SA Steel Meltdown: 3,500 Jobs on the Line |

Описание: South Africa’s biggest steelmaker is about to shut down.
Not because they can’t make steel — but because our freight, power, and import systems are failing around them.

ArcelorMittal South Africa may close its long steel operations by September 30, putting over 3,500 jobs at immediate risk. Why? Broken freight rail. Sky-high electricity. A flood of cheap Chinese steel. And a government that’s still “firefighting.”

This isn’t just a logistics problem — this hits every South African.

If ArcelorMittal collapses, it doesn’t end at the factory gate. It affects:

Roads and rail projects

Construction and mining supply chains

Local car manufacturing

And thousands of working families

And still... no concrete fix in sight.

📉 Domestic steel sales dropped 10% in early 2025
⚠️ Freight logistics are “at their worst levels ever”
💰 R1.6 billion bailout? Still not enough
🛑 Deadline to stop the closure: 30 September 2025

South Africa can’t afford to keep losing key industries to broken infrastructure and political delay. This is more than steel. It’s about how close we are to letting core parts of our economy completely fall apart.

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