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3 500 jobs at risk as ArcelorMittal mulls closure of longs units at Newcastle, Vereeniging 
By: Terence Creamer 28th November 2023 Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa has indicated that it may close its long-products business, which could result in the loss of 3 500... →
Reserve Bank slightly more positive about inflation, but Transnet crisis now serious threat
By: News24Wire 24th November 2023 Even after annual consumer inflation shocked the market on the upside on Wednesday, rising to 5.9% in October – higher than any economist surveyed... →
DA lays out clear demands to resolve the Transnet port and rail crisis
20th November 2023 The evolving Transnet rail and port crisis is threatening to collapse South Africa’s entire export sector, and by extension the national economy.... →
Green hydrogen produced on site can help Africa’s people, says Hydrox
By: Martin Creamer 17th November 2023 Green hydrogen produced on site can play a huge role in solving the energy crisis as it eliminates the challenges associated with establishing... →
Fractured trade, inflation and prospects for climate action
By: Saliem Fakir 17th November 2023 The world is in a very different place to where it was when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) came into being in 1995: geopolitics and geoeconomic... →
South Africa’s ilmenite poised for huge value boost following China signing
By: Martin Creamer 15th November 2023 South African ilmenite used to manufacture titanium dioxide pigment in KwaZulu-Natal has received a major value boost with the signing of an... →
BEE-focused tenders and cadre deployment causing State collapse - Harvard economists
By: News24Wire 15th November 2023 A two-year research project by Harvard professor Ricardo Hausmann's Growth Lab says that the government's proposed economic reforms are unlikely to... →
Thoughts after a visit to China
15th November 2023 Through the good offices of the Inclusive Society Institute of South Africa, I recently had the privilege of doing a short study tour in China.... →
