Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel’s signature heads the list of steel industry stakeholders who, earlier this month, signed ‘The South African Steel and Metal Fabrication Master Plan 1.0’, which contains an outline of the support that will be provided for the embattled steel value chain. Inset photograph shows some of the signatories with Patel (center with South African flag scarf) flanked by (from left to right) Freddy Mugeri, Irvin Jim, Kobus Verster and Marius Croucamp.