EU intends to announce new tariffs against steel from China next week. Time for an analysis – and a speculative outlook on what could...
Sep 25, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
25 September 2025 – The EU Trade Commissioner wants to make a fresh push for exemptions from US steel and aluminium tariffs, after his previous efforts went unanswered. Will he have any luck this time? Copper prices have risen sharply. Stainless steel demand is...
