May 30, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
China has drastically increased the speed at which it wants to achieve carbon neutrality. CISA now reports that 620 million tons of annual production have already been converted to low emissions. Germany again reports shortages of wood and steel, threatening its...
May 28, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
The European Commission has published today, May 28, 2021, the provisional anti-dumping duties on stainless steel products from India and Indonesia and now enter into force. Anti-dumping duties for India and Indonesia As a result, anti-dumping duties are now in place...
May 28, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
GM has announced it will restart some of its auto plants that were temporarily shut down due to the global shortage of semicondutor chips. What is good news for some, however, could pose problems for others. And have you ever made a major business decision based on...
May 27, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
As soon as there is even the slightest change on the steel market, even if it is only in the range of 0.35%, an immediate trend reversal is assumed. This is what we see in the currently published figures on global steel production for April 2021 and in the latest...
May 26, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
China wants to monitor the commodity market more closely and intervene in a regulatory capacity where necessary to ensure greater stability and security of supply. In the United States, metalformers are complaining about increasingly long lead times for steel...
May 25, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
After an easing on the commodity exchanges was already apparent yesterday, spot prices for nickel and also the nickel contracts on the Shanghai Future Exchange rose again today. Also on the London Metal Exchange, nickel had already reached a value of over $ 17,000 per...
May 24, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
Over the weekend, the commodity markets have calmed down somewhat. And a stabilizing trend can already be seen on the LME. Also at the SHFE it has calmed down further and a flattening tendency in the price decline of the base metals can be seen.  The status on LME...
May 23, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
The commodity markets were for many the determining topic in the past week. Thorsten Gerber has already given his assessment on Friday. In addition, an article from forexlive.com caught our attention. And the China Iron and Steel Industry Association (CISA) is keeping...
May 21, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
The market is currently in turmoil again. The Chinese government has announced new measures to curb rising commodity prices. Base metals have fallen. And the U.S. Federal Reserve is thinking out loud about monetary policy measures. That triggers reflexes. But do these...
May 20, 2021 | Stainless Espresso
China: Big tasks sometimes require big efforts and also tough and uncomfortable cuts. While Europe only wants to talk about reducing excess capacities with the United States, other regions and countries are already actively getting serious. The Chinese government has...