Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the release of a new Industrial Development Strategy at a time when the metals sector is warning that it is at a worrying crossroads. 

The South African steel industry – encompassing the full value chain, from upstream producers to downstream manufacturers and fabricators – has been described as being at a deindustrialisation... 

South Africa plans to add to its automotive incentive programme minerals used in the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries to boost local EV production and support related supply chains. The... 

Coatings For Africa 2026, a networking event for Southern Africa’s coating industry, will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, from June 24 to 26. The event, which is hosted... 

Mutual insurance provider Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA) used its presence at A-OSH Expo 2026 to highlight its evolution from a traditional workers’ compensation provider into a broader social insurer... 

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says the themes of decarbonisation, diversification, and digitalisation will now anchor South Africa’s Industrial Development Strategy, following... 

South Africa has officially raised import protection across a wide range of upstream and downstream steel products by between 10% and 30% – rates that are in line with the World Trade Organisation... 

The key to rescuing South Africa’s ailing steel industry, in which a unit of ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) is feuding with smaller competitors, is by growing demand rather than fixating on... 

Global demand for steel is estimated to grow by 0.3% this year to 1.72-billion tonnes, and by 2.2% in 2027 to reach 1.76-billion tonnes, global organisation the World Steel Association (worldsteel)... 

Industry organisation the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) has raised concerns about the unintended consequences of the recent implementation of antidumping tariff measures... 

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has gazetted recommendations by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) on new import taxes for steel from China,... 

Ferrochrome producer Samancor Chrome has issued a retrenchment notice in terms of Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA). It envisages that about 2 400 employees may be retrenched at its... 

The Lion Smelter in Steelpoort, Limpopo, achieved its first ferrochrome production tap on February 16, following the successful recommissioning of 50% of its operating capacity, says natural... 

South African steel processors have approached the country’s biggest development-finance institution with a proposal to help take control of ArcelorMittal SA’s struggling local unit. The industry... 

JSE-listed industrial minerals and construction materials producer Afrimat, in a pre-close operational update for its financial year ending on February 28, said trading conditions were expected to... 

The Competition Commission conducted search and seizure operations at the premises of four scrap metal purchasing companies operating in Germiston, Nigel, Vanderbijlpark and Hammanskraal on... 

In parallel to “expedited” negotiations with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) over its future corporate structuring, ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) is considering partnership and... 

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) reported a smaller headline loss of R3.4-billion in 2025 relative to the loss of R5.1-billion posted in 2024 after having closed its long-steel... 

AMSA flags sharply narrower losses for 2025 Steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) expects its losses for the year ended December 31, 2025, to narrow significantly. 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the big trade and industrial policy decisions that loom as key minerals processing and manufacturing sectors bend under the weight of high... 

South Africa's energy regulator on Thursday approved an application by Eskom to reduce electricity tariffs by 35% for two distressed ferrochrome operations battling high power costs. More than a... 

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) reports that global steel production had reached 1.85-billion tonnes in 2025, a 2% decrease from the 1.89-billion tonnes produced in 2024. The Association... 

ArcelorMittal and South Africa’s biggest development finance institution have resumed talks over the potential acquisition of the Luxembourg-based steel giant’s operations in the African country,... 

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has confirmed that it has made a final determination in relation to a far-reaching review of steel tariffs and will now... 

Advancements in digital design tools, improved technologies and the shifting dynamics of the steel supply chain have helped to enhance project efficiency, safety and quality, South African... 

Designed to produce 1.6-million tons a year of deformed bars, the new high-capacity rolling mill built by technology manufacturer SMS group for construction steel manufacturer Abul Khair Steel –... 

A Limpopo-based mine contracted concrete product supplier Rocla Polokwane to manufacture a precast solution for its surface stockpile tunnel, which had become  structurally unstable barring the use... 

ArcelorMittal’s exclusive talks with South Africa’s biggest development finance institution regarding its potential sale of its local steel operation have ended without a deal, leaving the company... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer joins me to discuss what amendments the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has made to the contentious price preference... 

JSE-listed steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has confirmed that production has ceased at the Newcastle Works, in KwaZulu-Natal, and that the process to place its long-steel business... 

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,... 

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has Gazetted only modest changes to the contentious price preference system (PPS) for scrap metal, reducing the discount for... 

Industry employer organisation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) says its Seifsa Training Centre (STC), which is run in partnership with skills development... 

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has made a preliminary finding that certain steel products imported from China are being dumped and are causing material... 

Industry association the World Steel Association (worldsteel) projects global steel demand to be flat at about 1.75-million tonnes this year, compared with 2024. Demand is, however, expected to... 

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... 

Three scrap metal recycling bodies have jointly called for an independent inquiry into all government policies affecting the sector, including the price preference system (PPS) for scrap metal and... 

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...