NGO funding: EU Parliament sets up committee of inquiry – Stainless Espresso

Jun 20, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

20 June 2025 – A coalition of parties in the EU Parliament succeeded yesterday in pushing through a demand for a committee of inquiry into the opaque funding of NGOs by the EU Commission. Steel and aluminium: Canada announces upcoming new trade defence measures...

Is the LME running out of aluminium? Stock levels have fallen significantly – Stainless Espresso

Jun 19, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

19 June 2025 – LME stock levels of primary aluminium have fallen by almost 66% since June 2024, and the pitiful remains seem to consist almost entirely of unsaleable Russian aluminium. New demands: EU steel lobby wants to fuel inflation and destroy EU...

Is the EU changing the safeguard measure through the back door? – Stainless Espresso

Jun 18, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

18 June 2025 – A few days ago, the EU Commission notified the WTO of intended changes to the EU safeguard measure on certain steel products – but did not inform anyone else? Aluminium prices remain robust and are rising. Alleged oil price crisis only...

Warning: Beware of EU CBAM myths and half-truths – Stainless Espresso

Jun 17, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

17 June 2025 – The EU Carbon Border Tax CBAM is a complex bureaucratic monster that is still incomplete in many respects. In addition, various so-called specialist media outlets are adding to the confusion by deliberately omitting important aspects of CBAM in...

Base metals remain stable despite current conflict situation – Stainless Espresso

Jun 16, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

16 June 2025 – In view of the current conflict situation in the Middle East, base metals in Asia and Europe are proving surprisingly stable. New dirt from Brussels: Commission lobbying again on its own behalf? Criticism from the EU Parliament of the...

Still no sign of real bureaucracy cuts from Brussels – Stainless Espresso

Jun 13, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

13 June 2025 – The European Commission had actually committed itself to significantly reducing bureaucracy – now it is launching new bureaucratic monsters. Indonesian nickel producers are planning to launch their own metal exchange in 2026 and are calling...

Aluminium prices continue to rise – Sainless Espresso

Jun 12, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

12 June 2025 – Aluminium prices have risen again in recent days, and today they have already increased again in Asia. Steel imports into the EU have fallen significantly, even if lobby groups would like to suggest otherwise. Source

Parts of the EU CBAM Expert Group are EU-funded NGOs – Stainless Espresso

Jun 11, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

11 June 2025 – According to media reports, the increase in steel and aluminium tariffs to 50% is already having an impact on the availability of stainless steel in the United States. EU CBAM Expert Group: The NGOs involved are largely funded by the European...

Think tank of the EU steel lobby: It’s not just green NGOs that exert influence – Stainless Espresso

Jun 10, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

10 June 2025 – The European Commission’s support for non-governmental organisations has been the subject of criticism for years. But it may not only be green NGOs that have been involved. Other lobby groups that have had a massive influence on the Green Deal...

EU Green Deal manipulated: How deep is the swamp really? – Stainless Espresso

Jun 9, 2025 | Stainless Espresso

9 June 2025 – The EU Green Deal, which includes the much-criticised Carbon Border Tax CBAM, is once again at the centre of a scandal: as German media have revealed, the EU Commission has paid NGOs to deliberately manipulate public opinion in favour of the Commission...