STEEL

/ 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

Opinion

/ 16 May 2023

Financial and policy uncertainty hamper SA steel industry as it gears up for decarbonisation

Steel production relies on coal so the sector will have to move to hydrogen or renewable energy to reduce its carbon footprint

By Charles Dednam

Business

/ 8 May 2023

Numsa, ArcelorMittal sign wage agreement

The three-year agreement runs from 1 April to 31 March 2026

By Anathi Madubela

Opinion

/ 26 September 2022

Clear vision led SA’s industrial revolution

Lessons from when Jan Smuts drove the industrialisation of South Africa in the form of electricity and steel to benefit an elite community

By Mzukisi Qobo

The Green Guardian

/ 2 June 2022

‘Toxic, hazardous’ dust harming preschool children in Kuils River

Residents say the findings proves their concerns about pollution ‘are real’

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 23 March 2021

Water worries for Musina-Makhado special economic zone

More than 20 organisations, concerned individuals sign an open letter to Ministers Barbara Creecy and Ebrahim Patel calling for integrated assessment of coal-based mega-project

By Sheree Bega

Article

/ 1 May 2018

United States refuses South Africa import exemption over ‘national security’ fears

Steel and aluminium tariff hikes imposed by the US could mean job losses in SA

By Raeesa Pather

Article

/ 28 March 2018

South Africa should care about the US-China trade turf

Earlier this month, President Trump signed a proclamation implementing new trade policies including 25% tariffs on Chinese exports

By Thulebona Mhlanga

Article

/ 11 March 2018

Trump presses EU on trade barriers in tit-for-tat

The president renewed his demand that the European Union halts its trade barriers to US products in order to spare his allies new tariffs

By Michael Mathes and Alex Pigman

Article

/ 25 August 2016

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.

By Lloyd Gedye

Article

/ 27 July 2016

Tariff review of downstream industry could be a game changer for local steel sector

South Africa’s industrial landscape is set to change dramatically as steel prices and imports rise.

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

/ 19 November 2015

Steel sinks as China’s growth slows

Producers are taking a big hit and there is little chance of exporting the surplus.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 27 August 2015

SA steel industry on the brink of collapse

The first wave of job losses for metalworkers has begun and the upshot will be apocalyptic.

By Sarah Evans

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

/ 24 July 2015

SA bonded to a stupid economy

Resistance is rising to the liberalising ideology of the South African state and corporate elites, says Patrick Bond, who is on an M&G Lit Fest panel.

By Patrick Bond