EU Steel: Is it really just politics that makes the market look bad? – Stainless Espresso

Aug 27, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

27 August 2025 – If you listen to Europe’s steelmakers, the blast furnace has already gone cold. But why, then, do political statements not match the actual market behavior of domestic steel groups? Source

Crude steel: EU has 80 million tonnes of overcapacity – Stainless Espresso

Aug 25, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

25 August 2025 – Raw materials record slight price increases at the start of the week. A melting ladle burns through at a steelworks in Hamburg. And according to its own figures, the EU has 80 million tonnes of overcapacity in crude steel – which is...

Eurozone: Economic activity sees strongest growth in over a year – Stainless Espresso

Aug 22, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

22 August 2025 – Amidst all the negative headlines, there are still some positive reports to be found. The eurozone economy continues to show signs of recovery. US-EU trade deal: Will there now be further CBAM relief for SMEs? Source

Question to our readers: What topics are you currently burning for? – Stainless Espresso

Aug 21, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

21 August 2025 – Forcing ourselves to bring up topics even when there is nothing to report? Not with us. But perhaps you, our readers, have a topic that is burning under your fingernails. Source

China imports significantly more aluminium in July – Stainless Espresso

Aug 20, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

20 August 2025 – According to Chinese customs data, Chinese imports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products rose significantly in July 2025. Raw aluminium remains in short supply. Loud calls for safeguard successor, but EU steel makers are importing more...

EU Safeguard successor: German Chambers of Commerce and Industry with excessive demands – Stainless Espresso

Aug 19, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

19 August 2025 – The anti-dumping measure against Vietnamese stainless steel adopted in July is contributing to a significant shortage of stainless steel on the South Korean market. German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) with excessive demands regarding...

Expansion of US Section 232 on steel and aluminium – Stainless Espresso

Aug 18, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

18 August 2025 – The US government has announced that it will extend US Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminium to several hundred products. The changes are set to take effect today, Monday. Following the contract change on the commodity exchanges, base...

Green Hydrogen and the German Steelmakers – Stainless Espresso

Aug 8, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

8 August 2025 – Green hydrogen, originally intended to be the fuel of the EU Green Deal, will not be available in sufficient quantities in the long term. This long-known problem is now once again being used as a pretext to obtain compensation for the costs of natural...

German steel: Don’t trust any statistics you haven’t falsified yourself? – Stainless Espresso

Aug 7, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

7 August 2025 – If you believe the German steel lobby, domestic steel mills are doing incredibly badly. But do the statistics stand up to fact-checking? Does the beleaguered EU Trade Commissioner urgently need good press? And a brief opinion piece on the dispute...

German push on US steel and aluminium tariffs a resounding failure? – Stainless Espresso

Aug 6, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

6 August 2025 – The German push on US steel and aluminium tariffs and possible exemptions from them may already have failed miserably and contributed to new tensions in the trade dispute between the EU and the United States. ArcelorMittal Poland shuts down...