Oct 7, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
7 October 2025 – A WTO panel has ruled that the European Commission breached the WTO Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) Agreement several times when imposing countervailing duties on stainless steel products from Indonesia. Meanwhile, the Commission has...
Oct 6, 2025 | Stainless Espresso
6 October 2025 – When rumours about new tariffs emerge, we generally prefer to stick to established facts – and if necessary, put those facts into proper perspective based on what is being rumoured. So, based on the current chatter, let’s look at...
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
