Latest Steel Industry News

• Sheffield FC Partnership

  Sheffield FC Partnership

  17.08.2022

  We're very pleased to be supporting Sheffield FC - The World’s First Football Club this season by sponsoring the MEPS International Lounge for the 2022/23 season
• New Capacity Roundup - July 2022

  New Capacity Roundup - July 2022

  29.07.2022

  Here is a selection of the major steelmakers' latest production and capacity investments announced this month.
• Shift in US stainless market leads to rapid stock build

  Shift in US stainless market leads to rapid stock build

  28.07.2022

  In the period since April, a rapid shift in market fundamentals has occurred, in the US stainless steel sector.
• Global crude steel production fails to recover in June

  Global crude steel production fails to recover in June

  26.07.2022

  Figures from worldsteel show that global crude steel output came to 158.1 million tonnes in June – down 5.9% compared with the same month in 2021. Total outturn for the first half of the year is 949.4 million tonnes.
• September will be key to global pricing fortunes

  September will be key to global pricing fortunes

  26.07.2022

  The steel markets, in Europe and North America, appear to be at a crossroads.
• Plate prices correct downwards after war-induced surge

  Plate prices correct downwards after war-induced surge

  20.07.2022

  Fears about feedstock shortages in the European hot rolled plate market following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have eased considerably in recent months.
• EU steel prices weaken further as summer holidays begin

  EU steel prices weaken further as summer holidays begin

  19.07.2022

  European steel prices continued to weaken this month. The general rate of decrease, however, decelerated. Wide price disparities exist between products and regions.
• API large-diameter pipe market recovery limited by capacity constraints

  API large-diameter pipe market recovery limited by capacity constraints

  06.07.2022

  Global oil and gas prices are currently at considerably higher levels than they were at the start of 2022. Brent Crude Oil is trading firmly above US$100 per barrel, whilst the Dutch TTF Gas Futures price has increased by more than 120 percent since the b
• UK extends safeguards as “free trade” argument persists

  UK extends safeguards as “free trade” argument persists

  05.07.2022

  In the post-Brexit environment, the British authorities have attempted to forge economic partnerships with many countries, around the world, away from the purported bureaucracy of the regional trading bloc.
• Inventory surge triggers rapid EU stainless price fall

  Inventory surge triggers rapid EU stainless price fall

  30.06.2022

  Stainless steel buying activity, in Europe, has remained considerably weaker than anyone anticipated following the decline in April.
• New Capacity Roundup - June 2022

  New Capacity Roundup - June 2022

  29.06.2022

  Here is a selection of the major steelmakers' latest production and capacity investments announced this month.