Jan 14, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
14 January 2026 – Nickel prices on the LME rose above the USD 18,000 mark again today. Media reports once more suggested that the Indonesian government could set RKAB mining quotas for 2026 at between 250 and 260 million tonnes of nickel ore. Source
Jan 13, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
13 January 2026 – After 25 years of negotiations, the Mercosur-EU free trade agreement is nearing completion – but now, of all times, a new dispute is looming. While the EU promises duty-free access to steel, it is simultaneously preparing drastic...
Jan 12, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
Riegel/Brussels, 12 January 2026 – Barely two weeks after the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered into force, the European Commission is already considering exemptions and relief measures-specifically for the agricultural sector. Under...
Jan 12, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
12 January 2026 – Prices for key Asian industrial metals rose again this Monday. Is CBAM suddenly no longer sustainable? The Commission is floating relief measures and exemptions – considering a suspension of CBAM and lower tariffs. Source
Jan 9, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
Riegel/Brussels, 9 January 2026 – The Gerber Group has today formally alerted the European Commission to serious errors and inconsistencies in the recently published CBAM default values. The default values were published on 31 December 2025 in the Official...
Jan 9, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
9 January 2026 – According to our research, the hastily introduced EU CO2 tax CBAM has led to several serious errors in the CO2 default values published on 31 December 2025. Nickel prices in Asia and Europe are stabilising after Thursday’s correction....
