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OVERVIEW
Mittal Steel SA Limited is the African continent’s dominant integrated steel producer, producing 7,1 million tons of final steel product per annum with a staff headcount of 11 000. Established in 1928, the company, through its ongoing alignment with international best practices, has been forged into a modern, highly competitive supplier of steel products to the domestic and global markets.
Mittal Steel SA Ltd’s global standing is further unpinned through its business assistance agreement with the world’s second largest steel producer, the Mittal Steel Company N.V.
Through this agreement Mittal Steel SA Ltd has access to world-class research and development, best practice processes, aggressive procurement contracts and international market leverage to ensure the company remains at the cutting edge of the international steel industry.
Mittal Steel SA Ltd is now also a subsidiary of The Mittal Steel Company N.V., which hold a 51% stake in the South African steel producer.
Mittal Steel SA Ltd’s core businesses are flat and long steel products. The company has four major South African steel operations: Vanderbijlpark Steel and Saldanha Steel (flat steel products) and Newcastle Steel and Vereeniging Steel (long steel products).
In addition, the company operates a metallurgical by-products processing division, Mittal Steel SA Ltd Coke & Chemicals, formerly known as Suprachem. The division processes Mittal Steel SA Ltd’s coke battery by-products and operates two coke batteries in Pretoria and Vanderbijlpark, which are no longer required for the steel making process.
Flat Steel Products
The company's flat steel operations, Vanderbijlpark Steel and Saldanha Steel, together produce 4,9 million tonnes of liquid steel per annum making it the largest supplier of these commodities in sub-Saharan Africa. Vanderbijlpark Steel, Mittal Steel SA Ltd’s largest operation south of Johannesburg, produces 3.1 million tonnes of liquid steel per annum, which constitutes 84% of South Africa’s flat steel requirements.
Extensive re-engineering and streamlining of this operation has anchored its position among the world’s most efficient producers. Vanderbijlpark is ranked among the world's lowest cash-cost producers of steel.
Vanderbijlpark produces a range of high-grade products, including:
- Hot rolled steel sheet;
- Hot rolled steel plate;
- Hot rolled steel strip;
- Cold rolled steel sheet;
- Hot dip galvanized steel sheet;
- Electrolytically galvanised steel sheet;
- Colour coated steel sheet; and
- Electrolytic steel plate.
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Saldanha Steel is the world’s most technologically advanced and environmentally friendly steel mill, producing ultra thin hot rolled coil for stringent applications in select export markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The state-of-the-art plant produces 1.25 million tons of steel per annum.
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The product specifications for the mills hot roll coil are:
- Thickness: 1mm - 8,5mm
- Width: 900mm - 1 560mm
- Length: 300m - 2 300m
- Max coil diameter: 2000mm
- Max coil mass: 28 tons; and
- KIM value of coil: 18kg/mm width.
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Long Steel Products
Mittal Steel SA’s Newcastle Steel and Vereeniging Steel operations, are South Africa’s premier long steel producers, servicing 43% of the local market and maintaining a firm footing internationally. The Newcastle mill in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Province and the Vereeniging mill in the Gauteng Province, together account for total sales of 1.7 million tonnes yearly, half of which is exported. Of the 1.7 million tons of long steel produced per annum, 1,57 million tonnes is rolled profile products, 90 000 tonnes is seamless tube and 40 000 tonnes is forged products.
The Newcastle and Vereeniging steel mills profile products range includes:
- Billets and blooms
- Round ingots
- Straight and coiled bar
- Grinding media steels
- Carbon steel
- Fastener steels (bolt and nut)
- Carbon structural steels
- Alloy-structural steels
- Hot and cold work tool steels
- Hollow drill steels
- Automotive spring steels
- Forging quality steels
- Stainless steels
In addition, the Vereeniging mill seamless tube range includes:
- Seamless line pipes
- Seamless casing and tubing
Vereeniging Steel’s forge product range includes:
- Rounds
- Squares
- Flats
- Thick-wall tubes
- Step forgings, rings, disks and blocks
- Tool steels
- Stainless steels
- Hollow-bar
- Rise bore pipes
The SABS ISO 9002 Code of Practice for Quality Systems was adopted by all Mittal Steel SA operations to ensure that only products of the highest quality are dispatched. In addition, Mittal Steel SA Flat Products complies with the Lloyds Register, TÜV Rheinland, Material Certification and American Shipping Bureau quality standards, and Mittal Steel SA Profile Products with the API quality standard.
Contact Details
Mittal Steel SA Corporate Affairs Department
Mittal Steel SA Limited
PO Box 2
Vanderbijlpark
1900
Republic of South Africa
Tel.: +27 16 889 9111
Fax.: +27 16 889 2472
Mittal Steel Vanderbijlpark
PO Box 2
Vanderbijlpark
1900
Republic of South Africa
Tel.: +27 16 889 9111
Fax.: +27 16 889 4318
Mittal Steel Saldanha
Private Bag X11
Saldanha
7395
Republic of South Africa
Tel.: +27 22 709 4000
Fax.: +27 22 709 4296
Mittal Steel Newcastle
PO Box 2
Newcastle
2940
Republic of South Africa
Tel.: +27 34 314 7094
Fax.: +27 34 314 7325
Mittal Steel Vereeniging
PO Box 48
Vereeniging
1930
Republic of South Africa
Tel.: +27 16 440 3000
Fax.: +27 16 440 3142
Contact Details - Sales & Marketing
Flat Steel, Local Sales
Tel.: +27 16 889 5641
Fax.: +27 16 889 5668
Long Steel, Local Sales
Tel.: +27 12 380 2560
Fax.: +27 12 380 2123
Seamless Tubes
Tel.: +27 16 450 4036
Fax.: +27 16 423 4906
Flat/Long Steel, Export Sales
Tel.: +27 16 889 7572
Fax.: +27 16 889 5668
View website: http://www.mittalsteelsa.com
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