Publications
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The October 2025 SteelMatters highlights SAISI’s call for a coordinated steel decarbonisation framework, uneven industrial recovery, rising imports, and resilient domestic producers.
The September 2025 SteelMatters highlights Newcastle’s production pause, import surges, global shifts, sector trends, and bursary student achievements.
The August 2025 SteelMatters highlights global shifts in steel production, SA’s export growth, CBAM challenges, record car sales, and circular economy innovations driving resilience and sustainability.
The July 2025 SteelMatters highlights rising steel exports, flat domestic output, import pressure, and risks to local automotive manufacturing amid growing global overcapacity and weak localisation.
The June 2025 SteelMatters highlights rising rail steel imports, weak localisation, modest demand growth, and the urgent need for reform to secure South Africa’s steel future.
The April 2025 SteelMatters highlights declining local output, rising imports, global trade pressures, policy responses, and steel demand sector trends.
The March 2025 SteelMatters explores industry advancements, sustainability efforts, market trends, corporate initiatives, and the impact of steel on society.
The February 2025 SteelMatters highlights South Africa’s steel industry’s volatile start, crude steel production drop, import surges, carbon tax concerns, and SAISI’s policy recommendations for competitiveness and sustainability
The January 2025 Steel Matter highlights South Africa’s steel industry challenges, import surges, production declines, global competitiveness, infrastructure opportunities, and SAISI’s advocacy for local manufacturing and sustainability.
The November 2024 issue of Steel Matters highlights the South African steel industry's challenges, collaborative strategies, trade statistics, and impactful community upliftment initiatives.
This month, explore Steel Market Outlook: worsening as demand and consumption decline amid high import shares, crude steel production , trade trends, and international prices.
This month, explore "Forging The Future": trade's role in low-emission steel, global crude production trends, trade statistics, and international prices.
