The steelmaker’s privatisation was the death knell for the country’s manufacturing industry
This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.
Get Your Free Account
The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member.
Register
Registration enables:
- – M&G newsletters access
- – notifications
- – the best possible experience
Already registered?
Login here
Want to subscribe and get even more benefits?
Explore our subscription offers
R22.8 billion will be used to tackle urgent liquidity matters, such as settling maturity debt
Environmental groups argue that Steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa is emitting the toxic gas at levels in excess of those prohibited
The three-year agreement runs from 1 April to 31 March 2026
The notion of governments owning and fiddling in telecoms is outdated and unnecessary, according to communications experts
After almost three weeks, labour and employers have reached a deal — setting the steel industry back on its path to recovery
After the deaths of three employees who got trapped in a control room, workers allege that management frequently coerces them to bypass health and safety procedures
Africa’s largest steel producer announced in June it would begin the section 189 process after its initial cost-cutting measures were inadequate to insulate it from a weak economy and the economic effects of Covid-19
The small town’s residents, who say they’ve been terrorised by rogue police officers for years, were unsurprised when Reginald Linnerd was found beaten to death in a holding cell
There are three charges against the company. Two from 2013 and one from 2016
ArcelorMittal boss Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita will replace Humphrey Borkum in 2014, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange has said.
Steelmakers are frustrated by slow infrastructure development exacerbated by spending cuts in the mining sector.
After a lengthy legal battle, Kumba and ArcelorMittal have finally signed an agreement that will ensure the long-term sustainable supply of iron ore.
ArcelorMittal South Africa has reported a full-year loss due to a drop in domestic steel sales and a decline in commercial coke sales.
The NPA’s legal team has been bickering for weeks over asking the attorney who was chairing Glynnis Breytenbach’s disciplinary hearing to step down.
ArcelorMittal SA believes that Sishen Iron Ore Mining Company Limited is obliged to continue supplying iron ore in terms of an existing agreement.
No image available
/ 27 September 2011
ArcelorMittal says it would not proceed with a much-criticised black economic empowerment deal after its conditions were not met by Kumba Iron Ore.
Mining giant Kumba are arguing in court that Imperial Crown Trading submitted a "fraudulent" prospecting right to the department of mineral resources.
ArcelorMittal said on Friday it expects arbitration proceedings relating to its stake in Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine to be heard early next year.
No image available
/ 8 February 2011
ArcelorMittal South Africa, a unit of the world’s biggest steel-maker, on Tuesday posted a return to full-year profit, lifted by stronger sales.
No image available
/ 13 October 2010
ArcelorMittal says its R9-million BEE deal with Imperial Crown Traiding could be revisited.
ArcelorMittal SA’s proposed BEE transaction with controversial company ICT has been called many things. But is it transformation?
Cosatu has condemned what it terms "elitist" black economic empowerment deals in the steel industry.
Kumba has dismissed allegations by a former government official that it was manipulating the system to gain rights to a stake in one of its mines.
President’s son and deputy president’s girlfriend hit the jackpot in ArcelorMittal empowerment deal.
The government risks giving SA the same reputation as the war-torn DRC when it comes to mining investments, legal expert Peter Leon warned this week.
ArcelorMittal SA appears to have found a political solution to its commercial problems by announcing two deals involving controversial ICT.
ArcelorMittal SA said on Tuesday it would buy Imperial Crown Trading, which holds a disputed prospecting right previously held by the steelmaker.
ArcelorMittal South Africa, a unit of the world’s biggest steelmaker, swung to a first-half profit on Wednesday.
The ongoing contractual dispute between steel giant ArcelorMittal and iron-ore supplier Kumba Iron Ore has intensified.
The government is concerned about the lack of progress between Kumba and ArcelorMittal SA in achieving an interim pricing arrangement for iron ore.
ArcelorMittal SA, a unit of the world’s top steelmaker, will raise prices to partially ease the impact of an ongoing dispute over iron-ore supplies.