EU Metals Plan Must Look at Energy Prices and Demand for Recycled Metals, not at Export Restrictions
Brussels – The European Commission’s Steel and Metals Action Plan, unveiled today, is a gamble with Europe’s recycling future. Instead of first securing demand for recycled metals, it prioritises keeping “scrap” in Europe, for Europe, by restricting exports, ignoring the fundamental problem: part of Europe’s recycled metals (“scrap”) is exported because of weak domestic demand […]
