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SA: Kgosientsho Ramokgopa: Address by Minister of Electricity and Energy, Debate on State of the Nation Address (12/02/2025)
14th February 2025 I think the most consequential moment of our debate is when a leader of an organization that occupies the far right of the ideological spectrum of... →
AMSA postpones longs wind down by month amid intense rescue talks with government 
By: Terence Creamer 6th February 2025 Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has postponed the wind down of its longs business by a month to allow talks with government on... →
Return of ferromanganese is this year’s focus, Menar emphasises at Mining Indaba
By: Martin Creamer 5th February 2025 Helping South Africa to return to being a producer of ferromanganese will be a major 2025 focus of mining company Menar, its MD Vuslat Bayoglu... →
AMSA: the sound and fury of a partial closure
29th January 2025 Returning from a very relaxing holiday in Namibia, we walked into a storm around the closure of the long steel business by ArcelorMittal South... →
South African coal, metal exporters to spend billions fixing rail
By: Bloomberg 24th January 2025 South African coal and iron-ore exporters aim to sign agreements with state-owned logistics company Transnet next month that could pave the way for... →
Steel mogul Mittal, South African ministers meet on mill closures 
By: Bloomberg 22nd January 2025 Indian steelmaking tycoon Lakshmi Mittal met with South African ministers in Davos this week as the country seeks to head off the planned closure... →
Unsurprising yet painful
By: Terence Creamer 17th January 2025 News that the struggling Newcastle Works will close at the end of this month is yet another painful reminder of South Africa’s ongoing... →
Improving mining infrastructure for economic growth
16th January 2025 Infrastructure is a bellwether of a country’s potential for economic growth. Governments that spend on infrastructure give themselves the best... →
