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Aluminium News
Creamer Media publishes Steel 2016: A review of South Africa's steel sector research report
By: Creamer Media Reporter 7th March 2016 Creamer Media’s Steel 2016 Report examines South Africa’s steel industry over the past 12 months. The report provides insight into the global steel market and and particularly into South South Africa’s steel sector, including production and consumption, main producers and a brief overview of the... →
Second metals, engineering indaba set for May
By: Anine Kilian 8th February 2016 The metals and engineering sector, which has been underperforming in recent years, will come under microscopic scrutiny when stakeholders from business, labour and government meet at the second Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba in May. Former Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe would... →

Big scrap looms over proposed new scrap export rules 
By: Terence Creamer 29th January 2016 South African scrap merchants and domestic scrap consumers are taking strongly opposing positions regarding proposed amendments to the price preference system (PPS) policy guidelines, which will govern the future exportation of ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal. The proposed changes were... →

Hulamin, Nampak ink new supply deal
By: Natalie Greve 14th December 2015 Aluminium supplier Hulamin has agreed terms with Nampak for the supply of some 110 000 t of rolled aluminium can end, can body and can tab stock over a three-year period, starting in April next year. The previous supply agreement totalled about 50 000 t and terminated in March 2016. The new... →

Highveld seeks alternatives to retrenchment, inks deal with DoL
By: Natasha Odendaal 7th December 2015 In an attempt to limit the impact of business rescue on employees, Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium has inked a deal with trade unions and the Department of Labour (DoL) that would see 600 staff placed on a six-month skills improvement programme. Funded by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF),... →

Two leading steel re-rollers to oppose application for 10% duty on hot-rolled coil
By: Terence Creamer 12th November 2015 Two leading steel processing companies will make a submission to International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) to voice their objection to ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) application for tariff protection of 10% on hot-rolled coil (HRC). HRC is the flat-steel product... →

US official optimistic meats dispute will be resolved ahead of Jan 4 deadline 
By: Terence Creamer 10th November 2015 A senior US Embassy official said on Tuesday that “significant” progress had been made in narrowing the differences between South Africa and the US on the so-called “three meats” issue and that he was optimistic the outstanding differences would be resolved before year-end and well ahead of the... →

Aluminium auto panel production expected to accelerate
By: Mia Breytenbach 2nd October 2015 The automotive industry’s shift from manufacturing vehicle body panels in steel to manufacturing them in aluminium is a trend that is expected to significantly accelerate, says aluminium industry representative body the Aluminium Federation of South Africa (Afsa). Afsa executive director Mark... →

ACCELERATING TREND The amount of aluminium used in vehicles is expected to increase by about 100% or more in North America and globally
SA aluminium body positive about aluminium prospects 
By: Dylan Stewart 25th September 2015 Owing to the increased use of aluminium in the automotive and beverage packaging industries, demand for aluminium in South Africa has positive long-term prospects, says Aluminium Federation of South Africa (Afsa) executive director Mark Krieg. →

MANY APPLICATIONS Aluminium is used in the construction sector, the electrical sector, heat exchangers, solar geysers, the food and beverage packaging industry, and the transport industry
Richards Bay casthouse has new owner
By: Dylan Stewart 25th September 2015 Australia-owned bauxite miner and aluminium producer South32 has confirmed the official transfer of ownership of the Bayside casthouse in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal to Isizinda Aluminium in a deal that will support the economic transformation of Richards Bay and the development of South Africa’s... →
Marquee company manufactures structures the size of a soccer field
By: Dylan Stewart 25th September 2015 Cape Town-based aluminium-frame-structure manufacturer Speed Structures is manufacturing a 120-m-long, 40-m-wide marquee with an apex height of 10 m for hire or sale, says company chairperson Richard Downing. →

First SA company to manufacture sausage U-clips
By: Dylan Stewart 25th September 2015 Durban-based precision aluminium components manufacturer AC Exports will receive a new machine for manufacturing small aluminium sausage clips this month, AC Exports chairperson Jens Reuning tells Engineering News. →

Automotive sector to drive aluminium growth, says metallurgist
By: Dylan Stewart 25th September 2015 Metallurgical plant and rolling mill technology provider SMS group has identified the automotive industry as a crucial target market for the company, where its aluminium rolling technology can be applied, says SMS group Technical Services South Africa executive VP Michael Schäfer. →

SMOOTH PRODUCTION Consistent flatness is required to feed the material into downstream processing lines
Industrial vacuum delivered to aluminium smelter
By: Sashnee Moodley 28th August 2015 Local furnace and industrial services company Dickinson Group last month delivered its new MegaVac Cyclone Loader to resources company South 32, where the machine will be used for a large basement cleaning project for the company’s Mozal aluminium smelter, in Mozambique. →

South32 sees opportunity to work with Eskom on further coal supply
By: Martin Creamer 24th August 2015 New diversified mining company South32, which on Monday reported 56%-higher underlying earnings of $1-billion, sees an opportunity to work with Eskom on additional coal supply. The demerged BHP Billiton entity, which is fast-tracking the implementation of its regional operating model in South... →

Graham Kerr
Scaw may retrench workers as it considers restructuring 
By: Natalie Greve 5th August 2015 Steel product manufacturer Scaw Metals Group announced on Wednesday that the company was contemplating restructuring and had issued a notice in terms of Section 189A of the Labour Relations Act, which could result in a reduction in employee numbers. "This unfortunate decision has been... →

Use of aluminium vehicle body panels on the rise
By: Shirley le Guern 29th July 2015 Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has begun the second phase of its aluminium localisation initiative, the company’s strategic business development, procurement and export manager Philip Jooste, told the National Localisation Indaba, in Durban, on Tuesday. This included a greenfield project with... →

Hulamin focuses on growing local demand amid global headwinds 
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 27th July 2015 Weakened demand from China, paired with the ongoing electricity challenges in South Africa, have led to JSE-listed Hulamin’s headline earnings a share falling to 25c a share for the six months to June 30, compared with 40c in the first half of last year. Further, the company’s earnings before... →
Creamer Media publishes Real Economy Insight: Steel 2015 brief
8th July 2015 This eight-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the steel industry over the past 12 months. It provides an overview of the global and South African steel markets, South Africa’s major steel producers and events that have shaped these markets. →

Bahrain-based group to inaugurate $50m Moz aluminium factory 
By: Natalie Greve 3rd June 2015 Describing Mozambique as an “excellent” platform from which to serve key markets in Africa, Bahrain-based industrial group Midal Cables would on Wednesday launch a $50-million, 14 500 m2 aluminum factory located adjacent to the Mozal joint venture aluminium smelter, in Maputo, Mozambique. Midal... →

Hazleton Pumps, Scaw come out top in Seifsa Awards
29th May 2015 South African pump manufacturer Hazleton Pumps International took top honours in the Most Innovative Company and Customer Service of the Year categories of the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa’s (Seifsa’s) Awards for Excellence, on Thursday night. Steel products... →

Seifsa reiterates energy constraint, cost concerns
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 20th May 2015 The local metals and engineering sector cannot grow as a result of South Africa’s unreliable energy supply and the fact that, on average, energy costs in the sector account for about 8% of intermediary input costs, Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) CEO Kaizer... →

Seifsa alarmed by unhealthy metals and engineering data 
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 19th May 2015 Economic data released during the first quarter of the year show alarming trends in the metals and engineering sector, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) said on Tuesday. The data also confirmed the organisation’s forecasts from earlier this year that the... →

Power cuts to shrink Hulamin’s H1 earnings 20%
By: Natalie Greve 23rd April 2015 While noting that it was not possible to forecast the extent of electricity curtailment over the remainder of the year, aluminium manufacturer Hulamin says it is “already clear” that its earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months to June 30 will be more... →

Creamer Media publishes Steel 2015: A review of South Africa's steel sector research report
By: Creamer Media Reporter 21st April 2015 Creamer Media’s Steel 2015 report provides an overview of the key developments in the global steel industry and particularly of South Africa’s steel sector over the past year, including details of production and consumption, as well as the country's primary carbon steel and stainless steel... →

Slow growth ahead for global steel demand – worldsteel
By: Natasha Odendaal 20th April 2015 A slowdown in China’s demand for steel is set to restrain global steel industry growth over the next two years, the World Steel Association’s (worldsteel’s) latest Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2015 and 2016 revealed on Monday. Following a marginal 0.6% uptick in 2014, global apparent steel use... →

Auto components crucial for aluminium industry
By: Dylan Slater 10th April 2015 South Africa’s automotive sector is currently one of the key drivers of aluminium demand in the country, which stakeholders attribute to the global trend of manufacturers using an increasing amount of aluminium for vehicle components, particularly for passenger vehicles. →

Better receivers, engineering benefit MeerKAT, SKA
By: Schalk Burger 10th April 2015 Multiple and more sensitive receivers are being deployed on the 64 antennas of the MeerKAT radio telescope array, which will improve the scientific data it gathers, says Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa science and engineering associate director professor Justin Jonas. “The good design... →

MEERKAT 63 RECEIVERS A host of receivers on the antenna provides high fidelity and sensitivity and was informed by the KAT-7 prototype
Aluminium can market, auto sheet demand drives FY growth for Hulamin
By: Natalie Greve 23rd February 2015 Sales volumes of South African aluminium manufacturer Hulamin’s rolled products increased 3% to 196 000 t in the year ended December 31, with heat-treated plate and canstock products emerging as the portfolio’s strongest performers. Exports of rolled products by the JSE-listed group contributed... →

Seifsa calls for robust intervention in environmental law 
9th February 2015 The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) on Monday said South Africa’s strict environmental legislation was a significant challenge for small-, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) that could hamper further growth of this sector if not dealt with “as a... →

Neasa to contest Labour Minister’s metals industry extension
9th February 2015 The National Employers' Association of South Africa (Neasa) on Monday lodged a review application in the Labour Court in Johannesburg to set aside the decision by Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant to extend the 2014 to 2017 wage agreement between the Steel and Engineering Industry Federation of... →

Hulamin CEO returns from medical leave of absence
By: Creamer Media Reporter 30th January 2015 Richard Jacob will return as CEO of JSE-listed Hulamin following a medical leave of absence. Jacob took medical leave in July last year. →

Metal sector strike cost SA growth – SARB
By: Sapa 8th December 2014 The month-long strike in the metal sector knocked back the third-quarter growth rate of the South African economy by more than half of what it could have been, the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) said on Monday. In its latest Quarterly Bulletin, the bank said the annualised real economic growth rate... →

Hulamin likely to swing to profit in 2014
By: Natalie Greve 20th October 2014 After a R1.5-billion impairment charge resulted in Hulamin reporting negative earnings per share (EPS) of 422c for the 2013 financial year, the aluminium supplier said on Monday that EPS and headline earnings per share for the 2014 financial year were expected to exceed 70c. Hulamin expected to... →
Metals and engineering sector set to contract in 2014 - Seifsa
By: Terence Creamer 3rd October 2014 The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) warned on Friday that the metals and engineering sector could contract by between 2% and 3% in 2014, owing primarily to the fallout from a month-long strike in July. The sector, which made up about 30% of the broader... →

Henk Langenhoven
Aluminium growth boosts company
By: Mia Breytenbach 26th September 2014 Owing to the continuous expansion of its specialised services in the aluminium industry, local furnace and industrial services company Dickinson Group of Companies has registered a 60% increase in business from this industry in the past 20 years. “We can now offer more products and services that... →

Success for aluminium glass industry
By: Mia Breytenbach 26th September 2014 Manufacturing management software developer Bizmantools has registered a ten-fold increase in business from the aluminium and glass manufacturing industries in the past year, in addition to significant positive response towards its labour productivity management software solution,... →

SYSTEM NEUTRAL Productivity enabled a user to optimise aluminium purchases and cutting of aluminium
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