The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) says it has noted with concern submissions by other entities to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) calling for the extension to the scrap metal export ban which is scheduled to come to an end in December. “Seifsa’s position has always been that the scrap metal export ban is misguided in . . . that it is attempting to solve . . . infrastructure damage for scrap metal theft. It is an extremely blunt measure with unintended industrial policy consequences.
