Creamer Media’s ‘Steel 2025/6: Policies, Tariffs, and Survival’ report finds a steel sector under pressure globally and in South Africa, with the report’s main themes being market balance, trade policy, the companies under strain and prospects for recovery. Globally, the industry is still dealing with excess capacity, weak pricing and tighter trade restrictions, and while demand is recovering slowly decarbonisation demands continue to build. The report also highlights shifts in output, capacity growth, demand patterns amid stronger protectionist measures, including higher tariffs and antidumping measures.

Creamer Media’s ‘Steel 2025/6: Policies, Tariffs, and Survival’ report finds a steel sector under pressure globally and in South Africa, with the report’s main themes being market…

South Africa’s position in the iron-ore market is shaped far more by its own domestic challenges than by global shifts. Although the country is the seventh-largest iron-ore…