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EU steelmakers seek to broaden carbon levy scope, tighten loopholes

By Oscar Pandiello ( April 3, 2026, 10:35 GMT | Insight) -- EU steelmakers are urging the European Commission to widen the scope of its carbon border levy, to tighten anti-circumvention rules, and to delay any move to include pre-consumer steel scrap as a precursor. Adolfo Aiello of lobby group Eurofer told MLex in an interview that the bloc’s latest CBAM proposals still leave gaps in downstream coverage, and could create new costs for EU producers using imported scrap.EU steelmakers are pressing the European Commission to widen the scope of its carbon border levy, to tighten anti-circumvention rules and to rethink plans on steel scrap, arguing that the bloc’s latest legislative fixes for the instrument still leave major loopholes in the system....

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