Feb 19, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
19 February 2026 – Base metals on the LME showed a friendly disposition last Wednesday, partly posting slight gains. Sudden irregularity: EU stainless steel producer raises prices – are producers exploiting the situation? Source
Feb 18, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
18 February 2026 – Significant resistance is emerging against the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), one of the central political projects of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Criticized as protectionist and overly bureaucratic, the presentation,...
Feb 17, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
17 February 2026 – The CBAM default values published by the European Commission on 31 December 2025, which are essential for the indicative calculation of CO2 costs, remain riddled with errors even seven weeks after the launch of CBAM. Base metals are showing...
Feb 16, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
16 February 2026 – Base metals closed with moderate losses on Friday, just ahead of the start of the Chinese New Year holiday. The LME began the new week on a calm note. In our own matter: the Gerber Group warns of rising costs and an increasingly blocked EU...
Feb 13, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
13 February 2026 – According to media reports, the United States is planning to suspend at least some of the steel and aluminum tariffs on so-called derivatives that have been in force since 2025. Meanwhile in Europe, the debate over cutting red tape raises a...
Feb 12, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
12 February 2026 – While Europe’s largest steel producer secures approximately €650 million in subsidies in France for two new electric arc furnaces (EAFs) costing €1.3 billion, thousands of jobs are reportedly set to be relocated from Europe to India...
Feb 12, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
Riegel/Brussles, 11 February 2026 – European competitiveness has reached a critical juncture. What was long considered an abstract risk has become a tangible reality for companies across all Member States – particularly for small and medium-sized...
Feb 11, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
11 February 2026 – The Indonesian government has once again reaffirmed its plan to reduce nickel ore mining quotas. Nickel prices in Asia rose by more than 4% in response. France: “Oops! I Did It Again” – new demands from the Élysée Palace for...
Feb 10, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
10 February 2026 – Alarmism from Paris instead of reforms for Europe: a new report from France invokes the “China threat” and proposes measures that would come at a high cost – of all people – to Europe’s small and medium-sized...
Feb 9, 2026 | Stainless Espresso
9 February 2026 – The “Buy European” proposal put forward by French EU Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné is meeting little enthusiasm across many EU member states. Germany’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Katherina Reiche, has now also...
