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US Congress should ask questions about the Ivanhoe Atlantic Deal
Did US ambassador to Liberia Mark Toner, US Africa bureau official Troy Fitrell, Africa adviser to the US president Massad Boulos and former US special envoy J Peter Pham have…
Crumbling foundations of SA’s steel industry a wake-up call for reform
Without urgent, effective action by the government, manufacturers, investors and unions, the industry will fail, leaving thousands jobless and damaging the economy
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Midrand’s ‘airpocalypse’ a reality with toxic air
The air people breathe in Midrand is often 50 times more toxic than is considered safe
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
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"
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.