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Moody’s gets moody. Poland downgraded.
Moody’s gets moody. Poland downgraded For the first time in 31 years, Moody’s has downgraded Poland’s credit rating. On 18 September 2026, the agency lowered the country’s long-term credit rating from A2 to A3 (7th level on the 21-grade scale). Moody’s stated that the weakening of Poland’s public finances is structural in nature and that the country failed to use…
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U. S. Steel Košice disappears from the steel industry map
As of 1 October 2026, U. S. Steel Košice will disappear from the map of the European steel industry. This does not, however, mean the end of steel production in Košice. Quite the opposite. One of Central Europe’s largest mills is about to begin a new chapter in its history under the name of NIPPON STEEL SLOVAKIA. The name change…
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GREEN STEAL – High-Risk Investments
GREEN STEAL – High-Risk Investments Europe is investing billions of euros in low-emission steel. New facilities are being built, new agreements are being signed, and subsidies continue to flow. In presentations, everything looks impressive. There is just one small detail left to consider: will it actually bring profits? The transformation of the steel industry is undoubtedly necessary. But it is…
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Alihankinta 2026. Do you have free production capacity in your steel business? It might be a good next step.
Many companies from Poland, Central Europe and the Baltic states are currently looking for profitable ways to utilize their free production capacity. Alihankinta, an industrial subcontracting trade fair, could be an excellent opportunity to connect with potential customers from across the Nordic region and to achieve those goals. Alihankinta is Northern Europe’s largest annual event dedicated to industrial subcontracting. The…
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The most important economic speech by Ursula von der Leyen in 2026? Almost unnoticed in Poland.
Is Europe finally waking up? At the end of August, during La REF 2026 – one of the most important gatherings of French business and economic policy, organised by MEDEF at Roland-Garros in Paris – the President of the European Commission delivered a speech that went almost entirely unnoticed in the Polish media. And that is a pity, because some…
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Where does your steel really come from? The EU will trace which furnace it was melted in.
Today, new rules were published in the Official Journal of the European Union that will change the conditions for importing steel into the EU from 1 October 2026. The European Commission has specified how importers will be required to prove where the steel was actually melted and first poured. Sounds trivial? Perhaps. In practice, however, the new rules could have…
