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Steel industry vital for SA’s industrialisation, Majola says Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Fikile Majola has stressed the impact of the local steel industry and its importance to South Africa’s industrialisation, and the challenges that the sector is facing from local and global pressures, emphasising the need to build an “inclusive sector” that contributes to the economy... Read more PPC opens new highveld blending plant to secure cement supply PPC has officially inaugurated its new blending plant. The facility, located in the Highveld Steel Industrial Park in Emalahleni, demonstrates PPC’s ongoing commitment to improving efficiencies, reducing turnaround times, and delivering exceptional quality and customer service to all stakeholders in the built environment sector of the Highveld region…. Read more
South Africa to form company to expand bulk water infrastructure President Cyril Ramaphosa has approved a law to set up a new agency that will develop and manage the country’s water infrastructure and attract financing for new projects. The law establishes the “National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency SOC,” to “enable South Africa to expand bulk water infrastructure and improve the management of existing water assets to ensure water security over the next decade,” the presidency said in a statement… . Read more
SA manufacturing sector needs to find ‘glocalisation’ opportunities As consumer behaviour and preferences change in the wake of sustainable options, coupled with incoming decarbonised goods trade regimes, it is worth considering more “glocalisation” opportunities for the South African manufacturing sector. This was the consensus reached by a panel on globalisation and localisation during the second day of the 2023 Manufacturing Indaba held on 25th October. .. Read more
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