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/ 8 December 2024

Steel industry struggles deepen as ArcelorMittal retrenchments highlight systemic problems

Amid rising imports and operational hurdles, the steel producer announces layoffs while the government’s long-term strategy remains unclear

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By Anathi Madubela

Business

/ 12 May 2024

Intervention needed to pull steel industry from the brink

ArcelorMittal SA expects to make a final decision by August on the closure of its long steel operation, which puts 3 500 jobs at risk

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By Anathi Madubela

Business

/ 1 March 2023

After 100 years of Eskom, SA’s energy future hangs in the balance

The country’s dalliance with privatisation threatens to push up electricity costs, undermining energy security

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By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 31 May 2022

Explainer: Why wage talks are inflation’s next battlefront

High food and fuel prices have prompted trade unions to make bigger wage demands, which will exert upward pressure on longer-term inflation

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By Sarah Smit

The Green Guardian

/ 9 March 2021

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

By Magnificent Mndebele

National

/ 4 August 2020

Hopefield: Brutal police vs brutalised citizens

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

By Charlene Roberts

Business

/ 30 July 2020

Jobs at stake as financial losses hit ArcelorMittal

South Africa’s steel producer’s earnings dropped in the first quarter of 2020 because of low demand and a lacklustre economy, exacerbated by the Covid-19 lockdown

By Tshegofatso Mathe

Opinion

/ 29 June 2020

Why Afrikaner affirmative action was more effective than BEE

The National Party government used a collective effort — social, cultural, linguistic, political and financial — to prop up poor white people

By Jantjie Xaba

Article

/ 1 August 2019

ArcelorMittal to keep its head above water by cutting more jobs

After announcing weak financial results for the first half of 2019, the steel manufacturer is planning to cut more jobs to be able to operate

By Tshegofatso Mathe

Article

/ 19 June 2019

Midrand’s ‘airpocalypse’ a reality with toxic air

The air people breathe in Midrand is often 50 times more toxic than is considered safe

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 4 June 2019

ArcelorMittal facing criminal charges for alleged breach of pollution licence

Company is being charged for allegedly operating parts of its giant steel mill, and polluting the air, without permission to do so

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 12 December 2017

Global investors are launching a climate plan to pressure gas emitters

The plan will focus on: improving governance on climate change, curbing emissions and strengthening climate-related financial disclosures"

By Agence France Presse

Article

/ 1 September 2016

Just how representative is the steel industry, when downstream players suffer?

In the wake of further calls to regulate the steel industry, downstream players are sidelined and ArcelorMittal has the loudest say.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 13 April 2016

US steels itself against SA imports

While the local steel industry is seeking tariff protection, its US counterpart is – surprise! – petitioning for anti-dumping duties to be imposed.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 7 April 2016

SA’s steel industry on brink of collapse

China’s over-supply is putting thousands of South African jobs at risk, but the state has been slow to respond.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 21 August 2015

Foes unite to keep job crisis at bay

The local steel industry is vanishing and about 190 000 people face losing their jobs.

By Sarah Evans

Article

/ 16 July 2015

Steel crisis spurs state into action

Falling prices and a global oversupply could trigger import tariffs to protect local producers.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 2 July 2015

Just admit it, corporate SA: You are killers

For too long, industries have been able to operate unchecked, a situation that costs people’s lives.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 25 June 2015

Big business shrugs off health concerns

Boipatong struggles to breathe and residents say the steel mill is to blame. But ArcelorMittal says it is not responsible for their health problems.

By Sipho Kings

Article

/ 30 November 2012

ArcelorMittal could face action in SA

Tough talk around ArcelorMittal’s French plans has shone a spotlight on its local pricing structure.

By Lloyd Gedye

Article

/ 12 October 2012

French steel industry goes soft

As thunderstorms raged in the area last week, the symbolism was potent: the picket-line bonfire hissed and went out.

By Kim Willsher

Article

/ 3 August 2012

South Africa is not ArcelorMittal’s only battlefield

ArcelorMittal South Africa’s recent bad performance mirrors that of its parent, which has also announced dismal interim results.

By Lynley Donnelly

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Article

/ 9 March 2012

Mining supertax, more beneficiation in ANC’s cross hairs

The ANC policy document (sims) has proposed a 50% tax on super-profits and stands to enable the state to intervene in price setting.

By Kevin Davie

Article

/ 30 September 2011

Due diligence ‘scuppered’ Arcelor deal

An internal due diligence process may be at the heart of the failed empowerment deal between steel giant ArcelorMittal and the Ayigobi Consortium.

By Lynley Donnelly

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Article

/ 7 June 2011

ArcelorMittal resumes iron ore production in Liberia

ArcelorMittal has started production at its $1.5-billion iron ore mine in Liberia after work was stalled there last year.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 31 May 2011

ArcelorMittal seeks to join case against Imperial

ArcelorMittal South Africa has decided to join Kumba Iron Ore in its legal case against Imperial Crown Trading.

By Agnieszka Flak

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Article

/ 2 October 2010

Sanlam wants delay to ArcelorMittal deal

Sanlam, South Africa’s largest insurer, objected on Friday to a proposed R9,1-billion empowerment deal by ArcelorMittal.

By Shapi Shacinda

Article

/ 27 August 2010

My stomach turns, cool head or not

Arcelor deals might be legal and even in line with
‘old-fashioned’ BEE practices, so why the fuss?

By Reg Rumney

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Article

/ 22 July 2010

Kumba, ArcelorMittal reach pricing agreement

Kumba and ArcelorMittal South Africa have reached an interim pricing agreement for the supply of iron ore from Kumba’s Sishen mine.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 20 July 2010

Govt: Meeting with Kumba, ArcelorMittal ‘constructive’

A meeting between Kumba Iron Ore and ArcelorMittal hosted by Trade Minister Rob Davies on Monday resulted in a "constructive engagement".

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 19 July 2010

Govt calls meeting with Kumba, ArcelorMittal

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies will host an urgent meeting between Kumba Iron Ore and ArcelorMittal on Monday in a bid to resolve a row.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 19 July 2010

Kumba seeks other iron ore buyers

Kumba Iron Ore may look for other domestic buyers to take extra ore if ArcelorMittal’s South African unit shuts down one of its plants.

By Staff Reporter

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