Covid-19 Business Watch
WATCH: Covid-19’s effect on industrials
Business Day TV’s Michael Avery talks to industry executives about the negative effect of Covid-19 on production in the metals space
21 April 2020 - 14:11
The Covid-19 pandemic and its disruption of industrial production has begun to effect the metals space, especially steel. This comes on the heels of a difficult period for the industry in 2019 globally, when it struggled with tariffs and experienced early signs of a demand slowdown.
How is this playing out in SA, where the industry was developing a steel masterplan and was locked in heated debate over what sort of tariff protection government should accord local producers? ..
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