Silicon metal was excluded from the steel safeguard protections.

Omissions

• The MEP refers to 'steel safeguard protections' but the measure from which silicon metal was excluded is technically the EU ferroalloys safeguard (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2351), not the long-standing steel safeguard itself. The ferroalloys safeguard covers inputs used in steelmaking, making it steel-related but a separate instrument.
• The exclusion was the result of lobbying by downstream users and silicon metal producers who argued that imports of silicon metal were stable and that the measure would harm EU industries reliant on silicon metal as an input.

Sources

• SecondaryMetalshubSilicon metal and calcium-silicon, however, are not included in the final safeguard. This exclusion followed strong resistance from the EU downstream industry.
• SecondaryBorderlexThe EU excluded non-ferrous alloys silicon and calcium-silicon from the final scope of the safeguard. The European alloy association Euroalliages said 'the exclusion of silicon metal and calcium silicon from the scope of the measures was based on misinterpretation.'
• SecondaryEurometalBut silicon and calcium-silicon were later excluded, given stable imports of silicon and the end of domestic production of calcium-silicon.