From The Chief Executive Officers Desk February 2016

Ordinarily, tough times require us, as compatriots, to work much closely together to solve whatever challenges confront us, in the interest of our beautiful country. This makes close co-operation and collaboration between and among all key stakeholders – in particular the Government, business and labour – all the more imperative.

Regrettably, for a whole host of reasons, it appears that some South Africans are drawing apart at the very time when they need to be cohering. Last year ended on a terrible note, with all sorts of racial insults flying around, and 2016 started in very much the same way. On 2 February 2016 – which marked the 26th anniversary of the day on which the last president of apartheid South Africa, Frederik Willem de Klerk, took the country and the world by surprise when he announced, during his State-of-the-Nation address to Parliament, the unbanning of thitherto proscribed political organisations and the unbanning of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and other political prisoners – a group of South Africans indicated its intention of laying charges of apartheid-era human rights violations against Mr De Klerk.

As respected political analyst Professor Steven Friedman noted during our strategic planning session in December last year, racial frictions are growing more pronounced at a time when South Africans need to be pulling together in the same direction. That is most unfortunate. At a time like this one wishes that one had a magic wand that one would wave around and ensure that South Africans overcome their racial hang-ups and work together as a coherent nation.

Similarly, one wishes that the same magic wand would ensure a higher degree of maturity among the three stakeholder groups vital for our economy’s performance: the Government, business and labour. For as long as these important stakeholder groups do not accept one another’s bona fides and work together as a team, our beloved country, South Africa, will not realize its true potential.

This non-alignment between business and labour is likely to play itself out yet again when our sector negotiates with labour on wages and conditions of employment next year. When that time comes, we are likely to see business and labour speaking past each other, as though they live on different planets, at a time when the metals and engineering sector is bleeding.

Those negotiations are still a year away from now. At the end of each round of negotiations, inevitably some companies in Associations affiliated to SEIFSA cry foul, arguing that a deal was struck without their mandate or knowledge. Objectively, of course, such claims are not valid because SEIFSA acts strictly in accordance with the mandate given to it, and does not take decisions at all on matters that are the subject of negotiations.

Following the complaints that we received at the end of the 2014 negotiations and what we were told by various companies when we subsequently met them to explain how the process had gone, one thing became blatantly clear: there is considerable room for improvement when it comes to communication between some Associations, which are the ones which give SEIFSA a mandate, and the companies that belong to those Associations.

We at SEIFSA are keen to ensure that the apparent chasm that exists in the aforementioned case is bridged so that the mandate coming from the respective employer Associations will be truly representative of the companies that they represent. Therefore, we ask that all member companies in Associations affiliated to SEIFSA participate actively within their Associations, especially in discussions leading to the formulation of negotiating mandates. It is vitally important that that active involvement starts now and continues right into and throughout the negotiations in 2017.

Please, do participate, dear member company. The Associations represent you and your interests, and SEIFSA represents their collective interests. They cannot represent your interests effectively unless they know what they are because you will have articulated them in their meetings.

However, member companies must also be aware of the fact that their views, expressed through their Association, do not on their own constitute SEIFSA’s mandate. Just as companies have to make their voices heard within Associations and get matters debated until a consensus emerges which represents the views of that Association, the same happens in the case of Associations at SEIFSA Council Meetings. There, too, our member Associations debate matters vigorously among themselves and emerge with a consensus which represents the views of the SEIFSA Council. It is the consensus views of the SEIFSA Council – and not those of one Association or two – that constitute SEIFSA’s mandate.

Personally, I am very keen to ensure that we do not have companies complaining, after the conclusion of the 2017 negotiations on wages and conditions of employment, that they were kept in the dark or did not participate in shaping the Federation’s mandate through their respective Associations. We at SEIFSA have absolutely no interest in this or that kind of settlement. Instead, our role is strictly to execute the mandate of our member Associations, and not to lead them in one direction or another. When it comes to negotiations, we no more than agents carrying out the wishes of their members.
It is important that all companies keep that in mind as they begin their preparations for the 2017 MEIBC negotiations. It can hardly be fair for SEIFSA to be blamed, as has often been the case, for negotiation outcomes that were not of the Federation’s doing.

My challenge to all companies that are members of Associations affiliated to SEIFSA is simple: get involved in shaping your Association’s – and, therefore, indirectly SEIFSA’s – mandate for the 2017 wage negotiations. You will have nobody but yourself to blame if you should choose not to be involved.

The SEIFSA Awards for Excellence for 2015 are upon us. This is yet another opportunity for us to recognise excellence in our sector.
If you care enough about manufacturing in Southern Africa in general and the metals and engineering sector in particular and believe that you are one of the companies that excel in one or other part of business, then you also don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to enter for the SEIFSA Awards for Excellence so that you can be recognised publicly for your excellence and be rewarded for it.
There are seven categories in which you can seek to be recognised by a panel of independent experts. These are:

• Most Innovative Company of the Year, to be awarded to a company that has shown the best level of innovation in Research and Development or Production, in the process either gaining market advantage or reducing production costs;
• Health & Safety Award of the Year, to be awarded to a company with the best legal compliance record when it comes to Health and Safety or the lowest Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR);
• Best Corporate Social Responsibility Programme of the Year, to
• be awarded to a company with a CSI project that makes the biggest impact on the lives of its beneficiaries;
• Customer Service Award of the Year, to be awarded to a company with the best/highest rating by its customers for its performance in customer service;
• Most transformed company of the Year (X2), to be awarded to the most transformed company in terms of the composition of its Board of Directors, Executive Management and Managerial Team: one category will pit companies employing fewer than 100 people against one another, and the second category will pit companies employing more than 100 companies against one another.
• Decade of the Artisan Award, to be awarded to a company with the highest number of artisans trained each year (for itself and/or the industry).
• Among the awards to be given out in the CEO’s Awards category will be one for the SEIFSA-affiliated Employer Association of the Year, to be given to an Association that has worked hard to grow its membership and to ensure alignment with the Federation and its other Associations.

So, does your company excel in anyone of the categories mentioned above? If so, enter the SEIFSA Awards for Excellence and stand a chance to be recognised for your excellence. Such recognition should help you to improve morale among your employees, to motivate them and, through your marketing efforts, to get your company to stand out among its competitors. For more details, please visit www.seifsaawards.co.za.

Winners of the SEIFSA Awards for Excellence will be announced at a dinner that will take place on 26 May 2016, the first day of the Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba 2016. Now in its second year, this vital conference will take place on 26-27 May at the IDC Conference Centre in Sandton, following our conclusion of a strategic partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation.

Now in its second year, the 2016 Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba will be bigger and better, with speakers from our sector and related sectors, such as auto manufacturing, construction and mining. Former President Kgalema Motlanthe will open the conference and Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane will deliver the closing address. For more details, please visit www.meindaba.co.za.

Register now. In recognition of the current state of our sector and the economy, delegate fees have been reduced – and there is a 10% discount for those registering before 15 March 2016! Don’t miss out. Book now.

I look forward to seeing you at the second Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba in Sandton on 26-27 May.

by SEIFSA .

From the Chief Executive Officer's desk - July 2015

This was a very important strategic decision. Any company with an ambition to grow must, of necessity, look beyond the borders of South Africa. Indeed, a significant percentage of companies that are members of employer Associations affiliated to SEIFSA and many others outside our membership fold already have a presence in other countries in our region. Increasingly, they are in Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and other markets as far as Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa and Nigeria and Ghana in West Africa. We expect many more to do so in the months and years to come.
With countries on the continent having greater opportunities for infrastructure improvement compared to South Africa, which is generally more advanced in this area, they will also have more opportunities for infrastructure development. Necessarily, that will mean that they will present more opportunities for companies in the metals and engineering sector to do business. It is important that South African companies place themselves in a position where they can compete for those opportunities.

While South Africa continues to be a major economy on the continent, despite its dismal performance in recent years, generally most of the sizeable economies on the continent have registered higher levels of growth – admittedly off a lower base – and are in better shape that our beautiful country. While South Africa could manage pedestrian growth of 1,5% last year, the picture elsewhere on the continent was quite different. For instance:

• Chad grew by 9,6%;
• Democratic Republic of Congo – 8,6%;
• Ivory Coast – 8,5%;
• Mozambique – 8,3%;
• Ethiopia – 8,2%;
• Sierra Leone – 8%;
• The Gambia – 7,4%;
• Tanzania – 7,2%;
• Nigeria – 7%;
• Mauritania – 6,8%;
• Burkina Faso – 6,7%;
• Zambia – 6,5%;
• Uganda – 5,9%;
• Mali – 5,9%;
• Togo – 5,6%;
• Benin – 5,5%;
• Djibouti – 5,5%;
• Kenya – 5,3%;
• Cameroon – 5,1%;
• Gabon – 5,1%.
• Sao Tome and Principe – 5%.

Clearly, South Africa has lost its competitiveness as an economy and the country could be much better governed. With the listed African countries all growing above 5%, and many more doing much better than South Africa, the inescapable question is why it is that our economy is under-performing to the extent that it is. Instead of creating jobs, we have been shedding them on a massive scale.

The picture that emerges from the growth rates listed above is that there are considerable opportunities on the continent – including in neighbouring Mozambique and nearby Zambia – for the metals and engineering sector. Companies with ambitions would want to place themselves in a position to compete for opportunities in those countries, instead of continuing to languish in growth-less South Africa.

As these African countries register healthy growth rates and develop, addressing their considerable infrastructure backlogs must certainly be one of their key priorities. In fact, in a matter of a year or two from now some parts of previously war-ravaged Mozambique will be unrecognizable from what they are now or used to be. This much was evident in some of the presentations made at the first-ever Africa Iron and Steel Conference that took place in Maputo, Mozambique in June, where impressive projects were unveiled.

At a time when steel producers in South Africa and around the world are hurting and, as a result, working short time or retrenching workers, in Mozambique British company Baobab Resources Plc is building a brand-new steel production company in the Tete province, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation. Baobab describes the project thus: “The Tete Steel Project has the potential to form the cornerstone of Mozambique’s steel industry for the next 100 years, delivering robust investor returns and unprecedented local and national socio-economic benefits.”

Following the major oil and gas finds there, Mozambique is a country with enormous opportunities for companies in the metals and engineering sector. Although not much has changed yet in terms of its dilapidated infrastructure, nevertheless the capital of Maputo is such a hive of activity, with entrepreneurs and senior business executive from around the world travelling there.

South African companies dare not be left behind. When they enter Mozambique, Zambia and Namibia, among other countries, they will find SEIFSA there, ready to help them by offering its expert services. They will find in SEIFSA a reliable name with which they are familiar, which understands those countries and has entered into vital, strategic relationships on the ground.

Africa presents opportunities for the local metals and engineering sector, whether they be local exporters or investors in those countries. Local companies that have yet to seize the emerging opportunities elsewhere on our continent are encouraged to explore them as a matter of urgency.

Here at home, the eventual implementation of the National Development Plan should also create opportunities for transformed companies in our sector (I say “transformed companies” because those that perform poorly in this area will not be considered for contracts by the Government and State-owned companies).
Although most of us have so far seen no developments on the NDP front, in his address at the Vision 2030 Conference at Emperors Palace in June, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe catalogued a long and impressive list of projects currently being implemented.

If, indeed, there are so many NDP projects currently being implemented, then, perhaps, the Government needs to communicate much better on this front.

As I indicated in this space last month, our inaugural Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba and the SEIFSA Awards for Excellence were a run-away success. Reports on both innovative events accompanied by pictures are carried in this issue of SEIFSA News. More information on these events is also available on their respective websites, www.meindaba.co.za and www.seifsaawards.co.za. Go through this newsletter and visit these websites to take a peek at those who were there – and to see what you missed out on!

Once again, my thanks go to all the pioneers who attended the Indaba as speakers and delegates and the companies that entered for the inaugural SEIFSA Awards for Excellence. Next year’s Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba, taking place on 26-27 May, and the SEIFSA Awards for Excellence, taking place on 26 May, will be much bigger and more prestigious. You don’t want to miss them.

by SEIFSA .

From the Chief Executive Officer's desk - August 2015

There are many who are sympathetic to that argument. They believe strongly that a strong currency is not in a country’s economic interest. Indeed, generally it is true that a weak – I prefer to use the word “competitive” – currency can work in favour of exporters. I say that it “can” work in favour of exporters because, although that would be the case most of the time, it is by no means always the case.

However, far more important than the relative strength of a country’s currency is the degree to which business in that country is efficient and internationally competitive in its production processes. Higher efficiency and productivity levels in a company place that company in a position where it can reduce its production costs and compete successfully abroad in terms of price against products of similar quality.

High input costs – including administered costs – impact negatively on a company’s competitiveness domestically and internationally, especially when its competitors elsewhere in the world have lower input costs. Invariably, such a company’s products are likely to be priced more expensively than those of its competitors.
Personally, I have never belonged to the “lower-the-rand-value-to-promote-exports” brigade.

I have long been sceptical of the calls on the South African Reserve Bank and the Government to take measures to weaken the rand. It has always been my view that exports solely driven or made possible by a weak currency are not sustainable. After all, an unfixed currency will always fluctuate up and down, depending on various economic and political factors in a country and around the world.
Admittedly, it is far more preferable to have a stable currency that does not fluctuate wildly.

Such a stable currency makes it possible for a company or a country to take a long-term view and plan months or years in advance with a relative degree of certainty. While not impossible, nevertheless it is difficult to make long-term plans with an unreliable currency that fluctuates wildly in comparison to the established, major currencies.

Comparatively the US dollar, the euro and the British pound have been among the strongest currencies over the years – and yet, without fail, consistently businesses in those countries/jurisdictions have been among the biggest international exporters. Reliant on technology and a better educated workforce, businesses in those countries have become more efficient in their production processes.

The weakness of the South African rand over the past two years has been very concerning. It has left millions of South Africans poorer than they were two years ago and negatively affected even those who have long been proponents of a weak rand. After all, even exporters have to purchase various, foreign currency-denominated capital equipment from abroad.

The week rand means that it has become that more expensive for South Africans to travel abroad or to buy many imported products. This happens at a time when various direct and indirect taxes have been increased in South Africa, thus making our lives much more difficult.

South African businesses need to improve their efficiencies, wherever possible in our rigid labour regime, in order to be competitive internationally. A weak rand cannot be the solution for their challenges. It does more harm than good to the country.

August is Women’s Month in South Africa. It is a month that reminds South Africans – including business leaders – to be mindful and appreciative of our women compatriots and their contribution to the country’s development over the years.

For the second year in a row, SEIFSA has organised a Women’s Day function to celebrate women in the metals and engineering sector. I ask you to support the event and to harness women’s talents in your respective businesses.

To my colleagues at SEIFSA, all the women in the metals and engineering sector and, indeed, our female compatriots, Happy Women’s Day on 9 August and Happy Women’s Month.

by SEIFSA .

FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S DESK – JUNE 2015

This month I would like to pay tribute to the more than 200 men and women who were sufficiently concerned about the worrying state of manufacturing – and, within it, the state of the metals and engineering sector – in South African and the SADC region that they registered as paying delegates to attend the Southern Metals and Engineering Indaba. By heeding the call to attend the conference, these men and women showed that they know and accept that they have a responsibility to make themselves heard and that they cannot stand by and watch as our sector continues to decline.

It is no secret at all that the South African economy is in serious trouble. In recent years we have witnessed lack-lustre growth and, at the time of writing, our sovereign credit rating is just a notch above junk status. Instead of creating jobs, our economy has been bleeding jobs.

The 5,6% growth attained in 2007 was the highest achieved in South Africa since 1990, and the 3,4% growth registered in 2011 was the highest attained under the Zuma presidency. Since then, the country has struggled to record a growth rate higher than 2%, at a time when South Africa desperately needed more jobs to be created and when the current Government itself had promised a million jobs in its first term.

Contrary to some of the promises made by the ANC in its election manifesto in 2009, more people are unemployment now in the manufacturing sector than was the case then. In 2009, 1 782 163 people were employed in manufacturing, and that number stood at 1 349 262 in 2014. In the metals and engineering sector, 402 625 people were employed in 2009, and that number stood at 394 647 at the end of last year. That means that a massive 432 901 jobs in the manufacturing sector and 7 978 jobs in the metals and engineering sector were lost in President Zuma’s first term in office. Regrettably, the bleeding continues as more companies downsize this year or face the prospects of going out of business altogether.

Among the options available to us, disengaging is simply not one of them. However difficult and frustrating it may be at times to get the Government of the day to take the business community and its concerns seriously, we have no choice but to continue to reach out to it. As business leaders, we have to create opportunities and platforms for us to engage not only among ourselves, but, more importantly, also with the  Government and our labour partners. We need to continue to endeavour to ensure that, at the very least, the Government has a shared understanding of the challenges that face us, because it is only when that shared understanding exists that we would stand a chance of getting them to change course when it comes to some of their policies that are deleterious to the economy.

By all accounts, the inaugural Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba was a great success and the quality of discussions was very high. Over the next few months we will work hard to ensure that delegates and government representatives from the Southern African Development Community also attend the Indaba next year and beyond. To this end, we would welcome the assistance of those among our readers who have business and government contacts in Southern Africa to encourage them to attend the conference next year. They will be able to access details on the MEIndaba 2016 on www.meindaba.co.za.

Finally, I would like to congratulate all the companies that won in the respective categories of the inaugural SEIFSA Awards for Excellence on 28 May. In particular, my congratulations go to Hazleton Pump International for winning the Most Innovative Company and the Customer Service of the Year Awards, and to Scaw Metals Group for winning the Health and Safety Award and the Artisan of the Year Award respectively. Power transmission specialist Voith Turbo won the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Award of the Year, while Africa Steel Holdings and ABB won the Most Transformed Company of the Year Awards for companies employing fewer than 100 employees and those employing more than 100 employees respectively.

Both the Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba and the SEIFSA Awards for Excellence are industry initiatives open to all companies within the sector, and not only those that are members of Associations affiliated to SEIFSA.

My congratulations also go to the following winners of the SEIFSA CEO’s Awards:

• Arthur Stuart (Tubby) Boynton-Lee for Lifetime Leadership in the Metals and Engineering Sector;
• Melco Conveyor Equipment for being the company that made the most extensive use of SEIFSA’s products and services in 2014;
• The Constructional Engineering Association of South Africa for being the most active Association in various SEIFSA-organised activities;
• And Kgaogelo James Sello for being the Top Artisan Student for 2014.

Unfortunately, there were no entrants for the Environmental Stewardship Award. We look forward to receiving entries in this category of the SEIFSA Awards for Excellence, too, next year.

Do you believe that your company embraces excellence and has areas in which it stands head and shoulders above its peers? If so, please enter the SEIFSA Awards for Excellence for 2016. Entry forms can be accessed on www.seifsaawards.co.za. The awards are chaired and adjudicated by an independent panel of experts, with the relevant SEIFSA subject-matter expert being merely a member of a panel. They are, therefore, a powerful endorsement by your business peers and competitors.

by SEIFSA .

From the Chief Executive Officer's desk - February 2015

The damaging electricity blackouts have not helped matters. In the course of the vigorous public debates that have followed these bouts of load shedding, there have been moments when the tone of the debates has been deeply worrying. Equally worrying has been the reluctance on the part of some in the Government, notably the President of the country, to accept responsibility for the shameful state of affairs at the power utility, Eskom.

Another deep concern has been the growing number of reported incidents of racism that have taken place in different parts of the country, most notably the Western Cape. Some of these incidents have led to welcome arrests and prosecution, with adverse publicity generated abroad for South Africa.

The country is better off without these unnecessary controversies and diversions from the business at hand. No country in conflict or at war with itself, with its citizens pulling in different directions, can realise its full potential and prosper. The energies expended on these controversies need to be channelled towards working together to get our economy growing.

Despite their many differences, generally South Africans agree that the country has performed terribly when it comes to the economy. Indeed, for a whole host of reasons, economically we are in a terrible state as a country.

We hope for a much better 2015. As usual, this issue of SEIFSA News focuses on how the year is likely to turn out in the respective disciplines that we have as a Federation. Our Economics and Commercial Division has done a great job in its analysis of how the year is likely to turn out. It is, as usual, well thought-out, informed analysis. I encourage you to read it and to reach out to the team, should you need assistance in understanding the likely trends.

Our Price and Index Pages Handbook, which is produced by this Division, continues to have no equal not just in South Africa, but throughout the African continent. Now packed with more valuable indices, the SEIFSA Price and Index Pages Handbook is no longer available for once-off purchases. Instead, it is available only through six-month or 12-month subscriptions.

On both the political and the legislative fronts, 2015 will be another busy year which will see focus placed squarely on matters economical. There will certainly be a lot of drama in the National Assembly and in the provincial legislatures in which the Economic Freedom Fighters are represented, and there will continue to be much emphasis placed on “radical transformation”. With crucial local government elections a year away, the governing party will be seeking to make as much hay while the sun shines by introducing one piece of legislation after another that seeks to advance economic transformation.

That will see the business community facing considerable pressure to expedite the degree to which it is transforming. Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Mzwandile Masina has spoken on various platforms about the Government’s commitment to “creating 50 black billionaires” over the next few years.

Our members, and the business community in general, have to understand any contemplated piece of legislation that has a potential bearing on them so that they can make their voices heard through us and Business Unity South Africa. Similarly, they need to be familiar with legislation passed by Parliament and signed by the President into law in order to ensure that they comply fully therewith. In this regard, our suitably-qualified and experienced Legal Executive stands ready to be of assistance, including in all matters legal.

Our Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Division also has the necessary expertise and experience to help businesses to comply with legislation related to health, safety, environment and quality at the workplace. This includes expertise in the areas of conducting Environmental Impact Assessments and alleviating a company’s impact on the environment.

All of us will no doubt be relieved that there are no wage negotiations confronting us this year, thanks to the three-year Main Agreement Settlement that we reached with the unions last year after a month-long strike in July. At least on the Industrial Relations front, there should be stability in the sector this year.

Given the gazetting of the Agreement by the Minister of Labour on 5 January, the important challenge this year will be ensuring that all employers in the sector comply with the Agreement. To this end, knowing the contents of the Agreement – and not only the sections related to the percentage wage increases – is important. Our experienced Industrial Relations Division, which will be running a series of workshops on the Agreement, stands ready to assist.

Following the Minister’s gazettal, all employers in the metals and engineering industries are required to have a copy of the Main Agreement. SEIFSA has a copy of the Agreement, compiled by people who were intricately involved in the 2014 negotiations, available for purchase.

As always, our Skills Development and Human Capital Division – which houses our renowned, multi-accredited SEIFSA Training Centre – stands ready to help you to develop your most important assets, your employees, and to submit your annual Workplace Skills Plans and Annual Training Reports.

We also have a series of exciting plans for 2015. We start the year with a day-long briefing session focusing on the state of the metals and engineering industries in 2014 and on what can be expected economically and politically in 2015. That is a session not to be missed. A detailed copy of The State of the Metals Industry Report will be launched at that briefing session and sold throughout the year.

More excitingly, we have the inaugural SEIFSA Awards for Excellence taking place at Emperors Palace on 28 May. That evening companies which have excelled in various aspects of business in 2014 will be recognised. Companies that consider themselves to embody excellence are encouraged to enter the awards, which will be adjudicated by an independent panel of experts, and/or to sponsor the different categories. Details are available on www.seifsaawards.co.za.

By far the biggest and most exciting event of the year for the whole metals and engineering sector this year is the inaugural Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba, which will take place at Emperors Palace on 28-29 May. This is a major regional conference that brings together senior business and labour leaders in the industry and senior policy makers, including Government Ministers, to discuss the challenges facing our sector. We are confident that the conference will go a long way towards advancing the interests of manufacturing in the country.

I encourage you to contact our Marketing and Communications team to establish which sponsorship and exhibition opportunities are still available and to book your attendance. For more information, please go to www.meindaba.co.za.

I am immensely grateful to our visionary founding sponsors – Scaw Metals, ArcelorMittal, Aveng Trident for their support of this important regional conference. I am equally grateful to our media partners – Independent Newspapers, Creamer Media and Promech Publishing – which, by publicising the conference and covering it in detail when it takes place, will give great exposure to our deserving sponsors.

I look forward to seeing you at the SEIFSA Awards for Excellence on 28 May and at the Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba on 28-29 May.

by SEIFSA .