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- Added incentives offered to Steel Price Outlook buyers
Added incentives offered to Steel Price Outlook buyers
05.11.2025A 10% discount and access to a free interactive webinar are being offered with all pre-orders of the MEPS Steel Price Outlook 2025 report. - MEPS’s global steel production and capacity round-up
MEPS’s global steel production and capacity round-up
31.10.2025SSAB’s and Metinvest’s green steel plans feature in this month’s MEPS steel production and capacity round-up. - Stainless market reflects on proposed EU trade defences
Stainless market reflects on proposed EU trade defences
30.10.2025Subdued stainless steel demand and low prices could define the EU market for a further four to five months unless the European Commission brings forward its proposed introduction of a more stringent trade defence mechanism, producers say. - US auto suppliers to feel effect of policy changes
US auto suppliers to feel effect of policy changes
24.10.2025Suppliers of steel to the United States’ automotive sector may benefit from stable to growing demand in 2026, despite reduced electric car demand and a forecast decline in overall vehicle sales. - Analysis: understanding the EU’s steel defence proposal
Analysis: understanding the EU’s steel defence proposal
23.10.2025The European Commission has unveiled sweeping reforms to the way it will protect the European steel industry from global overcapacity, setting the stage for one of the most significant shifts in EU trade policy in a decade. - Downstream sectors question EU bid to protect steelmakers
Downstream sectors question EU bid to protect steelmakers
21.10.2025Industry associations and market participants fear that the European Commission’s proposed replacement for its import safeguard measures could cause lasting harm to downstream steel -consuming companies and EU manufacturing. - Podcast: will Europe’s ailing auto sector drive down steel prices?
Podcast: will Europe’s ailing auto sector drive down steel prices?
08.10.2025Challenges faced by Europe’s steelmakers and automotive manufacturers will raise the stakes in annual steel contract price negotiations between the two sectors in the coming months, a new MEPS podcast concludes. - EU reveals plan to double steel tariff and cuts quotas
EU reveals plan to double steel tariff and cuts quotas
08.10.2025The European Commission’s replacement for its current steel import safeguard measures will see tariff-free quota volumes cut by 47% and above-quota tariffs raised to 50%, if approved. - Podcast: Central European investment unlikely to boost steel prices
Podcast: Central European investment unlikely to boost steel prices
06.10.2025Investment in Central Europe’s defence, energy and automotive sectors is unlikely to significantly increase prices in steel’s spot market, MEPS’s latest Market in Minutes podcast reveals. - MEPS webinar to answer key CBAM compliance questions
MEPS webinar to answer key CBAM compliance questions
03.10.2025MEPS has teamed up with CBAM compliance company Dubrink to answer steel market participants’ questions about the incoming emissions-based import mechanism in an upcoming webinar. - MEPS’s global steel production and capacity round-up
MEPS’s global steel production and capacity round-up
01.10.2025Jindal Steel’s bid to acquire Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe, the widening scope of US Section 232 tariffs and confirmation of the January 1 implementation of EU CBAM taxes all feature in this month’s MEPS steelmaking capacity round-up. - Tariffs stalled global stainless steel consumption, survey finds
Tariffs stalled global stainless steel consumption, survey finds
30.09.2025One in three large stainless steel-consuming companies delayed their orders in response to international trade tensions triggered by the United States’ import tariffs, according to a survey published by Outokumpu.
