Safeguard duties, in addition to the 10% protection already introduced on a range of steel products entering South Africa, “remain critical in the short term to ensure the future sustainability of primary steel production”, ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) said on Friday. Releasing an operational update for the quarter ended March 31, the JSE-listed company reported that safeguard duty applications submitted to the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) had been reviewed by the commission and that queries raised had been addressed through a resubmission.
