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AK NPC: Training science club practitioners at West Coast schools

To date 12 brand new Science Teaching and Learning Centres have been built at five primary and seven secondary West Coast schools

ArcelorMittal is ‘slowly becoming a burial site’

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

ArcelorMittal South Africa, the nation’s largest steel producer, plans to shut down key operations.. Photo: Madelene Cronjé

ArcelorMittal charged with breaking environment laws

There are three charges against the company. Two from 2013 and one from 2016

Desecration: ArcelorMittal churned up graves to accommodate a fence on its steelworks, which pollute the air near the town of Vanderbijlpark. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Graves bulldozed for security fence

ArcelorMittal, charged with toxic air and water pollution, seems to have bulldozed through graves to create a perimeter fence

South Africa’s largest steel maker has warned that without urgent government protection, it will be a matter of time before local production is no longer viable. (David Harrison/M&G)

Headless cats and government promises back in 2005

Government interest in the pollution claims appears to have been aroused by Constitutional Court action launched against President Thabo Mbeki

Poisonous: Pollutants spew out of ArcelorMittal’s chimneys at its Vanderbijlpark steelworks and its waste dump seeps toxins into the ground. (Madelene Cronjé/M&G)

No end to Arcelor’s toxic practices

The company is unable to stop the emission of the pollutants and is asking for more time upgrade parts so that it can comply with the law.

A worker at an Arcelor steel plant works at a furnace in Florange-Hayange near Metz in the French Lorraine region.

Steel giant hobbled by ball and chain ahead of crunch hearings on import protection

Amsa’s record fine for price collusion comes at a time when protection is topping the agenda.

SCA dismisses Sishen challenge

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that the Sishen Iron Ore Company is the exclusive holder of a converted mining right on Sishen Mine properties.

The future is beneficiation

The future is beneficiation

But the strategy to boost industry has a major stumbling block: readily available power.

DA calls for probe over Kumba debacle

Round one goes to Kumba in Sishen battle

The North Gauteng High Court has ruled that Sishen Iron Ore Company holds 100% of the mining rights over Sishen — the country’s largest iron mine.

ArcelorMittal SA deal with ICT lapses

ArcelorMittal SA has dropped its acquisition of Imperial Crown Trading for R800-million.

Zuma Jnr could lose out big time

Zuma Jnr could lose out big time

Court case could lead to collapse of multibillion-rand ICT and BEE deals.

Cronyism burying SA’s mining prospects

Cronyism burying SA’s mining prospects

Corruption, incompetence and policy uncertainty are scaring off investors.

According to Mariette Liefferink

Steel of a deal for Zuma Jnr

Duduzane Zuma and the Guptas are at it again — they will benefit from a proposed Indian steel investment bolstered by government intervention.

Black hole over Sishen

Black hole over Sishen

If Kumba and ICT can claim ownership of rights to 21,4% of the mine for the price of a R500 application fee, why not a member of the public?

South African businesses face backlash in Zimbabwe

It may no longer be business as usual for South African companies operating in Zimbabwe.

Masilela appointed PIC chief executive

Cabinet has announced the appointment of Elias Masilela, a senior Sanlam executive as the chief executive of the Public Investment Corporation.

Sishen row: Govt targets steel prices

The debacle over the award of lapsed mining rights in the Sishen iron ore mine could be used by government to force Amsa to cut in steel prices.

According to Mariette Liefferink

Guptas key to ArcelorMittal deal

The Gupta family, friends of President Jacob Zuma, were key to the agreement to sell prospecting rights at Sishen to steel conglomerate ArcelorMittal.

‘Controversy is not the same as corruption’

ArcelorMittal has defended it’s much-criticised BEE deal to Parliament, saying that "controversy is not the same as corruption".