Stainless Steel November 2010

November 2010

STEEL STUDIOINTERNATIONAL

This South African company is leading the balustrade industry with its spectacular designs

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ong

as t

he

appr

opria

te g

rade

is u

sed.

In S

outh

Afri

ca,

Type

304

is

wel

l sui

ted

for t

he m

ajor

ity o

f int

erio

r pro

-je

cts

as w

ell a

s ex

terio

r w

ork

in p

lace

s lik

e G

aute

ng w

hich

hav

e a

mild

er c

li-m

ate.

Typ

e 31

8/31

6L is

mor

e du

rabl

e in

coa

stal

and

salty

clim

es a

s w

ell

as

thos

e w

ith h

ighe

r pol

lutio

n le

vels.

O

f co

urse

, its

im

porta

nt f

or

arch

itect

s an

d de

signe

rs to

not

e th

at a

sm

ooth

sur

face

attr

acts

less

cor

rosiv

e de

posit

s an

d in

hi

gh-sa

lt ar

eas,

m

e-ch

anic

al j

oint

s m

ust

be s

eale

d to

pre

-ve

nt c

revi

ce c

orro

sion.

Th

e Th

ames

Bar

rier,

dow

nstre

am

from

Lo

ndon

is

expo

sed

to

brac

kish

Sta

inle

ss s

teel

offe

rs a

rchi

tect

ural

spl

endo

r

focu

s on

AR

CH

ITE

CT

UR

ETh

e m

ater

ial o

ffers

stre

ngth

, dur

abili

ty a

nd

affo

rdab

ility

due

to it

s lo

ng L

IFE

CY

CLE

as w

ell a

s ae

sthet

ic q

ualit

ies

that

onl

y im

prov

e ov

er ti

me

The

Pet

ronas

Twin

Tow

ers

in K

uala

Lum

pur (

deta

il ab

ove

and

full

imag

e le

ft) h

ave

65 0

00m

2 of

sta

inle

ss s

teel

cla

ddin

g an

d ar

e an

ic

onic

exa

mpl

e of

sta

inle

ss s

teel

in

arch

itect

ure

6N

ovem

ber 2

010

Nov

embe

r 201

07

wat

er,

salt

spra

y an

d an

ave

rage

hum

idity

of

80%

. Its

cre

ated

alm

ost

entir

ely

of T

ype

316

stain

less

ste

el a

nd lo

oks

as g

ood

as it

did

whe

n it

beca

me

oper

atio

nal i

n 19

82.

Bein

g co

rrosio

n-re

sista

nt

also

m

eans

th

at s

tain

less

ste

el re

quire

s no

coa

ting

and

ther

e-fo

re n

o en

viro

nmen

t haz

ards

. It

also

mak

es th

e pr

oduc

t mor

e co

st-ef

fect

ive

than

man

y ot

her c

on-

struc

tion

mat

eria

ls as

it

elim

inat

es t

he n

eed

for

ongo

ing

pain

t wor

k ov

er th

e lif

e of

the

struc

ture

.

Money

matt

ers

With

the

who

le w

orld

mor

e m

oney

-co

nsci

ous

than

ev

er,

proj

ect

man

ager

s ar

e rig

orou

s ab

out

the

finan

cial

man

agem

ent

of a

pr

ojec

t; us

ually

the

reas

on w

hy s

tain

less

ste

el is

ov

erlo

oked

as

a m

ajor

com

pone

nt o

f man

y pr

o-je

cts.

Nel

say

s th

at th

e pr

ice

of s

tain

less

ste

el is

us

ually

the

proh

ibiti

ve f

acto

r to

its

wid

er u

se i

n co

nstru

ctio

n as

clie

nts

perc

eive

oth

er m

ater

ials

to p

rovi

de m

ore

cost-

effe

ctiv

e so

lutio

ns. I

ts a

t thi

s po

int w

here

clie

nt e

duca

tion

is so

rely

nee

ded.

Whi

le t

he i

nitia

l in

vestm

ent

is hi

gher

th

an m

any

othe

r m

ater

ials,

the

lon

g te

rm c

ost

bene

fit o

f us

ing

stain

less

ste

el i

s gr

eate

r to

o.

With

its

long

life

cyc

le, n

eglig

ible

nee

d fo

r coa

t-in

g an

d m

inim

al m

aint

enan

ce re

quire

men

ts, th

e on

ly s

igni

fican

t inv

estm

ent i

n th

e m

etal

, is

the

up-

front

cap

ital o

utla

y.

Iconic

str

uct

ure

sEx

ampl

es o

f in

nova

tive

use

of s

tain

less

ste

el b

y ar

chite

cts

are

visib

le g

loba

lly; f

rom

som

e ea

rly in

stanc

es li

ke th

e Em

pire

Sta

te a

nd C

hrys

ler

build

ings

in N

ew Y

ork,

to th

e Lo

uvre

Pyr

amid

in

Paris

bui

lt in

the

1980

s an

d th

e m

ore

rece

nt a

r-ch

itect

ural

feat

of K

uala

Lum

purs

Pet

rona

s To

wer

s w

ith 6

5 00

0m2

of s

tain

less

ste

el c

ladd

ing.

But w

hat a

bout

Sou

th A

frica

? W

hat a

re

our a

rchi

tect

s an

d de

signe

rs d

oing

with

sta

inle

ss

steel

? A

s w

ith m

ost t

rend

s w

e la

g a

little

; pr

ob-

ably

due

to

the

fact

tha

t w

hile

the

res

t of

the

w

orld

was

bui

ldin

g w

ith s

tain

less

ste

el,

we

had

a lo

ve a

ffair

with

con

cret

e an

d til

es.

Its

grea

t for

fixt

ures

like

han

d ra

ils o

r flo

or s

trips

tha

t ar

e pr

oduc

ed o

n m

ass

from

a

prot

otyp

e,

says

Nel

. B

ut a

nyth

ing

else

is c

on-

sider

ed a

onc

e-of

f jo

b w

hich

req

uire

s de

sign

and

deve

lopm

ent t

ime

whi

ch, o

n to

p of

the

cost

of th

e m

etal

, mak

es it

a g

rand

pro

ject

and

qui

te

unaf

ford

able

for m

ost.

And

he

s rig

ht;

we

ve s

tarte

d to

see

so

me

exce

ptio

nal e

xam

ples

of b

alus

trade

and

ra

iling

ins

talla

tions

suc

h as

the

kilo

met

res

of

balu

strad

es a

t O

R Ta

mbo

and

Kin

g Sh

aka

Inte

rnat

iona

l A

irpor

ts an

d al

l of

the

Gau

train

sta

tions

but

are

yet

to s

ee s

ome

stain

less

ste

el

meg

a-str

uctu

res.

com

pany

PRO

FIL

E

Mac

steel

VRN

Sta

inle

ss h

as th

e eq

uip-

men

t to

polis

h sta

inle

ss s

teel

tube

, rou

nd

bar

and

shee

t, w

hich

mea

ns t

hey

can

com

pete

with

the

best

inte

rnat

iona

l mar

-ke

ts ha

ve to

offe

r.M

acste

el V

RN S

tain

less

has

a

6 s

tatio

n Lo

eser

tube

pol

isher

that

can

po

lish

up to

80

0 g

rit o

n ro

und

tube

and

ba

r and

can

pol

ish u

p to

a 6

00

grit

fin-

ish o

n sq

uare

and

rect

angu

lar t

ubin

g.

The

6 s

tatio

n Lo

eser

tub

e po

l-ish

er i

s a

grin

ding

and

pol

ishin

g lin

e fo

r sta

inle

ss s

teel

tube

s of

up

to 1

50

mm

in

dia

met

er a

nd 6

m i

n le

ngth

. T

he

polis

her

has

11

kW

per

sta

tion

and

a pr

essu

re c

ontro

l fo

r th

e be

lt, w

hich

m

easu

res

15

0m

m w

ide

by 3

50

0m

m

in le

ngth

. The

con

stant

pre

ssur

e ex

tend

s th

e lif

espa

n of

the

belt.

Th

e po

lishe

r ha

s an

enc

lose

d ca

bin

with

a m

ist c

olle

ctor

, w

hich

en-

sure

s a

quie

t and

cle

an o

pera

tion.

The

Lo

eser

can

pol

ish tub

ing

to e

nsur

e su

r-

face

impr

ovem

ents

prio

r to

plat

ing.

Th

e tw

o sh

eet

polis

hers

use

d ar

e m

oder

n hi

gh-te

ch m

achi

nes.

Th

e G

rindm

aste

r giv

es th

e tra

ditio

nal N

o 4

fin

ish w

hile

the

Cos

ta g

ives

the

mor

e re

fined

sco

tch

brig

ht fi

nish

fav

oure

d in

th

e ca

terin

g in

dustr

y.T

he e

quip

men

t m

eans

Mac

-ste

el V

RN S

tain

less

can

pol

ish t

ubes

, ro

und

bar

and

shee

t to

w

orld

-cla

ss

stand

ards

,

says

Ki

t W

illia

mso

n,

the

man

agin

g di

rect

or

of

Mac

steel

VR

N

Stai

nles

s.

The

idea

beh

ind

acqu

iring

th

e eq

uipm

ent

was

to

ensu

re t

hat

the

com

pany

can

com

pete

with

the

best

im-

porte

d fin

ishes

.M

acste

el V

RN S

tain

less

is d

ed-

icat

ed to

loca

l con

vers

ion

and

belie

ves

its s

ervi

ce c

entre

pro

vide

s th

e pe

rfect

so

lutio

n fo

r lo

cal

man

ufac

ture

rs

and

spec

ifier

s.

Cen

tre to

our

stra

tegy

is a

fo

cus

on l

ocal

: lo

cal

proc

urem

ent,

lo-

cal a

dded

val

ue a

nd lo

cal c

onve

rsio

n,

says

Will

iam

son.

Mac

steel

VRN

Sta

inle

ss w

ants

to s

treng

then

Sou

th A

frica

s lo

cal

con-

vers

ion

base

, s

ays

Will

iam

son.

W

e ar

e co

mm

itted

to p

rovi

ding

com

petit

ive

valu

e ad

ded

prod

ucts

to S

outh

Afri

can

fabr

icat

ors

to e

nsur

e gr

owth

of t

he lo

cal

conv

ersio

n of

sta

inle

ss s

teel

, an

d in

so

doin

g co

ntrib

ute

to t

he g

row

th o

f em

-pl

oym

ent i

n So

uth

Afri

ca.

Mac

stee

l VR

N b

ring

sa

shin

e to

loca

l con

vers

ion

The

6 s

tage

Loes

er tu

be p

olis

her (

abov

e) a

nd th

e C

osta

Scot

ch B

rite

polis

her (

belo

w) m

ean

Mac

steel

VRN

ca

n co

mpe

te w

ith th

e be

st po

lishe

d tu

be in

tern

atio

nal m

arke

ts ha

ve to

offe

r

focu

s on

AR

CH

ITE

CT

UR

E

Tham

esBarr

ier

(righ

t) is

m

ade

from

gr

ade

316

stain

less

ste

el

and

look

s as

goo

d as

it

did

whe

n it

beca

me

oper

atio

nal

in 1

982

Lloyds

of

London

was

des

igne

d in

197

9. T

he c

entra

l spi

ral

colu

mn

is o

ne o

f the

sta

inle

ss s

teel

cla

d sta

ircas

es. S

tairc

ases

, pip

es

and

othe

r ser

vice

s w

ere

plac

ed o

n th

e ou

tside

of t

he b

uild

ing

8N

ovem

ber 2

010

Nov

embe

r 201

09

Sout

h A

frica

is s

eeki

ng b

illio

ns o

f ran

ds

in i

nves

tmen

t fo

r a

5 00

0 m

egaw

att

sola

r pa

rk,

Ener

gy

Min

ister

D

ipuo

Pe

ters

said

in e

arly

Oct

ober

. The

pro

ject

, w

hich

aim

s to

gen

erat

e pr

ivat

e se

ctor

in

vestm

ent,

is pa

rt of

the

gov

ernm

ents

m

ove

to w

ean

the

coun

try o

ff its

hea

vy

relia

nce

on

coal

an

d m

ove

tow

ards

re

new

able

ene

rgy.

The

first

deal

s re

latin

g to

the

so

lar

park

nea

r U

ping

ton

in th

e N

orth

-er

n C

ape

are

expe

cted

to b

e co

nclu

d-ed

by

2011

and

ele

ctric

ity is

sch

edul

ed

to b

e flo

win

g fro

m th

e gr

id b

y 20

12.

The

area

in U

ping

ton

was

iden

-tifi

ed in

a p

re-fe

asib

ility

stu

dy c

ondu

cted

by

the

Clin

ton

Clim

ate

Initi

ativ

e.

The

Nor

ther

n C

ape

Prov

ince

po

sses

ses

som

e of

the

bes

t co

nditi

ons

in t

he w

orld

for

pro

duci

ng s

olar

pow

-er

. Th

e pr

ovin

ce b

oasts

exc

elle

nt a

nd

cons

isten

t su

n, l

arge

are

as o

f su

itabl

e an

d av

aila

ble

land

and

the

abi

lity

to

conn

ect

to t

he e

lect

ricity

grid

at

mul

ti-pl

e po

ints,

goo

d av

aila

bilit

y of

wat

er,

and

a de

velo

ped

high

way

sys

tem

and

a

good

airp

ort,

mak

ing

it an

ide

al lo

-ca

tion

for

sola

r de

ploy

men

t, s

ays

Ira

Mag

azin

er, t

he c

hairm

an o

f the

Clin

ton

Clim

ate

Initi

ativ

e.O

ur

cost

anal

ysis

confi

rms

that

sol

ar p

ower

can

be

depl

oyed

in

Sout

h A

frica

in

larg

e qu

antit

ies

over

th

e ne

xt d

ecad

e at

cos

ts th

at b

ecom

e co

mpe

titiv

e w

ith a

nd e

vent

ually

low

er

than

new

foss

il fu

el-fi

red

pow

er,

say

s M

agaz

iner

.Pe

ters

say

s th

e go

vern

men

t will

pr

ovid

e th

e in

frastr

uctu

re fo

r the

pro

ject

, th

en le

ase

out t

he la

nd to

priv

ate

deve

l-op

ers

who

will

fina

nce

and

build

ind

i-vi

dual

pro

ject

s th

at w

ill s

ell p

ower

to th

e na

tiona

l grid

.Th

e de

partm

ent

of e

nerg

y ha

s a

huge

tas

k ah

ead

of i

tself

if it

plan

s

to d

ecre

ase

Sout

h A

frica

s re

lianc

e on

co

al f

rom

90%

to

48%

by

2030

as

stipu

late

d in

its

long

-aw

aite

d in

tegr

ated

el

ectri

city

res

ourc

e pl

an (I

RP2)

rel

ease

d in

Oct

ober

. T

he g

over

nmen

t will

nee

d to

inv

est

abou

t R1

00 m

illio

n to

set

up

the

sola

r pa

rks

basic

infra

struc

ture

and

sti

mul

ate

priv

ate

inve

stmen

t of

ab

out

R150

mill

ion.

A s

olar

par

k ca

n ra

dica

lly d

e-cr

ease

the

costs

of

sola

r po

wer

due

to

econ

omie

s of

sca

le a

nd l

ocal

ly-m

anu-

fact

ured

com

pone

nts.

Pete

rs

belie

ves

the

prop

osed

so

lar

park

will

pro

vide

as

muc

h po

wer

as

one

coa

l-fire

d po

wer

sta

tion.

The

sola

r pa

rk o

ffers

am

azin

g op

portu

nitie

s fo

r loc

al in

dustr

y. A

lthou

gh

the

maj

ority

of t

he s

truct

ural

wor

k w

ill b

e

in c

arbo

n ste

el d

ue to

the

loca

tion

be-

ing

the

Upi

ngto

n ar

ea,

whi

ch is

a n

on-

corro

sive

envi

ronm

ent,

stain

less

ste

el

will

be

a gr

eat

mat

eria

l fo

r ad

ditio

nal

appl

icat

ions

in th

e pa

rk.

Alth

ough

it is

too

early

to k

now

w

hat

tech

nolo

gy w

ill b

e us

ed f

or t

he

sola

r pa

rk,

it is

safe

to

say

that

sta

in-

less

ste

el w

ill b

e a

grea

t mat

eria

l for

a

num

ber o

f diff

eren

t app

licat

ions

.St

ainl

ess

steel

is

the

idea

l ma-

teria

l fo

r th

e he

at t

rans

fer

pipi

ng,

heat

ex

chan

gers

and

the

hot

sal

t sto

rage

ta

nks

and

is us

ed s

ucce

ssfu

lly a

cros

s th

e w

orld

in s

olar

app

licat

ions

.

Stai

nles

s ste

el

can

also

be

us

ed in

mirr

or fr

ames

, el

ectri

cal b

oxes

, pa

lisad

e fe

ncin

g an

d ac

cess

co

ntro

l ga

tes.

Sol

ar P

ark

initi

ativ

eto

boo

st lo

cal m

anuf

actu

rers

A s

olar

par

k ca

n ra

dica

lly d

ecre

ase

the

cost

s of

SO

LAR

PO

WER

due

to e

cono

mie

s of

sca

le

and

loca

lly-m

anuf

actu

red

com

pone

nts

Sola

r te

chnolo

gie

s to

be

cons

ider

ed w

ill in

clud

e th

e us

e of

Sili

ca o

r cr

ysta

lline

mod

ules

(abo

ve a

nd le

ft) fo

r pho

tovo

ltaic

sys

tem

s

focu

s on

SOL

AR

Nov

embe

r 201

011

Chi

nas

exp

lodi

ng

stain

less

ste

el i

ndus

try w

ould

lea

d to

a

wav

e o

f ne

w

ferro

chro

me

smel

ting

capa

city

in

Sout

h A

frica

fro

m 2

013,

inc

ludi

ng g

reen

-fie

lds

plan

ts, a

ssum

ing

suffi

cien

t ele

ctric

ity c

ould

be

supp

lied,

a G

erm

an m

etal

s an

alys

t arg

ued.

Shor

tage

s du

e to

exi

sting

ene

rgy

supp

ly p

robl

ems

wou

ld b

oost

ferro

-ch

rom

e, p

rices

in

com

ing

year

s s

ays

Hei

nz P

arise

r, he

ad o

f Hei

nz H

Par

iser

Allo

y M

etal

s &

Ste

el M

arke

t Re

sear

ch.

Ferro

chro

me

is a

key

com

pone

nt i

n sta

inle

ss s

teel

.D

espi

te P

arise

rs g

uard

ed o

ptim

ism th

ere

rem

ains

ske

ptic

ism th

at f

er-

roch

rom

e pr

oduc

ers

will

gain

acc

ess

to s

igni

fican

tly m

ore

pow

er s

uppl

y ov

er

the

next

20

year

s ne

eded

for s

mel

ting.

How

ever

, on

Wed

nesd

ay O

ctob

er 2

0, X

strat

a an

noun

ced

it w

ould

go

ahe

ad w

ith th

e se

cond

pha

se o

f its

postp

oned

R4.

9 bi

llion

Lion

com

plex

fe

rroch

rom

e sm

elte

r afte

r sec

urin

g el

ectri

city

sup

ply

from

Esk

om.

Xstra

ta, w

hich

is in

a jo

int v

entu

re w

ith M

eraf

e Re

sour

ces,

del

ayed

con

-str

uctio

n fo

llow

ing

unce

rtain

ty c

ause

d by

the

pow

er s

uppl

y an

d fin

anci

al c

rises

.C

omm

issio

ning

is e

xpec

ted

in 2

013

whe

n Es

kom

s ne

w M

edup

i pow

-er

pla

nt is

like

ly to

com

e on

stre

am.

Sout

h A

frica

, w

ith o

ver

70 p

erce

nt o

f all

raw

chr

ome

ore,

has

bee

n un

able

to ta

ke a

dvan

tage

of t

he o

ppor

tuni

ty to

con

vert

it in

to th

e va

lue-

adde

d fe

rroch

rom

e, i

nitia

lly d

ue t

o th

e en

ergy

cris

is an

d th

en t

he g

loba

l fin

anci

al

cras

h.

Sinc

e th

en d

eman

d ha

s re

sum

ed.

Hist

oric

ally

fer

roch

rom

e ha

s be

en

mos

t effi

cien

tly p

rodu

ced

clos

e to

chr

ome

ore

min

es b

ut s

horta

ges

have

con

trib-

uted

to th

e ris

e of

the

smel

ting

sect

or in

Chi

na.

Expa

nsio

n w

ould

not

take

pla

ce o

n a

larg

e sc

ale

befo

re 2

013,

Par

iser

told

the

rece

nt M

etal

Bulle

tin S

outh

Afri

can

ferro

allo

ys c

onfe

renc

e in

Sep

tem

ber.

Exi

sting

fer

roch

rom

e ca

paci

ty r

estri

ctio

ns a

re e

xpec

ted

to b

e lif

ted

afte

r 201

3 an

d ab

out 6

00kt

idle

d ca

paci

ty w

ill be

ava

ilabl

e ag

ain,

he

sai

d.Fo

llow

ing

the

elec

trici

ty b

lack

outs

of 2

008,

Esk

om e

lect

ricity

sup

ply

to fe

rroch

rom

e sm

elte

rs h

as b

een

resto

red

to 9

0 pe

rcen

t of d

eman

d. I

n 20

13

pow

er s

uppl

y is

expe

cted

to e

xcee

d de

man

d.Fe

rroch

rom

e pr

oduc

tion

capa

city

util

isatio

n w

as a

s lo

w a

s 56

per

cent

du

ring

the

econ

omic

cris

is of

200

9 bu

t has

alre

ady

resu

med

to th

e pr

evio

us

leve

l of a

bout

85

perc

ent a

nd is

exp

ecte

d to

mai

ntai

n th

is ra

te to

201

5.Pa

riser

, des

pite

his

bullis

h ou

tlook

for e

xpan

sion

and

new

pla

nts,

cau

-tio

ned

that

indu

stry

sour

ces

belie

ved

elec

trici

ty d

eman

d co

uld

exce

ed c

apac

ity

agai

n at

som

e po

int

afte

r 20

13.

The

ext

ent

of n

ew f

erro

chro

me

capa

city

w

ould

dep

end

in p

art o

n w

heth

er E

skom

or p

ossib

ly n

ew p

rivat

e po

wer

pro

duc-

ers

wer

e pr

epar

ed to

ent

er lo

ng-te

rm s

uppl

y co

ntra

cts,

Par

iser s

aid.

New

ferr

ochr

ome

smel

ters

on t

he c

ards

for

SA

Xstra

ta is

goi

ng a

head

with

the

seco

nd p

hase

of i

ts R4

.9bn

ferr

ochr

ome

SMEL

TER

afte

r sec

urin

g an

ele

ctric

ity s

uppl

y de

al w

ith E

skom

focu

s on

FER

RO

CH

RO

ME

12N

ovem

ber 2

010

Nov

embe

r 201

013

Cor

nelis

van

der

Waa

l, en

ergy

pr

ogra

mm

e m

anag

er a

t Fro

st &

Sul

livan

A

frica

, had

a fa

r mor

e be

arish

out

look

.C

omm

entin

g on

min

eral

ben

efi-

ciat

ion

in g

ener

al,

Van

Der

Waa

l sa

id

that

the

coun

try w

ould

nee

d a

ch

eap

and

relia

ble

ele

ctric

ity s

uppl

y to

sup

port

this

ener

gy in

tens

ive

sect

or.

Whi

le

bene

ficia

tion

rem

aine

d pa

rt of

the

gov

ernm

ents

stra

tegy

, th

e em

phas

is in

its

exec

utiv

e su

mm

ary

of

the

draf

t In

tegr

ated

Res

ourc

e Pl

an (

IRP)

20

10 to

203

0 ha

d m

oved

aw

ay f

rom

po

wer

-hun

gry

indu

stry

tow

ards

the

lean

-er

com

mer

ce s

ecto

r, he

sai

d.Th

e IR

P ch

arts

out

a fle

xibl

e m

iddl

e r

oad

to n

ew e

lect

ricity

gen

-er

atio

n ov

er th

e ne

xt 2

0 y

ears

. It

sits

in

bet

wee

n d

irty

low

-cos

t ap

proa

ch

that

cou

ld p

rovi

de m

ore

plen

tiful

ele

c-tri

city

sup

ply

at c

heap

er p

rices

, an

d co

nstra

ined

gro

wth

of

high

er p

riced

cl

ean

ener

gy.

Thu

s th

e op

portu

nity

for

new

min

eral

ben

efici

atio

n w

ill n

eith

er

be p

lent

iful n

or p

arch

ed.

Van

der

Waa

l ag

reed

tha

t af

-te

r th

e fir

st ph

ase

of t

he M

edup

i pl

ant

cam

e on

stre

am t

here

wou

ld b

e m

ore

pow

er c

apac

ity b

ut s

aid

this

elec

trici

ty

wou

ld b

e ex

pens

ive.

Th

e go

vern

men

t w

ould

hav

e th

e op

tion

of w

eigh

ing

up

bene

fits

of s

ubsid

ising

ene

rgy

costs

in

orde

r to

mak

e be

nefic

iatio

n vi

able

. B

ut

he d

escr

ibed

thi

s as

a r

isky

appr

oach

. In

vesto

rs w

ould

take

a 3

0-ye

ar v

iew

and

su

bsid

isatio

n m

ight

be

diffi

cult

to g

uara

n-te

e fo

r su

ch a

long

per

iod,

con

sider

ing

polit

ical

and

pol

icy

chan

ges

that

cou

ld

occu

r ove

r tim

e.Va

n de

r W

aal

adde

d th

at

ther

e w

as a

lso in

ertia

as

to w

hat t

ype

of p

ower

sta

tions

to b

uild

afte

r Med

upi

as it

was

not

kno

wn

how

hig

h ex

pect

-ed

glo

bal

carb

on e

mission

tax

es o

n co

al g

ener

ator

s w

ould

be.

Th

is c

re-

ated

unc

erta

inty

as

whe

ther

to

build

ca

rbon

em

ittin

g co

al-fi

red

or c

lean

er

nucl

ear

plan

ts.

But

if el

ectri

city

cos

t an

d su

pply

wer

e re

solv

ed th

e co

untry

co

uld

have

a

thriv

ing

ben

efici

atio

n se

ctor

, de

r Waa

l con

clud

ed.

Paris

er

said

in

2

00

9

ferro

-ch

rom

e ex

port

sale

s w

ere

as h

igh

as

US

$4

.31

bill

ion,

whi

le e

xpor

t re

ve-

nue

from

the

low

er v

alue

ore

was

onl

y $

70

4 m

illio

n, d

emon

strat

ing

the

op-

portu

nity

of c

onve

rting

the

raw

mat

eria

l

into

ferro

chro

me.

He

expe

cted

s

igni

fican

t [fe

r-ro

chro

me]

pr

ice

incr

ease

s in

co

min

g ye

ars

, pre

dict

ing

Chi

nese

sta

inle

ss s

teel

pr

oduc

tion

wou

ld i

ncre

ase

by a

s m

uch

as 5

0 pe

rcen

t by

2015

. A

n in

crea

sing

conv

ersio

n of

im

porte

d ch

rom

e or

e is

taki

ng p

lace

in

Chi

na,

illustr

atin

g So

uth

Afri

cas

lost

op-

portu

nity

of

sellin

g th

e be

nefic

iate

d fe

r-ro

chro

me

to th

at c

ount

ry.

But

it

rem

aine

d to

be

se

en

whe

ther

th

ese

[Chi

nese

] fa

cilit

ies

will

rem

ain

in p

lace

onc

e So

uth

Afri

ca h

as

rega

ined

its

dom

inan

t mar

ket p

ositi

on in

th

e gl

obal

indu

stry,

Pa

riser

sai

d.

focu

s on

FER

RO

CH

RO

ME

The

gove

rnm

ent

reve

aled

it

had

no p

lans

to in

trodu

ce a

n ex

port

levy

on

chro

me

ore,

af

ter a

n an

alys

t at M

acqu

arie

Fi

rst S

outh

Sec

uriti

es sa

id th

ere

was

a

com

pellin

g ca

se

for

the

tax

in o

rder

for S

outh

Afri

-ca

to b

enefi

t fro

m it

s do

min

ant

posit

ion

in th

is m

arke

t.M

eraf

e Re

sour

ces

have

al

so

prev

ious

ly

calle

d fo

r ch

rom

e ex

ports

of t

he raw

m

ater

ial t

o be

res

trict

ed a

s In

-di

a ha

s do

ne,

but i

n O

ctob

er

the

Nat

iona

l Tr

easu

rys

chie

f di

rect

or

of

com

mun

icat

ions

, Ja

bula

ni

Sikh

akha

ne,

told

St

ainl

ess

Stee

l m

agaz

ine

it w

as

not

cons

ider

ing

an e

x-po

rt le

vy o

n ch

rom

e or

e.

In

late

Se

ptem

ber

Mac

quar

ie

anal

yst

Avish

kar

Nag

aser

sai

d th

e ex

port

levy

on

chr

ome

ore

wou

ld e

ncou

r-ag

e lo

cal

indu

stry

to i

ncre

ase

capa

city

to

bene

ficia

te i

t in

to

ferro

chro

me,

a

high

er

valu

e co

mpo

nent

in

sta

inle

ss

steel

th

an th

e ra

w m

ater

ial,

and

fos-

ter

empl

oym

ent

grow

th.

Na-

gase

r, w

ho h

ad b

een

spea

k-in

g at

the

Met

alBu

lletin

Sou

th

Afri

can

ferro

allo

ys c

onfe

renc

e,

said

the

val

ue o

f fe

rroch

rom

e w

as

abou

t fo

ur

times

hi

gher

th

an c

hrom

e or

e in

200

9 an

d th

e di

ffer-

ence

was

exp

ecte

d to

incr

ease

.Th

e sta

tem

ent

by t

he T

reas

ury

may

sig

nal

a go

vern

men

t m

ove

away

fro

m a

pol

icy

bias

tow

ards

add

ing

valu

e to

min

eral

s du

e to

the

frequ

ent h

igh

ener

-gy

con

sum

ptio

n in

this

sect

or.

The

coun

-try

fac

es a

dou

ble

wha

mm

y fro

m h

igh

elec

trici

ty c

osts

due

to p

revi

ous

unde

r in

vestm

ent

in g

ener

atio

n, c

oupl

ed w

ith

expe

cted

futu

re g

loba

l car

bon

emiss

ions

taxe

s fro

m

dirty

bu

t che

aper

coa

l-fire

d po

wer

sta

tions

as

indi

cate

d by

the

gov-

ernm

ents

dra

ft In

tegr

ated

Res

ourc

e Pl

an

(IRP)

201

0 to

203

0.Th

eore

tical

ly th

e co

untry

s po

w-

erfu

l po

sitio

n in

the

chr

ome

ore

mar

ket

wou

ld m

ake

it di

fficu

lt fo

r cus

tom

ers,

par

-tic

ular

ly th

ose

in C

hina

, to

buy

eno

ugh

else

whe

re, g

ivin

g th

e co

untry

the

oppo

r-tu

nity

to

bene

ficia

te i

t in

to h

ighe

r va

lue

ferro

chro

me.

Nag

aser

sa

id

ther

e w

as

a

stron

g ca

se t

o be

mad

e in

fa

vour

of t

he e

xpor

t lev

y be

caus

e So

uth

Afric

a w

as

givi

ng a

way

its

com

petit

ive

adva

ntag

e.

Nag

aser

sai

d th

e go

v-er

nmen

t nee

ded

to m

ake

a de

-ci

sion

on in

trodu

cing

the

levy

, w

hich

he

desc

ribed

as

a c

ol-

labo

rativ

e ef

fort

from

Tre

asur

y an

d th

e D

epar

tmen

t of M

iner

al

Reso

urce

s (D

MR)

.H

e sa

id

that

w

hile

th

ere

was

a c

ount

er a

rgum

ent

that

ther

e w

as a

lack

of

elec

-tri

city

sup

ply

to in

crea

se v

alue

-ad

ding

sm

eltin

g ca

paci

ty, t

he

coun

try w

as p

layi

ng i

nto

Chi

-ne

se h

ands

.T

he m

ore

chro

me

ore

Sout

h Af

rica

expo

rts,

the

mor

e se

lf-suf

ficie

nt

the

buye

r [p

re-

sum

ably

a C

hine

se c

onsu

mer

] be

com

es,

Nag

aser

not

ed.

He

said

the

DM

R al

-re

ady

had

a be

nefic

iatio

n str

ateg

y in

pla

ce th

at it

nee

ded

to m

ove

forw

ard

and

impl

e-m

ent o

n a

grad

ual b

asis

.Th

e D

MR

did

not

re-

spon

d to

req

uests

to c

omm

ent

on

its

min

eral

be

nefic

iatio

n str

ateg

y. Ear

lier

this y

ear

Min

-in

g W

eekl

y re

porte

d M

eraf

e Re

sour

ces,

whi

ch h

as b

een

cam

paig

ning

for so

me

time

for th

e ex

-po

rtatio

n of

chr

ome

ore

to b

e re

duce

d,

conc

eded

th

at

the

pow

er

shor

tage

m

ight

res

ult

in e

ven

mor

e un

bene

fici-

ated

ore

bei

ng s

ent o

ut o

f the

cou

ntry

w

ithou

t any

val

ue a

dditi

on

a fo

reig

n-ex

chan

ge a

nd jo

b-op

portu

nity

loss

for

So

uth

Afri

ca.

Mer

afe

is pa

rt of

the

Xstr

ata-

Mer

afe

Chr

ome

Vent

ure,

led

by X

strat

a,

the

wor

lds

larg

est f

erro

chro

me

prod

ucer

.

focu

s on

FER

RO

CH

RO

ME

SA

to

wea

ther

fa

llout

from

Chi

nese

dem

and

Dom

estic

sta

inle

ss s

teel

use

rs a

re n

ot e

xpec

ted

to s

uffe

r sh

orta

ges

of fe

r-ro

chro

me

nor

pay

a pr

emiu

m f

or t

he c

ompo

nent

abo

ve C

hine

se u

sers

de

spite

sur

ging

sta

inle

ss s

teel

dem

and

in th

e w

orld

s se

cond

-larg

est e

con-

omy,

met

als

anal

yst H

einz

Par

iser

say

s.I

do

not s

ee

that

dom

estic

Sou

th A

frica

n pr

oduc

ers

will

be

pun-

ishe

d th

roug

h a

spec

ial c

hrom

e pr

ice

prem

ium

, s

ays

Paris

er.

H

e no

tes

that

Chi

nese

com

pani

es a

re a

lread

y sh

areh

olde

rs o

f se

v-er

al f

erro

chro

me

units

in

Sout

h A

frica

and

th

us a

cer

tain

ton

nage

is,

w

ithou

t que

stion

, alre

ady

desti

ned

for C

hina

.

Com

men

ting

on t

he l

ocal

sta

inle

ss s

teel

sec

tor

he s

ays

the

Sou

thA

frica

n pr

oduc

er i

s pa

rt of

a v

ery

stron

g sta

inle

ss s

teel

gro

up t

hat

has

long

-stan

ding

con

tact

s w

ith t

he f

erro

chro

me

indu

stry;

so

we

cann

ot s

ee

that

at p

rese

nt.

It

also

has

to b

e ke

pt in

min

d th

at

chro

me

is n

ot o

nly

avai

labl

e as

pr

imar

y fe

rroc

hrom

e bu

t also

in fo

rm o

f sta

inle

ss s

teel

scr

ap.

Thi

s in

man

y ca

ses

puts

a lid

on

jum

ping

raw

mat

eria

l pric

es,

as

seco

ndar

y ch

rom

e al

way

s gi

ves

the

stain

less

ste

el m

ill s

ome

pric

e ad

van-

tage

, P

aris

er s

ays.

Work

ers

at

an X

strat

a fe

rroc

hrom

e sm

elte

r

Gov

ernm

ent

thro

ws

cold

wat

er o

n ca

ll fo

r ex

port

levy

Nov

embe

r 20

1015

Stee

l St

udio

Int

erna

tiona

l ar

e as

wel

l kn

own

for

thei

r re

siden

tial

crea

tions

as

they

are

with

the

ir co

mm

erci

al m

aste

r-pi

eces

. As

a sp

ecia

list m

anuf

actu

rer a

nd

insta

ller

of

custo

m-d

esig

ned

stain

less

ste

el a

nd g

lass

bal

ustra

des

and

stairc

as-

es,

thei

r qu

ality

and

ser

vice

sta

ndar

ds

have

mad

e th

em th

e m

arke

t lea

der

in a

hi

ghly

com

petit

ive

spac

e.St

eel

Stud

io I

nter

natio

nal

clai

m

that

the

key

to th

eir s

ucce

ss c

omes

dow

n to

be

ing

a pe

ople

s bu

sines

s w

ith a

te

am o

f hi

ghly

ski

lled

and

qual

ified

in-

divi

dual

s w

ho a

re a

ll in

volve

d in

eve

ry

aspe

ct o

f eve

ry p

roje

ct.

We

attra

ct c

li-en

ts be

caus

e ou

r tea

m is

abl

e to

inte

rpre

t th

eir

spec

ific

requ

irem

ents,

sa

ys c

hief

ex

ecut

ive

Rob

Blac

kbea

rd.

In a

dditi

on, o

ur a

ttent

ion

to d

e-ta

il co

uple

d w

ith th

e la

test

in d

esig

n te

ch-

nolo

gy,

man

ufac

turin

g an

d in

stalla

tion

equi

pmen

t ens

ures

that

the

end

prod

uct

is co

mpl

eted

to

inte

rnat

iona

l sta

ndar

ds

and

at c

ompe

titiv

e pr

ices

.Ea

ch

custo

mise

d de

sign

in-

clud

es a

com

bina

tion

of s

tain

less

ste

el

in la

ser

cut

plat

e pr

ofile

s, t

ubul

ar c

om-

pone

nts,

tim

ber

elem

ents

or to

ughe

ned

glas

s.Bu

t w

hile

its

peop

le m

ay d

rive

the

busin

ess,

its

cutti

ng e

dge

insta

llatio

ns

both

in

Sout

h A

frica

and

fur

ther

afie

ld

build

and

mai

ntai

n th

e co

mpa

nys

repu

-ta

tion

amon

gst i

ts cl

ient

bas

e of

bui

lder

s,

arch

itect

s an

d de

velo

pers

. W

ith a

pro

ject

list

tha

t re

ads

like

the

Osc

ar w

inne

rs o

f th

e co

nstru

c-tio

n an

d ar

chite

ctur

al i

ndus

try,

its S

teel

St

udio

s co

mm

erci

al p

roje

cts

that

gai

n m

ost o

f th

e at

tent

ion.

The

ir W

orld

Cup

in

frastr

uctu

re

proj

ects

incl

uded

Ki

ng

Shak

a an

d O

R Ta

mbo

inte

rnat

iona

l air-

ports

; th

e la

tter

took

alm

ost 1

8 m

onth

s to

co

mpl

ete

and

resu

lted

in

seve

ral

kilo

met

res

of s

tain

less

ste

el b

alus

trade

s th

roug

hout

the

airp

ort.

Mor

e re

cent

co

mm

erci

al

proj

ects

in-

clud

e th

e ic

onic

new

lan

dmar

k w

hich

is

the

Den

eys

Reitz

Offi

ces

on 1

5 A

lice

Lane

in S

andt

on.

St

eel S

tudi

o In

tern

a-tio

nals

frit

glas

s an

d sta

inle

ss s

teel

bal

-us

trade

per

fect

ly c

ompl

emen

ts th

e ex

-qu

isite

des

ign

of t

he b

uild

ing

s in

tern

al

mul

ti-le

vel g

lass

brid

ges.

Ju

st ac

ross

the

road

, th

e Sa

nd-

ton

City

sho

ppin

g ce

ntre

is u

nder

goin

g a

long

ove

rdue

upg

rade

. St

eel

Stud

io

has

been

abl

e to

brin

g th

e co

mpl

ex-

ity o

f th

e ar

chite

cts

desig

n to

life

by

com

bini

ng la

ser

cut s

tain

less

ste

el p

ost

profi

les,

tim

ber

elem

ents,

gla

ss a

nd i

n-

trica

te le

athe

r det

ail.

We

are

extre

mel

y pr

oud

to b

e a

part

of t

his

proj

ect

and

wor

k al

ong-

side

the

prof

essio

nal i

ndiv

idua

ls be

hind

its

de

sign

and

exec

utio

n,

says

Ro

b Bl

ackb

eard

.A

cros

s th

e bo

rder

in

Moz

am-

biqu

e, a

new

Rad

isson

hot

el w

ill be

op

enin

g its

doo

rs b

efor

e th

e en

d of

the

year

and

Ste

el S

tudi

o In

tern

atio

nal i

s re

-sp

onsib

le f

or i

ts hu

ndre

ds o

f m

eter

s of

gl

ass

balu

strad

e.

Its a

lso r

espo

nsib

le

for

the

37 fl

oors

of

stain

less

ste

el a

nd

glas

s ba

lustr

ades

on

the

W H

otel

in A

us-

tin,

Texa

s w

hich

the

com

pany

bel

ieve

s is

the

mos

t pr

estig

ious

pro

ject

its

bee

n in

volve

d in

inte

rnat

iona

lly.

Des

pite

thei

r inv

olve

men

t in

mul

ti-bi

llion

rand

com

mer

cial

stru

ctur

es,

Stee

l St

udio

Int

erna

tiona

l is

as a

ttent

ive

to i

ts re

siden

tial c

lient

s an

d ha

s be

en in

volve

d in

man

y aw

ard

win

ning

cre

atio

ns.

We

are

com

mitt

ed to

wor

king

w

ithin

the

hom

e ow

ners

bud

get a

nd o

ur

team

is

invo

lved

thro

ugho

ut t

he p

roje

ct

to e

nsur

e a

qual

ity m

anuf

actu

red

and

in-

stalle

d pr

oduc

t at a

com

petit

ive

pric

e. In

ad

ditio

n, o

ur s

ales

peo

ple

are

qual

ified

to

rec

omm

end

desig

n an

d fix

ing

deta

ils

that

will

suit

the

pers

onal

tas

te o

f th

e ho

me

owne

r and

the

style

of t

he h

ouse

.St

eel S

tudi

o In

tern

atio

nal h

as re

-ce

ntly

sig

ned

a lic

ence

agr

eem

ent w

ith

EE S

tairs

Hol

land

to

offe

r th

eir

supe

rior

custo

m d

esig

ned

rang

e of

spi

ral,

helic

al

and

strai

ght s

tairc

ases

.Th

ese

stairc

ases

are

eve

ry a

r-ch

itect

s dr

eam

. W

ith c

uttin

g ed

ge d

e-sig

n an

d m

oder

n an

d cl

assic

fea

ture

s th

ere

s a

prod

uct

to s

uite

eve

ry h

ome

from

cla

ssic

to th

e ul

tra m

oder

n ar

chite

c-tu

ral m

aste

rpie

ce.

We

are

prou

d to

be

asso

ci-

ated

with

the

desig

n te

am o

n EE

Sta

irs

and

stand

for t

he s

ame

mot

to;

expo

nent

of

exc

elle

nce.

Qua

lity

is gu

aran

teed

as

Ste

el S

tudi

o In

tern

atio

nal

Lead

ing

with

The

com

pany

s c

uttin

g ed

ge in

stal

latio

ns in

Sou

th A

frica

an

d fu

rther

afie

ld m

aint

ain

its R

EPU

TATI

ON

amon

g its

cl

ient

s, b

uild

ers,