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- Antidumping duties raise Vietnam's HRC prices
Antidumping duties raise Vietnam's HRC prices
10.03.2025Hot rolled coil prices are expected to rise in Vietnam following this month’s introduction of preliminary antidumping tariffs on Chinese-origin steel imports. - Podcast: Can EU Clean Deal deliver a sustainable steel industry?
Podcast: Can EU Clean Deal deliver a sustainable steel industry?
10.03.2025MEPS’s latest Speaking of Steel podcast considers whether EU decarbonisation policies promise to deliver a sustainable steel industry or risk raising the cost of production to uncompetitive levels. - MEPS celebrates inclusivity on International Women’s Day
MEPS celebrates inclusivity on International Women’s Day
07.03.2025Three female members of the MEPS International team urged others not to fear pursuing a career in a male-dominated industry as they marked International Women’s Day 2025. - Podcast: East Asia searches for steel market stimulus
Podcast: East Asia searches for steel market stimulus
05.03.2025East Asia’s steel industry is hoping that China’s economic stimulus measures and United States import tariffs may boost the market after a slow post-Lunar New Year restart. - US steel buyers to feel impact of 25% import tariffs
US steel buyers to feel impact of 25% import tariffs
04.03.2025The North American steel market is braced for the effect of 25% import tariffs after the US government introduced the trade measures on key trade partners Canada and Mexico from today (March 4). - MEPS’s latest global steel production and capacity round-up
MEPS’s latest global steel production and capacity round-up
03.03.2025Canada’s hot rolled plate antidumping investigation, an end to the UK’s cold rolled coil import safeguards and the latest mill developments feature in MEPS’s latest global steel capacity round-up. - Will EU's Clean Industrial Deal benefit stainless steel producers?
Will EU's Clean Industrial Deal benefit stainless steel producers?
28.02.2025European stainless steel producers will be hoping to benefit from a new Clean Industrial Deal, unveiled by the European Commission yesterday (February 26). - Resetting 25% US tariffs brings equality for exporters
Resetting 25% US tariffs brings equality for exporters
26.02.2025A 25% tariff on all steel imports will level the playing field among steel-producing countries targeting exports into the United States. - 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.