U.S. Imposes Preliminary Tariffs of Up to 130% on Vietnamese Steel: A New Challenge for the Steel Industry and Bilateral Trade

Amid an increasingly complex global trade environment, trade defense measures are becoming a common tool...

Vietnam’s Steel Industry Under Emissions Quotas: Short-Term Pressure and Long-Term Opportunities from “Green Steel”

Vietnam’s steel industry is entering a pivotal period as national climate policies begin to move...

Green Steel – The Key for Vietnam’s Steel Industry to Overcome Global Carbon Barriers.

Vietnam’s steel industry development strategy to 2030, with a vision to 2050, places the sector...

China Reinstates Steel Export Licenses After 17 Years. A New Wave of Adjustment and Multidimensional Impacts on Vietnam

After a 17-year hiatus, China’s official reinstatement of its steel export licensing mechanism is drawing...

Update of the 16th edition of “World Steel Recycling in Figures”

Rolf Willeke, BIR Ferrous Statistics Advisor, highlights below the key findings in the January-June 2025 update...

BIR Bangkok 2025: Smart Data and Circular Resilience in a Volatile World

At the BIR World Recycling Convention 2025 in Bangkok, industry leaders from across the globe...

The European Steel Industry’s Circular Transition: Scrap Metal Becomes a Strategic Resource and the Challenges of Supply

Decarbonization and the Circular Solution The steel industry, the foundation of all industrial economies, is...

US Ferrous Scrap Prices Continue to Decline: The Causes and the Impact of US Policy

US ferrous scrap prices are forecasted to drop further in October, continuing the downward trend...

BIR Warning: New EU Steel Regulation Risks Paving the Way for Scrap Iron and Steel Trade Restrictions

Situation Update to October 2025. In a move aimed at protecting its struggling domestic steel...

Weekly Metal Price Volatility: Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Nickel. Key Data, Developments, and Expert Opinions

The past week saw a mixed performance across base metals. Some metals faced moderate downward...