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            <description><![CDATA[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 focused on prevention, rehabilitation and worker wellbeing. Speaking to Engineering News, RMA prevention head Dr Jessica Hutchings and prevention programme manager Ronwin Goliath said the company’s integrated approach seeks to prevent workplace incidents before compensation becomes necessary.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 its recent approval by Cabinet. Describing the strategy as a consistent and forward-looking policy during his Budget Vote address in Parliament on Tuesday, Tau said it would direct the country’s industrialisation agenda.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 (WTO) ‘bound rate’, or the legally permitted maximum import tariff rate that can be applied by a member country. The adjustments, which have been signalled for some time, were published in the Government Gazette by the South African Revenue Service on May 15 and signed by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.]]></description>
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            <title>South Africa steel needs demand not belligerence, regulator says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 export controls, the country’s chief trade regulator said. AMSA last year shut a steel mill, citing competition from so-called mini-mills that use scrap metal as their feedstock rather than iron ore. The company, which still runs Africa’s biggest steelmaking plant south of Johannesburg, has demanded the government end a 20% tax on the export of scrap, which it says reduces the cost of the material for its rivals.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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) reports in its latest ‘Short-Range Outlook’. “Global steel demand is bottoming out over the 2025 to 2026 period. This follows a protracted and challenging phase of global structural adjustments that has suppressed demand since 2022.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 on selected steel imports, as published by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) on March 20. The SAISC has recommended that consideration be given to a phased or delayed implementation of the tariffs, allowing the market to adjust without disrupting supply chains or ongoing projects.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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, Japan and Taiwan. Steel imported from these countries is now subject to new import duties of 74.98%, while imports from Thailand are subject to duties of 20.32% for certain products, for a period of five years.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Samancor Chrome may retrench the majority of its 2 403 smelter, corporate employees</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 smelting operations, including Dikwena Chrome, Ferrometals, Middelburg Ferrochrome, TC Smelter, Tubatse Alloy and Tubatse Ferrochrome, as well as at its corporate offices.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Lion Smelter achieves first ferrochrome production tap after lower tariff, but still unsustainable</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 resources and mining company Glencore. This milestone follows the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s approval of a 12-month interim electricity tariff of 87.74c/kWh. The Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture anticipates that the smelter will return to full operational capacity by the end of March.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 group, which has six members including labour unions, made a proposal to the state-owned Industrial Development Corp. and includes local processor Allied Steelrode, according to people familiar with the matter.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 remain difficult until fair trade protections across critical industries in South Africa were adequately addressed. Afrimat is feeling the impact of pedestrian economic growth and customers who are contending with cheap imports. To counter this, Afrimat is assessing projects where international or local partners and technology can help advance timelines and unlock value for shareholders.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Competition Commission conducts search and seizure at four scrap metal sites in Gauteng</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 February 13. The commission says it has reasonable grounds to suspect that the companies have engaged in fixing the purchase price of shredded or processed scrap metal.]]></description>
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            <title>AMSA mulls monetisation options for assets in care and maintenance worth R5bn-plus</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In parallel to “expedited” negotiations with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) over its future corporate structuring, ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) is considering partnership and sale opportunities relating to noncore assets and assets currently in care and maintenance. CEO Kobus Verster says the group’s valuation of assets under care and maintenance is “easily north of R5-billion”, and that it intends to begin monetising those assets to reduce its unsustainable net debt of R6.8-billion.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>AMSA narrows loss to R3.4bn as it winds down longs steel unit</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 business during the year ended December 31, 2025. The group’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) loss was narrowed by 63% from R2.947-billion in 2024 to R1.1-billion in 2025, which AMSA said had been an exceptionally difficult year for the steel industry. This, owing to weak domestic economic activity, persistent global overcapacity, high import penetration, elevated administered input costs, and continued pressure on steel prices.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 electricity tariffs and surging import competition. ]]></description>
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            <title>Energy regulator approves power cost relief for ferrochrome makers</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 dozen smelters have shut down in South Africa in recent years, leading to thousands of job losses, largely due to high electricity costs which have surged by more than 900% since 2008.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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, after failing to lure other suitors. The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) will submit a nonbinding offer for the business, said the people, who asked to not to be identified because the information is still private. Late last year, talks between the parties fell apart without a deal after ArcelorMittal didn’t accept an informal proposal of about R8.5-billion, which would have included the repayment of R7-billion in debt to the South African unit’s parent.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 forward its report to Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau. The outcome, Itac said in a Gazette notice, would be made public once the Minister had considered the report.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 – situated in Sitakunda Chattogram, Bangladesh – has started production. The new mill will help to meet the country’s growing demand for high-quality construction steel, supporting Bangladesh’s rapid infrastructure development.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 of temporary additional supports. The mine approached Rocla following the loss of full operational functionality of its stockpile, which impacted on its daily operations.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 free to seek other investors. An informal proposal of about R8.5-billion from South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) made to the Luxembourg-based steelmaker hasn’t broken the impasse, people familiar with the situation said. Talks are continuing about a possible gradual takeover of ArcelorMittal South Africa, or AMSA, the people said, asking not to be identified because the company hasn’t made a public statement.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 system (PPS) for scrap metal and what the reaction has been.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 into care and maintenance is proceeding. In a further cautionary announcement to shareholders, the JSE-listed company said that limited trading would continue to “despatch the remaining stock”.]]></description>
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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[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 domestic ferrous scrap consuming industries from 30% to 25%. The PPS has been in place since 2013 and disallows the export of both ferrous and nonferrous scrap unless it is first offered for sale at a discounted price to domestic industry, with the discount calculated using a formula set out by Itac and which is again outlined in the Gazette.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 company Thuthukisa, was on display with its extensive renovations at its yearly award ceremony for students. In a media release, Seifsa said guests who visited the premises in Benoni, Gauteng, on October 29, had a chance to view the wide-ranging improvements to the STC, as well as to celebrate the artisans.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 injury to the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) steel industry. However, Itac has decided not to impose provisional antidumping duties at this stage, citing temporary safeguard duties introduced in June that may have mitigated the impact of the imports.]]></description>
            <author>Darren Parker</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 grow by a modest 1.3% to 1.77-million tonnes in 2026.]]></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[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 the export tax. The appeal has been made by the Recycling Association of South Africa (RASA), the Metal Recyclers Association (MRA), and the Scrap Recycling Coalition (SRC) and follows a recent Competition Tribunal ruling in relation to price fixing in the scrap metal market.]]></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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