May 30, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
30 May 2024 – The stainless steel mill under strike in Spain is not coming to rest. Group management has now announced new measures, adding fuel to the fire. Rising prices for stainless steel scrap and stainless steel products expected for June 2024....
May 29, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
29 May 2024 – The increasingly obvious nickel shortage, particularly in the stainless steel sector, is already causing some formats to become scarce, according to Southeast Asian market voices. And Europe’s stock market is attracting significantly more...
May 28, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
28 May 2024 – The sudden end of the European benchmark price for ferrochrome may have heralded the end of the fanciful stainless steel alloy surcharges. What happens next? And the prices for base metals on the LME are friendly and rising at the start of trading....
May 27, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
27 May 2024 – The takeover of parts of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe by the Czech energy group EPH was only possible last week thanks to the use of the second voting right of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp AG. Can Germany even afford to exert...
May 24, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
24 May 2024 – The shortage of processed nickel may already be significantly higher than previously assumed. At least according to figures from recent media reports, which indicate a 30% increase in the nickel supply gap for March 2024. And the sentiment...
May 23, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
23 May 2024 – Profit-taking has led to slight to moderate price corrections in raw materials such as copper, nickel and aluminum. Overall, however, base metals remain at a significantly higher level. And China imported 38% more stainless steel in the first five...
May 22, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
22 May 2024 – Will the potential sale of thyssenkrupp’s steel division fail again due to the billions in pension provisions weighing on the Group? There are many indications that this is the case and it is not the first time a tkSE CEO has come under...
May 21, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
21 May 2024 – The stainless steel alloy surcharges for June 2024 will increase significantly. This is not only shown by the substantially higher nickel and molybdenum prices, but also by the first publications from stainless steel mills. Dispute over...
May 17, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
17 May 2024 – Nickel prices on the LME and the Asian SHFE have risen significantly in recent days. In the meantime, the price of the battery and stainless steel raw material has already exceeded USD 21,000 per tonne again. And the ZEW economic expectations for...
May 16, 2024 | Stainless Espresso
16 May 2024 – Is the US government’s announcement of higher tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from China just what the Commission President, who is under suspicion of corruption, needs as an argument to support the Safeguard extension? And the...
