Rehabilitation work begins to prepare Highveld structural mill for restart

Rehabilitation work at Highveld Steel’s heavy structural mill, located at the mothballed steel plant’s expansive site in Mpumalanga, is under way to prepare the facility for recommissioning, following the conclusion of a supply and marketing deal with ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) in December. Under the proposed arrangement, AMSA will supply blooms and slabs, primarily from Newcastle and Vanderbijlpark, for processing into heavy structural products used in the construction and infrastructure markets. The products to be manufactured include rail sleepers and bars, beams and columns and bearing piles.