CBM warns improvements to steel safeguarding quotas are just a stay of execution for UK manufacturing

Steel News – Late June 2026

UK Steel has welcomed the government’s final decision on steel import quotas, describing the package as a step forward in protecting the UK’s steel industry from the impacts of global overcapacity and unfairly traded imports. UK Steel has given its support to the overall framework and welcomes the government’s willingness to engage closely with industry throughout the process. Ministers and their officials at the Department for Business and Tra…

CBM warns improvements to steel safeguarding quotas are just a stay of execution for UK manufacturing

Hundreds of downstream manufacturers will still be hit hard by the new steel safeguarding measures being introduced tomorrow – despite a slight softening by ministers. This is the urgent message from the Confederation of British Metalforming (CBM), who represent the interests of more than 75,000 employees at 200 companies involved in the production of fasteners, forgings, sheet metalwork and cold rolled products. CBM President Steve Morley, a ve…