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BEE company enters steel market 'club'

The South African government defines black economic empowerment (BEE) as an integrated socioeconomic process that directly contributes to the transformation of South Africa and brings about a significant increase in the numbers of black people...
15 Jul 05
 
 
Metals

Secondary raw material processor considers downstream prospects

A large South African scrap collector and processor, the Reclamation Group (Reclam), is considering a range of downstream value-addition projects, across various materials, as it bids to consolidate its position as a leading secondary-resources...
01 Jul 05
 
 
Breaking News

Study to probe chemical sector pricing

news In response to a call by President Thabo Mbeki to abolish import parity pricing (IPP) from some industrial sectors, South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is inviting proposals for a research study into the effect of pricing...
17 Mar 05
 
 
Breaking News

Govt, steelmaker mum on pricing talks

Steel price negotiations, between the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and steel giant Ispat Iscor, continued yesterday, but a government official said no information would be released about the progress of the talks until an agreement is...
11 Mar 05
 
 
Breaking News

Fitch awarded Mittal 'BBB' rating

International rating agency Fitch Ratings this week assigned Netherlands-based Mittal Steel Company 'BBB' Senior Unsecured and 'F2' Short-term ratings with a 'stable' outlook.
 
 
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Giant sees steel-price-cycle paradigm shift

news Global steel demand, driven mainly by China's economic boom, is still in its infancy and is likely to rise substantially in the future, despite the Chinese government's interventions to slow the country's phenomenal growth, Africa's biggest steel...
15 Feb 05
 
 
Breaking News

Developmental steel price model closer

Steel producer Ispat Iscor - soon to be renamed Mittal South Africa in line with an international rebranding of the world's largest steel group to which it belongs - says it has submitted all the necessary price-comparison information required by...
11 Feb 05
 
 
Breaking News

Govt seeks removal of import parity pricing

News South African President Thabo Mbeki today (Friday) slammed import parity pricing, as applied by the country's steel and chemical industries, as “market failures” and said efforts are being made to address this.
11 Feb 05
 
 
Breaking News

Ispat Iscor details 2mt expansion plan

News South African steel giant Ispat Iscor yesterday revealed further details about its plans to boost steel production by two-million tons a year, to 8,5-million tons a year, by the end of 2007.
11 Feb 05
 
 
Breaking News

Harmony slams steel-price decrease as 'red herring'

Gold-miner Harmony yesterday described as a 'red herring' a move by steel producer Ispat Iscor to lower its prices by up to 8% as from February 1.
 
 
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Steel-price talks slow as Ispat Iscor withholds key information

NEWS The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is still awaiting confidential technical information from steel giant Ispat Iscor relating to prices and costs.
25 Jan 05
 
 
Automotive

'Don't hide inefficiencies behind rand'

“The rand has actually grown weak,” maintains AK Stone Guards MD Gary Immelman.
14 Jan 05
 
 
 
 
 
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