The opposition Democratic Alliance has written a letter to Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel calling on him to brief lawmakers about developments at steel group ArcelorMittal South Africa, which recently warned of additional job cuts at the company. AMSA confirmed on February 6 that, following the decision to wind-down operations at Saldanha Steel, in the Western Cape, and the issuance, late last year, of a company-wide Section 189 retrenchment notice, about 1 000 of its own employees had left the organisation.
