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            <title>Furnace’s melting performance boosts metalworking processes</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bale-out furnaces are essential in foundries and metalworking industries, such as automotive, electronics and jewellery, owing to their high efficiency, precise temperature control and robust construction, says furnace solutions company Ultrafurn. One of the key advantages of bale-out furnaces, is their high melting performance, which makes them suitable applications using a variety of metals, including aluminium, zinc and copper alloys.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <title>Hulamin reports first-half operational recovery</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed aluminium products company Hulamin has reported that it delivered a strong operational recovery for the six months ended June 30. Following the resolution of the majority of the operational challenges experienced in the second half of 2025, the company noted that its core operations have stabilised and are ramping towards the upgraded plant's design run-rate.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>AMSA insists ‘profitability within reach’ after reporting R1.49bn interim loss</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) insists that it is fundamentally stronger than was the case 18 months ago and that “profitability is within reach”, after reporting a headline loss of R1.49-billion during the first half of 2026. The JSE-listed company had, over the past 18 months, placed its longs business into care and maintenance, leading to the closure of the Newcastle Works in KwaZulu-Natal, which contributed to some of the nonrecurring costs during the period.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) said on Thursday its half-year loss widened by 47%, with the business weighed down by weak steel prices and an influx of steel imports, mainly from China. The South African unit of global steelmaker ArcelorMittal posted a headline loss of R1.49-billion for the six months ended June 30, from a headline loss of R1.01-billion previously.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has warned that its loss a share for the six months ended June 30 is likely to be between R1.10 and R1.14, compared with a loss a share of 84c in the first half of 2025. Further, its headline loss a share is expected to have widened by 45% to 51% to between R1.32 and R1.37, compared with the headline loss a share of 91c reported for the prior comparable period.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Itac recommends three-year safeguard duty extension for threaded fasteners </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac), on February 27, initiated an investigation into the extension of safeguard duties against increased imports of threaded iron and steel fasteners. The application was lodged by the South African Fasteners Manufacturers' Association (Safma) on behalf of its members. Safma members constitute more than 80% of the total Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) industry by production volume.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>FASTENERS</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry organisation the Recycling Association of South Africa (RASA) has lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission about the alleged extended blocking of export permit applications in the ferrous scrap metal market by dominant buyers, as well as the alleged use of brokers to signal and coordinate significant price movements. This conduct appears to have been designed to suppress prices at the collection gate through the manipulation of market conditions, RASA says.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Food and beverage manufacturing plants should use stainless steel fasteners for highly specialised and safety-critical applications, says industrial equipment supplier BMG. The company offers a range of high-quality stainless steel fasteners, as well as the Nord-Lock bolt-securing system, to enhance food safety.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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