Steel market analysts Adam Crookes and Jon Carruthers-Green joined MEPS managing editor Tom Sharpe to reflect on key industry topics that will be discussed at the annual event, held at the NEC Birmingham, on September 10-11, in the latest episode of MEPS’s Speaking of Steel podcast. 

The 20-minute episode is available via YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts and covers: 

• Sentiment in a challenging UK steel market 
• Market participants’ response to new UK import safeguard measures 
• How US import tariffs have intensified calls for tighter trade defence measures  
• The importance of aligning UK and EU emissions trading schemes to minimise CBAM disruption 
• MEPS’s presence at the UK Metals Expo 2025

MEPS’s head of price analysis and forecasts, Kaye Ayub, will host panel discussions on the carbon steel and stainless steel markets, at next week's UK Metal Expo. Each will feature a panel of four industry experts, as previously reported by MEPS. 

Furthermore, a team of MEPS researchers will be available on stand B44, throughout the event, to discuss steel prices and market forecasts with attendees.