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Hard-to-find coking coal’s price rockets as global steel demand orbits

Things, for steelmakers, go better with coke – the coke concerned being, of course, the product used in blast furnaces and electric arc furnaces to produce iron and steel. Coke is 90% carbon and is light, but strong – it has to be, to...
20 Jun 08
 
 
Look South - Brandon Hamber

Will more billionaires help the poor

Every year, in the UK ,a ‘rich list’ is published that outlines the names and fortunes of the richest people in the country. Lakshmi Mittal, the steel magnate, who is also the richest company director listed on the JSE, tops the UK...
18 May 07
 
 
Breaking News

Ngqula, Mittal step down from Mittal SA board

South Africa's leading steel producer, Mittal Steel South Africa, on Thursday announced that steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal had resigned from its board on November 29.
30 Nov 06
 
 
Breaking News

Mittal says wants to defend Europe from China

Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal wants to buy Arcelor to defend Europe from Chinese competition, he was quoted as saying on Friday.
10 Feb 06
 
 
Breaking News

Crunch-time for LNM offer

Steel giant LNM tried to allay fears on Friday that its partial offer for Iscor was an attempt to wrest control without full payment, saying it would offer to buy the whole group should its stake exceed 60%.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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