The use of local stainless steel is crucial to driving demand and the subsequent beneficiation of this highly prized metal, but work still needs to be done to cement the correct specifications of South African stainless steel components in key strategic projec...

TARGET, a leading engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company based in Abu Dhabi, is one of 25 local manufacturers that have signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

The agreement comes against a complicated auto and green steel backdrop.

“Outages are going to be a blip on my radar because they’re planned. Eight planned outages are better than one unplanned [outage],” another distributor said.

Baosteel is looking to start up a hydrogen/natural-gas based DRI plant at its Zhanjiang facility in southern China.

But some steel industry observers think concerns might be overblown.

Eskom has announced slightly reduced load-shedding will be implemented from noon on Monday, 18 September 2023, due to an improvement in generation capacity and performance.

Below is the brief near-term outlook for five key steel products Mysteel shares on a weekly basis, drawing upon the results of related surveys and communication with Chinese market participants.