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Stainless steel - when health comes first
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Stainless steels have a wide range of applications, including those where human health may be involved. In these applications, stainless steels may come into direct contact with the human body. Cases include jewellery, cutlery, medical devices, automotive applications, food preparation and pharmaceutical settings. Stainless steels can be used without it exerting any negative influence on food, drinking water, beverages, or medical preparations it is in contact with.
Brussels, 14 April 2026 – Europe’s steel industry has welcomed the conclusion of EU negotiations on a new trade measure for steel, calling it an unprecedented response that will protect European steel capacity, safeguard more than 230,000 jobs and stabilise a sector pushed to the brink by record imports and global overcapacity.
Brussels, 3 April 2026 – The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has set out proposals to improve the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), just as the system enters a decisive new phase with the publication of the first carbon certificate prices expected on 7 April 2026.
Brussels, 25 March 2026 - The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has warned that the latest OECD data released in Paris today confirms a deepening global steel crisis and urged the EU to act swiftly to adopt its new steel trade measure.
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