The Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (SBIDZ), trading as Freeport Saldanha, together with ArcelorMittal Saldanha hosted an on-site visit to Saldanha Bay on November 28 as part of the... 

The 2022 Steel Awards – presented by industry body the Southern African Institute for Steel Construction (SAISC) last month – honoured the capabilities of the local steel construction industry.... 

The new branches in Polokwane, in Limpopo, and Windhoek, in Namibia, have enabled steel products supplier Stewarts & Lloyds (S&L) to bring steel closer to customers, who would normally have had to... 

A shortlist of 15 African entrepreneurs and their pioneering technologies – aimed at environmental rehabilitation, education and human health and safety – have been selected for the 2023 Africa... 

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), in partnership with the Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa (Memsa), hosted the yearly Metals and Engineering... 

Cabinet has approved a “comprehensive package” of policy measures to restrict trade in scrap metal to limit damage to public infrastructure, including the ongoing theft of copper cables, which is... 

Local steel products supplier Stewarts and Lloyds formed Stewarts and Lloyds Projects & Contracts – a new addition to the Stewarts and Lloyds Group – to support the local civil engineering industry... 

The World Steel Association has lowered its forecast for global steel demand for this year, anticipating that demand will contract by 2.3% as the global economy struggles with macroeconomic... 

Steel, tube and valve supplier Stewarts & Lloyds’ Pipes & Fittings division has received its first consignment of vacuum break valves from local valve manufacturer Variant Air and has distributed... 

In this article, the National Employers Association of South Africa CEO Gerhard Papenfus responds to an earlier opinion piece authored by the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern... 

Software company SYSPRO Africa announced last month that it was completing the implementation a new software system – almost 100% remotely from South Africa – for a manufacturing and warehousing... 

Heavy lifting and rigging specialists Lovemore Bros successfully concluded a substantial materials handling, stowage and delivery project of 73 parts weighing 307.1 t for a client based in Witbank,... 

Distributor of consumer goods to Africa, Massmart, has opened its new flagship Riversands distribution centre in Riversands, Gauteng. The company announced that it had officially opened its new... 

Storage solutions manufacturer Acrow has successfully completed the installation of a new storage solution for global automotive company Toyota’s Africa Parts Centre in Boksburg, Gauteng. The... 

In this article, Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa CEO Lucio Trentini writes about rebuilding trust between employer organisations on the Metals and Engineering... 

JSE-listed group Sasol and ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) have announced a joint development agreement to advance studies into two potential green-economy projects, including the potential... 

In this opinion piece, Steel Tube Export Association of South Africa (Steasa) CEO Keitumetse Moumakoe writes about the devastating impact the current Transnet strike is expected to have on South... 

The overall winner of the 2022 Southern African Institute for Steel Construction (SAISC) Awards is the Benguela general treatment plant mining facility aboard the Benguela Gem – the world’s most... 

Local steel products supplier Stewarts & Lloyds is constantly focusing on expanding its product range, with one of the largest and most comprehensive range of products in the local market when... 

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi on October 7 gazetted the Metal Industry Consolidated Main Agreement, thereby making it legally binding on all employers and employees who are subject to... 

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa has retained president Elias Monage and CEO Lucio Trentini on its board for another term, as well as COO Tafadzwa Chibanguza, who... 

JSE-listed Aveng has entered into an agreement to sell Trident Steel as a going concern for R700-million, following what it acknowledges to have been a “protracted and difficult” disposal process... 

The softer demand for aluminium transport applications, such as trailers, tankers and tippers, amid the current tough economic climate has made the recovery of the transport industry to... 

Armoured products specialist manufacturer SVI Engineering launched a newly designed concept version of its MAX 3-series of vehicles – the three axle, six-wheeled armoured Toyota Land Cruiser MAX 3... 

The health department is trying to find additional power sources to supply its facilities during load-shedding.  This comes amid calls for health facilities to be exempt from load-shedding. In a... 

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) and the Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa (Memsa) have joined together to host a combined 2022 Awards for... 

A steel industry employer states in a letter to Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi that the current proposals for a minimum wage of R78 cost to company "will ruin the future, not only of... 

Igniting investor relations and export potential, as well as increased investment in projects, are paramount to gaining traction when trying to reignite the economy post Covid-19, stresses South... 

Leading omni-channel industrial product and service solutions provider RS Components, a trading brand of the RS Group, stocks more than 700 000 industrial and electronic equipment products. Sourced... 

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), alongside trade unions, have welcomed a ruling by the Labour Court last week to dismiss an application brought by the... 

Despite the global impact of the war in the Ukraine on shipping rates, the impact of commodity prices and the effects of general inflation on JSE-listed aluminium supplier Hulamin’s production... 

Power technology provider Cummins invests in many corporate responsibility initiatives (CRI) to assist in increasing access to technical careers for young girls from school level onwards. These... 

A homegrown expandable minigrid solution that researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have been developing, testing and refining for several years has now been fully... 

Members of the South African Iron and Steel Institute (SAISI) have come out in full support of the proposed six-month ban on the export of scrap metal from South Africa. SAISI members include... 

Infrastructure solutions provider the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has become a codeveloper and early-stage investor in titanium dioxide pigment manufacturer Nyanza Light Metals’ $550-million...