Latest Steel Industry News
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- EU stainless supply issues persist as Acerinox strike continues
EU stainless supply issues persist as Acerinox strike continues
31.05.2024Supply issues continue to dominate market discussions in Europe this month as their impact on material availability begins to increase. - Growing defence measures likely after EU’s tariff hikes
Growing defence measures likely after EU’s tariff hikes
30.05.2024Increased calls for sanctions to protect stainless steel producers from the growing capacity of Chinese and Indonesian mills could limit supply options and apply upward pressure to prices. - MEPS’s global steel production and capacity round-up
MEPS’s global steel production and capacity round-up
29.05.2024European steelmakers’ decarbonisation plans, US mills’ capacity expansion and quarterly results from EU stainless producers feature in MEPS International’s latest global production and capacity round-up. - Ukraine production uptick highlights supply sensitivity
Ukraine production uptick highlights supply sensitivity
28.05.2024MEPS respondents in Poland are growing increasingly concerned about the potential effects of oversupply as steelmakers in Ukraine increase production. - Domestic oversupply persists in US rebar market
Domestic oversupply persists in US rebar market
24.05.2024Reinforcing bar producers in the United States lowered their prices during May, despite imported material being largely absent from the market. - US steel buyers find value in Nucor Consumer Spot Price
US steel buyers find value in Nucor Consumer Spot Price
22.05.2024As the second month of Nucor’s reporting of a weekly consumer spot price (CSP) for hot rolled coil (HRC) comes to a close, steel buyers continue their efforts to gauge its influence. - EU EV market central to future automotive steel demand
EU EV market central to future automotive steel demand
21.05.2024The long-term prospects for steel demand from Europe’s automotive manufacturing sector are becoming a growing focus for MEPS research partners. - MEPS to lead stainless steel debate at BSSA conference
MEPS to lead stainless steel debate at BSSA conference
17.05.2024MEPS International steel market analyst Michelle Kirton will explore the key trends and challenges defining the stainless sector when she hosts a debate at the British Stainless Steel Association’s (BSSA) annual conference. - US steelmakers’ Q1 earnings calls examine market health
US steelmakers’ Q1 earnings calls examine market health
13.05.2024Steel mills in the United States sought to temper growth expectations for 2024 as they delivered near-term outlook reports in their quarter one earnings conference calls. - Analysis: EU ramps-up stainless steel import duties
Analysis: EU ramps-up stainless steel import duties
09.05.2024The European Commission’s application of countervailing and antidumping duties to stainless steel cold rolled imports from Taiwan and Vietnam will result in rates of almost 40%, in some cases. - EU confirms Indonesian stainless steel duties extension
EU confirms Indonesian stainless steel duties extension
07.05.2024The European Commission has confirmed the extension of definitive countervailing duties on Indonesian stainless steel cold rolled products to material imported from Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam.
