Latest Steel Industry News
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- US scrap exports decline for third consecutive year
US scrap exports decline for third consecutive year
20.02.2025A third consecutive year of decline for global steel scrap exports from the United States coincided with reduced prices, data for 2024 has revealed. - EU steelmakers eye 2018 to determine US tariffs’ impact
EU steelmakers eye 2018 to determine US tariffs’ impact
20.02.2025Revisions to the European Commission’s import safeguard measures may result in stricter controls than previously anticipated after President Trump pledged to impose 25% duties on US steel imports. - Podcast: President Trump’s 25% US steel tariffs
Podcast: President Trump’s 25% US steel tariffs
13.02.2025President Donald Trump’s plan to levy 25% tariffs on all steel imports into the United States will reset the punitive rate enforced by Section 232 legislation in 2018, the Speaking of Steel podcast has heard. - Podcast: the global events stalling German steel demand
Podcast: the global events stalling German steel demand
10.02.2025The Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine contributed to a German economic slowdown that underpins the steel industry’s fears of continued weak demand in 2025. - Indian budget focuses on growth, not trade protection
Indian budget focuses on growth, not trade protection
06.02.2025India’s Union Budget increased steelmakers’ expectations of growing demand from infrastructure projects but failed to implement new measures to reduce low-cost steel imports. - Podcast: Interest rates and imports key to US steel outlook
Podcast: Interest rates and imports key to US steel outlook
05.02.2025Improving steel demand and reduced imports present upside risks to United States price forecasts recently downgraded as a result of a “higher for longer” outlook for interest rates. - EU mills want stainless price rises after slow January
EU mills want stainless price rises after slow January
05.02.2025European stainless steel producers are targeting higher sales prices despite struggling to fill their February and March order books in a slow start to 2025. - Update: North American Trump tariffs suspended
Update: North American Trump tariffs suspended
03.02.2025President Donald Trump’s imposition of 25% import tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico will decouple steel price movements in the United States from those of its North American neighbours. - MEPS’s global steel production and capacity round-up
MEPS’s global steel production and capacity round-up
03.02.2025Aperam’s acquisition of Universal Stainless, China’s production growth and the restart of Poland's Huta Czestochowa steelworks are among the developments reported in January's global steel capacity round up from MEPS International. - Rebar imports slump amid US tariffs threat
Rebar imports slump amid US tariffs threat
31.01.2025A tightening of United States trade legislation has the potential to largely eliminate rebar imports from the country’s supply chain, according to MEPS analysis. - Presidential orders reshape US stainless steel supply chains
Presidential orders reshape US stainless steel supply chains
31.01.2025A series of executive orders signed by new United States President Donald Trump will realign stainless steel demand from the country’s key industrial sectors. - US tariff threat hangs over North American steel sector
US tariff threat hangs over North American steel sector
29.01.2025President Trump issued his first tariff threat shortly after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.
