Nov 4, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
4 November 2025 – Germanys largest steelmaker, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, has withdrawn from the Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (German Steel Federation). A bombshell just days before Thursday’s steel summit with Chancellor Merz. Where does the disagreement...
Nov 3, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
3 November 2025 – Another German Steel Summit is set to help get the supposedly ailing German steel industry back on track. In the run-up, there has been a wave of tariff polemics directed at China – particularly from Germany’s Social Democrats. But...
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...
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...
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
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...
