Struggling to compete with a glut of cheap imports, the SA cement industry has made presentations to parliamentary portfolio chairpersons as well as political parties explaining the background and reasons for its Safeguard application to the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC).

Metso, specialists in the supply of crushing, screening and materials handling equipment, has signed an agreement to acquire McCloskey International.

Faced with a glut of cheap imports, the cement industry has appealed to the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) for support in the form of tariffs. Now, it is taking its case to parliament.

Adversity often brings opportunities with it. South Africa’s steel industry has been going through a period of severe challenges, affecting the entire supply chain and seeing the most serious contraction for many years in the sector.

Established more than 45 years ago to help formalise and advance the timber roof construction industry and protect its consumers, the Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA), South Africa’s professional body for the engineered timber construction industry, announces its resolution of dormancy as of 1 November 2019.