Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), which has been bemoaning weak domestic demand conditions for several years, reports that it is witnessing signs of “green shoots” in manufacturing and has also expressed cautious optimism over a potential for a recovery in energy-, construction- and automotive-related demand. While reporting a 2% fall in volumes to 1.2-million tons in the first half of the year, as well as a material 10% slump in production to 1.2-million tons, largely owing to blast-furnace chilled hearth conditions at Vanderbijlpark in April and May, CEO Kobus Verster pointed to improving demand dynamics.
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