Steel industry

  By Gerhard Papenfus In a surprise move Government notified the World Trade Organization that it intends to introduce a 12 percent safeguard duty on top of the existing 10...

After failing to find a serious partner, Russian steel giant, Putu Mining, has pulled out of Liberia, Liberia’s minister of Lands, Mines and Energy, Patrick Sendolo, told the Liberian Senate...

ArcelorMittal and Marcegaglia have announced that they have submitted an offer for Ilva, the Italian steel-making company. Commenting on the move, Lakshmi N. Mittal, chairman and chief executive, ArcelorMittal, said:...

By Kyle Mason, field credit analyst, Coface, the international trade credit insurance company   Global According to forecasts from the World Steel Association (WSA), global steel markets are expected to...

Sassda Executive Director, John Tarboton Predictions that 2016 would be another tough year for the stainless steel industry may be less accurate than originally thought. This after the last three...

Two years of intensive research by the Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (sassda) in association with the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa; now gives local stainless...

By Gerhard Papenfus These have been extremely difficult years for South Africa's downstream steel industry. While the main steel role players made huge profits, they were able to buy labour...

The Competition Commission (Commission) has reached a settlement agreement with ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited (AMSA), finalising all pending investigations and prosecutions against AMSA. In terms of the agreement, AMSA admits...

ArcelorMittal South Africa, whose performance mirrors the state of South Africa’s steel industry, foresees a return to profitability after registering consecutive losses since 2010, buoyed by government’s decision to introduce...

The Government of South Africa, through the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), is drafting a list of measures aimed at protecting the primary and secondary steel industries. According to...