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/ 21 May 2008

SA industrial drive hit by high steel prices

South Africa’s manufacturing sector remains ”resilient” amid global pressures, but the price of carbon steel is holding back the country’s industrial drive, a senior government official said on Tuesday. The Cabinet approved a multi-pronged industrial action plan last year to help drive Africa’s strongest economy in its quest to achieve a 6% growth rate by 2010.

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