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European Steel in Action 2025
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EUROFER’s Steel in Action captures a pivotal moment for the European steel sector. As global overcapacity, unfair trade practices, high energy prices, carbon costs and decarbonisation investment challenges converge, the EU has begun to respond - most notably through the new Clean Industrial Deal and the long-awaited Steel and Metals Action Plan. A fast-changing geopolitical and geoeconomic landscape is also redefining Europe’s route to a greener, more resilient and competitive industrial future.
This booklet outlines how Europe’s steel industry - represented and led by EUROFER - is navigating these complex challenges, from trade and energy to climate policy and industrial competitiveness. With a spotlight on the EU’s new policy frameworks, it presents key developments, policy milestones and industry trends impacting the future of EU steel.
Above all, the booklet tracks the progress already made and the urgent steps still needed to make Europe #StrongerWithEUSteel - and avoid the irreversible cost of inaction.
It’s time to act. It’s time to #SaveEUSteel.
The full booklet is available below.
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Industry welcomes the European Commission’s work on the development of a regulatory framework for CO₂ transport infrastructure, which will be critical to achieving the EU’s climate objectives and enabling the scale-up of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) as part of an integrated value chain, including emitters, transport, storage operators, and CO2 offtakes for use in products.
Brussels, 19 May 2026: Europe’s steel industry has welcomed today’s approval by the European Parliament of the new EU steel trade measure, calling it an important step towards addressing the growing pressures facing the sector from record imports, global overcapacity and rising international protectionism.
Brussels, 6 May 2026 - Europe’s steel industry has warned that the EU’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) risks undermining its industrial and climate ambitions, unless it ensures that demand for low-carbon steel prioritises production within the EU.