Metals and technologies supplier SMS group in June announced a partnership with US-based metal innovation and technologies company The Systems Group, to deliver safer, more sustainable and... 

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... 

The 2025 iteration of the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) Show will be attended by automotive components manufacturers and suppliers from across South... 

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has requested the South African Revenue Service (Sars) to impose a provisional safeguard duty of 52.34% of the value of... 

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;... 

Namibia remains a “trailblazer” in the hydrogen space with up to five final investment decisions scheduled to be made in 2025 and 2026, demonstrating African leadership on the global stage by... 

Following the announcement by US President Donald Trump on April 2 that South Africa would be subjected to 30% tariffs on its exports to the US, banker and academic Colin Coleman has said there is... 

Local steel consumption needs to be ramped up significantly through the execution of mooted infrastructure projects, by both the public and private sectors, Hot Dip Galvanizers Association of... 

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is worried about a “possible bloodbath of job losses” across multiple sectors, including steel, transportation, ferrochrome and mining, on the back of... 

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has determined that there was prima facie evidence that certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel... 

Clean chemistry company Mattiq has entered into a strategic partnership with precious metals company Heraeus Precious Metals to develop and commercialise advanced electrocatalyst materials for... 

Security personnel stationed at the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure’s (DPWI’s) Public Works House, in the central business district (CBD) of Pretoria, foiled efforts on the eve of... 

While State-owned electricity utility Eskom produces more than 34-million tons of coal ash a year, only 7% to 10% is beneficiated, with the remaining material accumulating in dumps scattered across... 

Edenvale-based steel supplier SteelTech Trading is one of two companies that will benefit from a significant enterprise and supplier development (ESD) programme, which has been launched by Astec... 

The electric steel producers of South Africa are calling on government to keep the export tax on scrap steel in place as it helps ensure the viability of greener domestic steel production by... 

Multidisciplinary professional firm WSP has completed a comprehensive upgrade of diversified miner South32’s manganese rail infrastructure in the Northern Cape. The project was carried out by WPS’s... 

In an effort to advance ilmenite up the value curve as titanium dioxide pigment, producer Nyanza Light Metals is progressing the construction of a Richards Bay plant to process ilmenite produced... 

It is anticipated that the implementation of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which will take effect in 2026, will significantly affect the South African manufacturing sector,... 

South Africa's scrap metal sector is overinvested, international trade consultancy XA Global Trade Advisors director Donald Mackay says. "I think we've got a very weird situation, as scrap metal... 

Significant alterations to existing scrap metal regulations and outright bans – albeit temporary – on the trade of certain scrap metals should not be made without access to transparent and accurate... 

Industry body the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has criticised the proposed amendments to the Regulations to the Second-Hand Goods Act put forward for... 

A new online platform called MyScrapMatters has been launched, acting as a single centralised hub to provide comprehensive information about the scrap metal industry in South Africa. The aim of the... 

Financial institution First National Bank (FNB) says it has seen strong demand from clients buying Krugerrands on its trading platforms as consumers embrace alternative asset classes to diversify... 

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says it has recovered more than 1.7 t of stolen metal in the nine months between July last year and March this year. This effort was led by the city’s Metals Theft... 

Local steel processing company Get Steel has invited interested and affected parties to submit comments on a draft scoping report into the refurbishment of the Naledi Foundry, in Benoni, Gauteng.... 

Enhanced regulation and enforcement are needed to address the challenges of scrap metal theft in South Africa and potentially lift the ban on scrap metal exports, research and advisory firm Birguid... 

South Africa's Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), through the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has launched the first of three new government-led collaborative... 

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has created a temporary rebate provision for the importation of certain cold-rolled steel and painted steel; a rebate... 

The City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) specialist metals theft unit, the Copperheads, has recovered more than 53 km of stolen cable during the last six months of 2023. The unit says it executed 404... 

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) says it has noted with concern submissions by other entities to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic)... 

Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are poised for rapid growth and are expected to reach nearly 1.5-million units globally by 2030, according to the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC). 

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) has taken legal action against three companies that it says attempted to export scrap metal and copper ingots without valid... 

Speaking at the Devac Hydrogen-H Conference in Johannesburg on September 7, Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) hydrogen and energy acting chief director Dr Cosmas Chiteme said the... 

Global solutions provider Tenova and leading power conversion company GE Power Conversion signed a Cooperation Agreement in June, combining their efforts on target projects that are aimed at... 

The Dickinson Group of Companies (DGC) is finalising plans to expand and diversify the product and service offering of its subsidiary, industrial solutions provider DGC Africa, says DGC chairman... 

Portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) equipment provider Innov-X-Africa has noted increased interest in its products from the steel sector, with salesperson... 

As part of its ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction and industry leadership, steel and technology group Voestalpine has recently conducted facility upgrades at its Isando-based steel... 

Manufacturing production increased by 3.4% year-on-year in April, Statistics South Africa has reported. The largest contributions were made by the basic iron and steel, nonferrous metal products,...