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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner South32’s Hillside Aluminium smelter in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, could continue operating for another 20 to 30 years if a competitive long-term electricity agreement is secured with State-owned power utility Eskom. This was stated by South32 executives at a gala event to celebrate the smelter's 30 years in operation.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Energy prices are projected to surge by 24% this year to their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as the war in the Middle East sends a severe shock through global commodity markets, says international finance organisation the World Bank Group in its 'Commodity Markets Outlook' report. Overall commodity prices are forecast to rise by 16% in this year, driven by soaring energy and fertiliser prices and record-high prices for several key metals, the World Bank says.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed rolled aluminium products manufacturer Hulamin will sell its aluminium extrusions business Hulamin Extrusions to Norsaf ERS for R10-million. The proceeds from the proposed transaction will be used to pay Hulamin's trade creditors, reduce its debt and fund the working capital requirements of the group, Hulamin says.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African aluminium foil and packaging company Wyda Packaging has acquired key operational assets, including presses and moulds, from Hulamin Containers, significantly expanding local manufacturing capacity in the food service, retail and catering packaging sectors. The acquisition marks a major step forward for the Johannesburg-based business, established in South Africa in 2016 as part of a joint venture with Brazilian packaging multinational Wyda.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner South32 has placed its 63.7%-owned Mozal aluminium smelter on care and maintenance, with effect from March 15, after it was unable to secure an affordable power supply agreement for the operation with the Mozambique government, South African power utility Eskom and other stakeholders beyond March. South32 CEO Graham Kerr points out that the company had been in discussions with the various stakeholders for six years.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global metal processing specialists Benteler in December announced the completion of a comprehensive modernisation of its casthouse at the Raufoss Industrial Park in Norway. The expanded production facilities were officially opened at an inauguration ceremony attended by representatives from Benteler’s management team, employees, and partners from the industrial park and supply chain.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australian diversified miner South32 has confirmed that its Mozal aluminium smelter, in Mozambique, will be put into care and maintenance in March. “As announced in December 2025, Mozal aluminium will transition to care and maintenance in March 2026 due to the inability to secure sufficient and affordable electricity supply. We are working closely with our people and stakeholders through this change,” CEO Graham Kerr said in a presentation for the six months ended December 31, 2025.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australian diversified miner South32 reaffirmed it would put its Mozambique aluminium plant on care and maintenance next month after a drought hit power supply, as it posted a higher first-half profit that beat analysts' estimates on Thursday. The announcement came days after Mozambique's Energy Minister Estevao Pale said "the government is doing everything that is required to make sure that the (Mozal) plant doesn't go into maintenance."]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) reports that it remains open to finding a solution for the Mozal aluminium smelter. But it also insists that any new electricity supply agreement with the Mozambican facility should safeguard its financial stability and protect South African electricity consumers from unintended costs. In a statement following an announcement by South32 that Mozal would be placed into care and maintenance when a 20-year electricity deal expired on March 15, the Eskom Holdings subsidiary indicated that Mozal required an electricity price that was “significantly lower than the direct cost of supply”.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner South32’s Hillside Aluminium subsidiary has partnered with the Automotive Industry Transformation Fund (AITF) and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) to provide about R200-million in concessional financing to support Bingelela Alloys’ continued production of rim alloys in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. Hillside Aluminium supplies Bingelela Alloys with liquid aluminium which is manufactured into a rim alloy product at its semi-fabrication facility at the former Bayside Casthouse, supporting local jobs.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Three recycling organisations have strongly rejected the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa’s (Itac’s) amendments to the price preference system (PPS) for scrap metal, which were Gazetted on October 31. In a response endorsed by Recycling Association of South Africa CEO Nancy Strachan, Metal Recyclers Association chairperson Quintin Starkey, and Scrap Recycling Coalition chairperson Mark Fine, the changes are described as “a betrayal of fair trade and economic ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the industrial policy interventions being considered by government to salvage industries, such as the steel and ferrochrome sectors, that are at risk of closure.  ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A postponement from incorporating indirect carbon emissions into the European Union’s (EU’s) calculation of a product’s embedded emissions under its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will provide something of a short-term reprieve to South African steel and aluminium exporters, which are heavily exposed to the measure. The EU intends implementing CBAM from January 1, 2026, and the postponement will continue until at least 2027.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[This month sees the option to study laser welding – a new technology-driven training programme – being formally added to the Southern African Institute of Welding’s (SAIW’s) training portfolio. “With pilot courses launching in September 2025 and a full rollout to the public in January 2026, this marks a significant expansion into high-tech welding processes,” enthuses SAIW executive director Vicus Burger.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As metal packaging continues to be one of the most sustainable and recyclable forms of packaging on the plant, producer responsibility organisation for metal packaging MetPac-SA continues to spearhead initiatives that increase the collection, recycling and circularity of metal packaging while supporting innovation and sustainable design. MetPac-SA CEO Dr Kishan Singh states that metal packaging, whether it is aluminium beverage cans or ferrous metal containers, is “infinitely recyclable” without any loss of quality.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Hulamin’s financial results for the six months ended 30 June have revealed that the company’s earnings are under significant pressure, resulting in decisive portfolio restructuring to streamline operations around core products. The aluminium producer reported on August 25 a near halving of its normalised headline earnings per share (HEPS) to 26c, compared with 50c in the same period last year.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Hulamin has issued a cautionary announcement to shareholders, indicating that it has entered into negotiations regarding the potential disposal of Hulamin Extrusions. Hulamin Extrusions is a South African aluminium extruder, which operates from its plant in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, with a sales and distribution outlet in Cape Town.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed rolled aluminium products manufacturer Hulamin has completed the final, and most critical, phase of its R500-million capital investment to enhance its canbody stream capacity and capability. This final phase, which was the widening of the cold rolling mill, was undertaken during a 25-day integrated plant shutdown in July.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The 30% tariff on South African exports to the US is expected to have a significant and multidimensional impact on the South African metals and engineering sector, Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) CEO Tafadzwa Chibanguza has warned. “While not all companies are directly affected, the broader ecosystem, including suppliers, customers and competitors, face serious disruption,” he said in a statement on August 4.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African government has confirmed that it has reiterated its request for an extension of a prevailing 90-day pause on the imposition of reciprocal tariffs of 31% on South African exports to the US, which is due to expire on July 9. The request was made again during a meeting between Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Zuko Godlimpi and Assistant US Trade Representative responsible for Africa, Connie Hamilton, on the sidelines of the United States of America-Africa Summit in Luanda, Angola, on June 24.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) Alliance – of which metal packaging PRO MetPac-SA is an active member – has been restructured into five strategic pillars: waste picker integration; compliance and governance; infrastructure development; public relations; and legislative reform. The restructuring was announced by MetPac-SA CEO Dr Kishan Singh at the organisation’s recently held sixth AGM.]]></description>
            <author>Darren Parker</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has decided that the existing duties on aluminium rolled products serve to protect domestic manufacturing and employment opportunities and has recommended that the duties be maintained at the current level of 15% ad valorem. The commission in February 2023 initiated a review of the customs duties applicable to aluminium rolled products (aluminium plates, coils, sheets, can stock, strips and foil), which are used in the automotive, marine, construction, general engineering, electronics, energy (solar energy), white goods and packaging industries.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa has offered to buy liquefied natural gas from the United States over a ten-year period as part of proposals to secure a trade deal, according to a ministerial statement posted on the South African government news agency website. The document, signed by Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni and posted late on Sunday, said that South Africa aims to import 75 PJ to 100 PJ, roughly 75-million to 100-million cubic metres, of LNG per year from the US, the world's biggest LNG exporter.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A tariff review by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) of input materials and components used in wind, solar PV and battery storage facilities could have far-reaching implications for the renewables sector and electricity consumers. In a Gazette notice, Itac indicates that it will review 82 tariff codes for inputs and materials used in the renewables and storage value chains, including everything from solar panels and generators for wind turbines, to lithium-ion batteries, aluminium and steel structures and even screws, bolts and nuts used in renewables installations.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s trade surplus with the US, which was used to calculate the ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, has been “hugely inflated”, says Professor Lawrence Edwards, of the University of Cape Town’s School of Economics. Speaking during a webinar hosted by XA Global Trade Advisors, Edwards said that, while the initial expectation was for the US to impose reciprocal tariffs to close the gap between the less than 8% duties imposed by South Africa on American products and US tariffs, the Trump administration had instead based the 30% outcome on its calculation of America’s trade deficit with South Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed aluminium producer Hulamin has reported a much-improved 2024 financial year in terms of market conditions, particularly in the company’s export segments. 

“Demand recovery brought renewed opportunities, although pricing pressures in certain streams, such as export can stock and standards, persisted. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed aluminium producer Hulamin reports that independent nonexecutive chairperson Thabo Leeuw will retire after 17 years of working for the company, effective August 31. 

During his tenure, Leeuw contributed leadership that was critical to the direction of the group, the company states, adding that he had helped to set Hulamin’s strategy and guided management to bring stability to the business amid operational and performance constraints as a result of a challenging macro environment. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>ALUMINIUM</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is unleashing sweeping import tariffs that he says will reverse the decline of America’s steel towns. But the US isn’t the only nation rushing to protect its factory heartlands.US will charge 25% levy on all imports of the industrial metal. The global steel market is barreling toward a war on multiple fronts as politicians pursue measures to stem imports of the industrial staple. South Korea and Vietnam are raising the barricades, the European Union is tightening safeguards, while mills in Latin America are angling for more protection.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) is warning that absent a sustained recovery in domestic demand there is a risk that South Africa’s persistently weak production, investment and capacity utilisation outcomes could transition from a cyclical to a structural trend. In his ‘State of the Metals and Engineering Sector 2025’ presentation, COO Tafadzwa Chibanguza highlighted that following the initial upturn from the Covid shock, production had since failed to recover to levels in line with the sector’s long-run average.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed aluminium producer Hulamin says the 25% duty on aluminium imports into the US will have no impact on its competitive position in the US market as all its competitors will be subject to the same 25% tariff. Hulamin derives about 11% of its rolled products volumes from exports to the US. The company’s exports to the US have historically been subject to import duties which comprised a base duty, a Section 232 (s232) duty and an anti-dumping duty.]]></description>
            <author>Darren Parker</author>
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