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African exporters to face market challenges as EU expands Carbon Border Tax
26th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Recent amendments to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) regulatory framework, introduced on February 26, are expected to have significant implications for African exporters. The... 


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Operational challenges impact Hulamin’s full-year profitability
17th March 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed aluminium producer Hulamin has reported a much-improved 2024 financial year in terms of market conditions, particularly in the company’s export segments. “Demand recovery brought... 


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Hulamin designates Baloyi to succeed Leeuw as chairperson
14th March 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed aluminium producer Hulamin reports that independent nonexecutive chairperson Thabo Leeuw will retire after 17 years of working for the company, effective August 31. During his tenure,... 


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Hulamin says new 25% US tariff on aluminium imports likely to improve its competitiveness
20th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed aluminium producer Hulamin says the 25% duty on aluminium imports into the US will have no impact on its competitive position in the US market as all its competitors will be subject to... 


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Strong start to year keeps South32 guidance intact outside of Mozambique
20th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Johannesburg-, Sydney and London-listed globally diversified mining and metals company South32 on Monday reported a sufficiently strong start to the year to enable it to maintain production... 


Hulamin improves product quality with new hot-edge inductors from Primetals
Hulamin improves product quality with new hot-edge inductors from Primetals
24th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Engineering and plant construction company Primetals Technologies recently signed the final acceptance certificate with aluminium producer Hulamin following the successful installation and... 


Primetal's hot-edge inductors for Hulamin's cold mill rolling
Hulamin improves product quality with new hot-edge inductors from Primetals
21st November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Engineering and plant construction company Primetals Technologies has recently signed the final acceptance certificate with aluminium producer Hulamin following the successful installation and... 


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Hulamin progresses capital investments, as domestic demand remains strong
19th August 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aluminium products manufacturer Hulamin says export pricing pressure and market challenges have eroded some of its earnings in the six months ended June 30. The group’s normalised earnings before... 


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Defusing CBAM
21st June 2024 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa is strenuously opposing the European Union’s (EU’s) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that, under its evolving design and coverage, could have a significant impact on the... 


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Industrial gas users prepare to make ‘orderly transition’ case at crunch gas-cliff meeting
14th March 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The creation of a formal public-private platform to assess solutions to a pending “gas cliff” for industrial consumers in South Africa points to the fact that the issue is finally being taken... 


Hulamin volumes down as it simplifies mix, weathers softer global markets
4th March 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Softer global markets and business simplification resulted in JSE-listed Hulamin’s volumes decreasing by 15% year-on-year to 169 149 t for the year ended December 31, 2023. Hulamin undertook... 


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Decisions, collaboration in next few months are crucial to bridge 2026 gas cliff, IGUA-SA warns
27th February 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Large industrial gas users are starting to prepare for what will likely be South Africa’s next big energy crisis, the imminent shortage of natural gas. Petrochemicals manufacturer Sasol, as the... 


Hulamin appoints CFO Gounder as CEO
10th October 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Rolled and extruded aluminium products manufacturer Hulamin has appointed its CFO Meganathan (Mark) Gounder as CEO, with effect from December 1. He will succeed Geoff Watson, who was appointed... 


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Critics argue that the import duty has led to increased prices and hindered competition
Sector mulls duty’s future
1st September 2023 By: Simone Liedtke

The intricate task of reconciling the interests of divergent stakeholders, including local manufacturers and downstream industries, lies at the heart of ongoing deliberations by the International... 


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Hulamin posts 112% rise in interim earnings
14th August 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aluminium products manufacturer Hulamin has recorded a 112% increase in interim earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) to R473-million, on the back of improved trading conditions. This was... 


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Hulamin expects at least 94% rise in interim earnings
8th August 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aluminium supplier Hulamin expects its basic earnings per share (EPS) for the first half of the year to have increased by between 94% and 113% year-on-year. The company posted basic EPS of 47c for... 


Hulamin’s full-year turnover increases on the back of strong sales volumes
6th March 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Hulamin’s turnover for the financial year ended December 31, increased by 22% year-on-year to R16-billion, on the back of group sales volumes of 211 328 t, compared to R13-billion in... 


Hulamin expects to report lower earnings, headline earnings for 2022
27th February 2023 By: Donna Slater

In anticipation of releasing its full-year results for 2022, on March 6, JSE-listed aluminium semi-fabricator Hulamin reports that its earnings a share are expected to decrease by 45% to 53% to... 


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Automotive sector bolsters aluminium demand
20th January 2023 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

There has been significant demand from the automotive sector for aluminium owing to the need for lightweight material in internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric vehicles. The use of aluminium... 


Spring Light Gas celebrates 20 years of supplying natural gas in South Africa
23rd November 2022

Spring Light Gas (SLG) Pure Energy celebrated 20 years of supplying natural gas to customers across South Africa at a gala dinner event on Friday. Natural gas is seen as an environmental... 


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Operations challenges impair sector growth
30th September 2022 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

Local companies are not operating at full capacity, owing to a lack of manufacturing and product focus which impairs South Africa’s goal of becoming a relevant global player in the aluminium... 


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Conference to map future role of aluminium
30th September 2022 By: Leah Shelene Asaram

This year’s International Aluminium Conference and Exhibition serves as a stepping-stone towards the vision of doubling local aluminium demand by 2030 by increasing local demand and exports of... 


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Hulamin reports strong interim results despite headwinds
29th August 2022 By: Darren Parker

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... 


Hulamin appoints interim CEO as Richard Jacob announces retirement
4th August 2022 By: Donna Slater

JSE-listed aluminium semi-fabricator Hulamin reports that CEO Richard Jacob will retire on September 30, having served the company for 32 years and leading as CEO for the past 12 years. Hulamin’s... 


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Energywise
22nd July 2022

Energywise (EW) specialises in the design and manufacture of LED light fittings for industrial, commercial, retail and horticultural use. With multiple accolades and awards to its name, including... 


Hulamin’s shares fall on withdrawal of buyout offer
6th June 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed aluminium products supplier Hulamin’s share price has taken a 24% dive to around 378c apiece following the withdrawal of a buyout offer. Hulamin in August last year received an... 


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Higher realised prices, local demand drives Hulamin’s return to profitability
28th March 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed aluminium semi-fabricator and supplier Hulamin’s response to the hardships of 2019 and 2020 has paid off with a return to profitability in 2021. The group posted a 760% year-on-year... 


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Hulamin reports improved performance in 2021
14th March 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Hulamin says it responded to the tough trading conditions of 2019 and 2020, producing improved results for the year ended December 31, 2021. In a business review and trading update... 


Hulamin full-year loss to narrow despite first-half challenges, July unrest
14th December 2021 By: Donna Slater

Aluminium semi-fabricator and supplier Hulamin reports that, despite a subdued start to the year, its headline loss a share is expected to narrow to 54c, compared with the headline loss a share of... 


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South32 to acquire up to 25% more of Mozal Aluminium
30th September 2021 By: Martin Creamer

South32 has exercised its pre-emptive rights to acquire up to an additional 25% shareholding and related rights in Mozal Aluminium, from Mitsubishi’s MCA Metals. In doing so, the Sydney- and... 


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Industry developed through strategy
24th September 2021 By: Anna Moross

While the Aluminium Federation of South Africa’s (AFSA’s) role in the South African Aluminium Industry Roadmap (SAAIR) has been to promote the roadmap and ensure that policymakers are aware of the... 


Eskom CEO urges electrical-equipment manufacturers to think global
21st September 2021

Ignoring moves by the world’s biggest economies to decarbonise threatens to hamper South Africa’s economic growth. We need to urgently turn our vicious cycle of deindustrialisation and unemployment... 


The Manufacturing Circle and the IDC partner in launching ‘The Electricity Forum – Manufacturing Our Future’ 
7th September 2021

South African manufacturing industry and the Industrial Development Corporation, have launched a first-of-its-kind initiative to boost manufacturing by catalysing the initiatives required to tackle... 


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Hulamin continues turnaround, despite pandemic
31st August 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Aluminium supplier and exporter Hulamin continued with its turnaround actions for both its rolled and extruded product segments, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, for the period ended June 30.... 


Hulamin expects to report higher interim earnings
26th August 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed aluminium products supplier Hulamin has advised that its earnings a share for the six months ended June 30 will be between 137% and 140% higher year-on-year at between 28c and 30c.... 


Hulamin resumes production as unrest subsides
20th July 2021 By: Donna Slater

JSE-listed aluminium fabricator Hulamin has resumed production activities as of July 16, owing to an abatement in the recent domestic civil unrest in South Africa, which was centered in... 


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Zikalala warns of increased unemployment as protests continue, factories destroyed
14th July 2021 By: Yvonne Silaule

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has warned that the ongoing protests and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng will dampen investor confidence and derail economic recovery efforts. “The social... 


South Africa’s about-turn on solar panels raises industry ire
27th May 2021 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s plans to buy emergency power, already the subject of a court challenge, face fresh controversy after a local-content requirement for solar-panel frames was scrapped subsequent to the... 


Hulamin sees sales volume recovery after lull in 2020
Hulamin sees sales volume recovery after lull in 2020
15th April 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aluminium supplier Hulamin has reported a healthier order book and a return to operating profitability in the final quarter of its 2020 financial year, ended December 31, after having experienced... 


Alfeco Group acquires Hulamin’s Gauteng aluminium extrusions business
7th April 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Integrated South African metals company Alfeco Group has recently acquired the Hulamin Extrusions plant, in Olifantsfontein, Midrand. The extrusion assets, which are now part of Alfeco’s new... 


South Africa urged to play to strengths as its plots role in lithium-ion battery value chain
South Africa urged to play to strengths as its plots role in lithium-ion battery value chain
3rd March 2021 By: Terence Creamer

A newly released study of the potential for developing a lithium-ion battery value chain in South Africa concludes that the country should prioritise minerals beneficiation and mining, as well as... 


Hulamin appoints new CFO
21st January 2021 By: Simone Liedtke

Aluminium supplier and exporter Hulamin has appointed Meganathan (Mark) Gounder CFO and executive director, with effect from April 1. Gounder is an experienced finance professional with over 25... 


Study points to ‘cutting-edge’ South African firms in lithium-ion value chain  
15th January 2021 By: Irma Venter

A study into the possible development of a lithium-ion (li-ion) battery value chain in South Africa has just been completed. The study was undertaken by Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies... 


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