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Global steel demand to remain flat in 2025 at 1,750 Mt, rebounding 1.3% in 2026 amid regional recovery and infrastructure investments.
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.
Charles Dednam warns that illicit steel imports are crippling compliant local producers, causing job losses, and urges urgent measures to protect South Africa’s steel industry and economy.
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.
South Africa must urgently address rising steel imports driven by global overcapacity, or risk losing local production, strategic capability, and long-term industrial competitiveness.
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.
SAISI welcomes provisional safeguard duties to protect local steel, ensure fair competition, and support jobs, investment, and recovery in South Africa’s steel value chain.
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.
SAISI urges stronger protective measures as rising steel imports threaten local producers, jobs, and industrial growth.
SAISI calls for immediate anti-dumping duties to protect South Africa’s steel industry from unfair trade practices and restore confidence.
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.
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