Steel: German Social Democrats call for nationalisation of steel mills – Stainless Espresso

Oct 15, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

15 October 2025 – Raise steel tariffs, expand CBAM, hand out billions in tax money as election gifts, nationalise steel mills: the Social Democrats (SPD) want to “save” Germany’s steel mills. But with their newly published position paper...

Is Sweden’s green steel mill facing collapse? – Stainless Espresso

Oct 14, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

14 October 2025 – Most European primary steel producers have already abandoned the idea of green steel production, effectively calling the EU Green Deal into question. Now, a Swedish project to produce “sustainable” green steel may also be in...

Stainless steel: Only contingents in the EU from mid-2026? – Stainless Espresso

Oct 13, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

13 October 2025 – Are EU stainless steel mills planning to sell only on a contingents basis from 2026 in response to the European Commission’s new steel protection plans? Meanwhile, a fire at a US aluminium plant has halted 40% of the country’s...

EU Steel Tariff Plan: Sharp criticism from public society – Stainless Espresso

Oct 10, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

10 October 2025 – Criticism of the recently presented EU Steel Tariff Plan is mounting rapidly. Is France behind the idea that tariff-rate quotas should primarily benefit large corporations? Is the EU’s proposed Melt and Pour rule even feasible? Meanwhile,...

Stainless steel: Problems again in EU trade defence investigation? – Stainless Espresso

Oct 9, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

9 October 2025 – Has another technical issue occurred in an EU trade defence case? The recently launched EU anti-dumping expiry review on stainless steel hot-rolled flat products from Indonesia, China and Taiwan appears to be suffering from a striking lack of...

Steel tariffs: EU seeks to enforce an import ban – Stainless Espresso

Oct 8, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

8 October 2025 – With the draft regulation for a new Safeguard successor presented yesterday, the EU aims to turn economic reality back to 2013. The proposal would effectively amount to an import ban for many steel origins. At the same time, at least 30% of all...