General updates not related to any specific EUROFER policy field.
The steel industry welcomes the release of the Waste Shipment Regulation revision by the European Commission. However, significant improvements are necessary to ensure effectiveness of the revised rules in contributing to the objectives of the EU Circular Economy Action Plan and the EU Green Deal.
Brussels, 16 December 2021 – Continued prohibitive energy prices coupled with skyrocketing carbon prices, above 80 euros, risk derailing the ambitious decarbonisation plans of the steel industry. EU Leaders must act swiftly and ensure climate goals are met cost effectively, while preserving the viability of strategic industrial sectors. This is the warning of the European Steel Association (EUROFER) on the occasion of the European Council and ahead of the Environment Council of next week.
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:
Industrial energy consumers urge EU leaders to swiftly act against unbearably
high energy prices
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.
Properly addressing the issue of carbon leakage is critical to avoid a situation where the EU’s climate ambitions lead to an overall increase in global emissions.
WTO compliance, transition period, solution for exports, anticircumvention measures: our collection of impact assessments and policy documents
WTO compliance, transition period, solution for exports, anticircumvention measures: our collection of impact assessments and policy documents
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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