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Swifter and more effective EU emergency measures needed to address the energy crisis and to preserve the European steel industry

Press release: Swifter and more effective EU emergency measures needed to address the energy crisis and to preserve the European steel industry

Brussels, 15 September 2022 – The emergency measures presented yesterday by the European Commission are not ambitious nor swift enough to bring down energy prices and to preserve millions of jobs in industrial sectors such as steel that are exposed to fierce global competition. Emergency situations require emergency measures also for industry, warns the European Steel Association.

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Press release: Emergency EU measures immediately needed to overcome life-threatening energy crisis for European steel industry

Brussels, 09 September 2022 – On the occasion of the extraordinary Energy Council, the European steel industry calls on EU policymakers to provide immediate relief against high energy prices and costs also for energy-intensive industries exposed to international competition. Conventional trade and energy policy measures are clearly insufficient and would seriously put at risk of survival these sectors, which are the backbone of the EU’s value chains.

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Press release: Gloomier outlook consolidates for 2022 as uncertainty continues to drag on growth

Brussels, 24 August 2022 – The performance of the first quarter of 2022 confirms a marked slowdown in the positive trend observed in 2021, reinforcing bleaker prospects for the rest of the year. Apparent steel consumption is expected to experience its third recession in just four years (-1.7%), while the evolution of steel demand remains subject to high uncertainty fuelled by the ongoing energy crisis, inflation, supply chain disruptions and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Import penetration has remained considerably high.

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Press release: Council position on ETS one step forward but leaves questions on energy costs, investment and jobs open, says EUROFER

Brussels, 01 July 2022 – The upcoming negotiations on the EU Emissions Trading System and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism need to enable industry’s decarbonisation and make the green transition a true success story. EUROFER, which represents the EU steel industry providing 310,000 direct jobs and 2,2 million indirect jobs, calls upon the EU institutions to work for a balanced compromise in the final text. The Council, with the adoption of its position, made progress towards a smoother phase out of free allocations for industries in transition to carbon neutrality, but several issues still need to be fixed.

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Press release: Swifter and more effective EU emergency measures needed to address the energy crisis and to preserve the European steel industry

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Press release: Emergency EU measures immediately needed to overcome life-threatening energy crisis for European steel industry

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Press release: Council position on ETS one step forward but leaves questions on energy costs, investment and jobs open, says EUROFER

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Press release: Next steps crucial to make ETS and CBAM fit for the green steel transition, cautions EUROFER after EP vote

Brussels, 22 June 2022 – Despite some acknowledgment of industry’s challenges in addressing the green transition, the outcome of today’s plenary vote of the European Parliament will require further work in the next steps of the legislative process to align the provisions to the deployment of the EU steel industry’s ambitious low carbon projects. EUROFER reiterates its call to EU policy makers for an open, fact-based discussion, also in light of the evolving geopolitical and energetic context, in order to speed up decarbonisation and secure the EU’s strategic autonomy.

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Press release: Stop waste and scrap export to countries not meeting EU environmental and social standards, asks EUROFER

Brussels, 11 May 2022 – The current Waste Shipment Regulation proposal lacks effective measures to tackle environmental challenges of waste exports and to enhance EU resiliency on valuable secondary raw materials, risking to undermine the EU’s Circular Economy and Green Deal objectives, warns the European Steel Association (EUROFER) on the occasion of the presentation of the draft report by the Environment Committee at the European Parliament.

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Updated EU industrial policy strategy shows firm EU support for steel sector’s decarbonisation efforts in post-COVID era – Steel industry sees urgency for EU Steel Action Plan

Press release: Updated EU industrial policy strategy shows firm EU support for steel sector’s decarbonisation efforts in post-COVID era – Steel industry sees urgency for EU Steel Action Plan

Brussels, 06 May 2021 – The European Steel Association (EUROFER) welcomes the release of the EU’s updated industrial policy strategy, and the inclusion of a specific analysis on steel. It shows the EU’s support for sectors, such as steel, that are strategic to the European economy and that are pushing to rally and decarbonise in the post-COVID era, but that are dependent on an enabling framework preventing carbon leakage.

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Press release: Successful implementation of bold new 2030 climate target urgently needs tangible framework

Brussels, 17 September 2020 – The European Commission has today published its revised target to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. While the European steel industry is already hard at work developing new ways to produce carbon-lean steels, the EU needs to implement a set of concrete measures, as soon as possible, to ensure that decarbonisation is achieved while actually ensuring growth and sustainability.

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Press release: Launch of EU hydrogen strategy paves the way for ‘green steel’

Brussels, 08 July 2020 – The European Commission has today launched its ‘Hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe’, which sets out a plan to establish an integrated hydrogen energy network in Europe by 2050. As a major potential user of clean hydrogen, the European steel industry has welcomed the launch of the strategy.

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Press release: Gloomier outlook consolidates for 2022 as uncertainty continues to drag on growth

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Press release: High uncertainty slashes growth prospects for 2022, risk of new recession looms

The positive trend in steel demand and apparent steel consumption observed in the first three quarters of 2021 persisted in the fourth quarter, although at a slower pace. At the same time, throughout 2021 EU steel imports increased massively by 32%. However, soaring energy prices, ongoing disruptions in global supply chains and the shock due to the war in Ukraine are set to weigh heavily on the outlook for 2022, potentially resulting in the third contraction of steel consumption (-1.9%) over the past four years.

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Press release: Moderate recovery set to continue in 2022, as energy prices and substantial uncertainty put growth at risk

Brussels, 04 February 2022 – In the third quarter of 2021 EU apparent steel consumption increased for the fourth consecutive time in a row (+14.3%), albeit easing with 36 million tonnes compared to 40 million tonnes in the second quarter. Recovery is expected to continue but at a moderate rate and subject to considerable uncertainty, including the ongoing energy crisis, until at least mid-2022.

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Economic press release: Strong rebound in first half of 2021 but recovery slows down as uncertainty weighs on steel market

Brussels, 28 October 2021 – In the second quarter of 2021 EU27 apparent steel consumption recorded 40 million tonnes, scoring an exceptional year-on-year growth rate (+40.5%) compared to the extremely low levels of 2020 caused by the COVID-19 economic shock. The outlook, however, is turning increasingly uncertain at least for the last quarter 2021 and the first quarter 2022.

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Press release: Updated EU industrial policy strategy shows firm EU support for steel sector’s decarbonisation efforts in post-COVID era – Steel industry sees urgency for EU Steel Action Plan

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Press release: Successful implementation of bold new 2030 climate target urgently needs tangible framework

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Press release: Crisis in steel industry, steel safeguard and cost of innovation key topics at European Steel Day 2019

Brussels, 26 June 2019 –The European Steel Association (EUROFER) is today hosting its annual conference, European Steel Day 2019: Transitioning to the Future of EU Industry to highlight the challenges the sector is currently facing. These include the very difficult situation of the industry, the EU steel safeguard, and the need to support innovation if the sector is to successfully decarbonise.

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Press release: EUROFER urges LME and FCA to take necessary action to prevent further artificial surges in nickel prices

Brussels, 09 March 2022 – EUROFER calls on the London Metal Exchange (LME) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to take the necessary action to resolve the massive, artificial fluctuations in nickel prices and impose the indispensable measures to ensure it does not reoccur. EUROFER also requests a commitment on transparency on moves by single or group of market participants exceeding regular participation and trading limits.

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Press release: Provisional anti-dumping duties on India and Indonesia stainless steel imports an important first step, says EUROFER

Brussels, 28 May 2021 – The European Commission has today published provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of Stainless Steel Cold-Rolled flat products (SSCR) originating in India and Indonesia (Regulation 2021/854). The European Steel Association (EUROFER) greeted the measure as an important first move given the long-term implications of the unfair imports of these products on the EU market.

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Press release: Definitive Anti-Dumping duties on Indonesia, China and Taiwan stainless steel imports a necessary measure

Brussels, 08 October 2020 – The European Commission has published definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain hot rolled stainless steel sheets and coils (SSHR) originating in Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan (Regulation 2020/1408).

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Press release: Quality Tracking System for steel coils project comes to a successful conclusion

Brussels, 23 January 2019 – The Quality Tracking System for steel coils project governed by the European Steel Association (EUROFER) closed today after three successful years of development and deployment. The project has contributed to the further digitalisation of the sector and has helped support the ambition to achieve the ‘zero defect vision’ for users of flat steel products.

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Press release: Updated EU industrial policy strategy shows firm EU support for steel sector’s decarbonisation efforts in post-COVID era – Steel industry sees urgency for EU Steel Action Plan

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Press release: “Sustainable finance must be available to sectors striving to decarbonise”, says EUROFER

Brussels, 26 April 2021 – The European Commission has adopted the delegated act on the technical screening criteria for the EU sustainable finance taxonomy. The European Steel Association (EUROFER) welcomes the legislative proposal to mobilise investment in the EU to achieve sustainable growth, aligned with the Paris Agreement and EU climate goals.

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Press statement: EUROFER welcomes the adoption of the Commission proposal on steel safeguards as a contribution to stability

Brussels, 08 June 2022 – EUROFER welcomes the adoption by Member States of the Commission proposal on the continuation of the safeguard measure, which supports the stability of the EU steel market while ensuring smooth supply flows.

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Press release: Press statement on the extension of EU anti-dumping measures on imports of ‘GOES’

Brussels, 18 January 2021 – EUROFER welcomes the extension for another five years of EU anti-dumping measures on imports of grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel (“GOES”) from China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the US. This important step will help EU GOES producers keep contributing to Europe’s energy efficiency and climate targets of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Press release: Press statement on the imposition of EU anti-dumping measures on imports of steel wind towers from China

Following the European Commission regulation [1] imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of steel wind towers from China published on 16/12/2021, the European Steel Association has issued the following statement:

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Press release: EUROFER welcomes joint EU-US statement on a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminium

Brussels, 01 November 2021 – The European Steel Association (EUROFER) welcomes the statement of the EU and the US to tackle jointly shared challenges in the steel and aluminium sectors, including negotiating an arrangement on carbon intensity and global overcapacity, and replacing the current 25% tariff measure of the US Section 232 on EU steel imports by a tariff-rate quota regime (TRQ) based on historical volumes. The arrangement between the US and the EU is a first important step in favour of a globally decarbonised industry in light of COP26 negotiations.

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Press release: Geert Van Poelvoorde re-elected as EUROFER President for fourth term

Brussels, 19 November 2021 – The board of the European Steel Association (EUROFER) has re-elected Geert Van Poelvoorde as President of the organisation for the fourth consecutive time. The board meeting, which took place yesterday, also saw the re-election of the nine EUROFER vice-presidents and the confirmation of the 20 members of the board. All are two-year terms.

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