Steel in Africa dates to prehistory, and continues to be manufactured presently in many countries. In 2009 Africa accounted for 1.3% of global steel production or 15.2 million metric tons. 2009 was the lowest steel production in Africa in 6 years, both in terms of absolute quantity and percentage of global production.

  South Africa

• Mittal Steel South Africa
  • Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal
    Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal
    Newcastle is the third largest city and urban center in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Newcastle is located in the North West corner of the province along the Ncandu River and is moderately industrial....
    
    
  • Vereeniging, Gauteng
    Vereeniging, Gauteng
    Vereeniging is a city in Gauteng province, South Africa. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was formerly situated in the Transvaal province...
    
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• Saldanha Steel
  Saldanha Steel
  Saldanha Steel is a South African steel company which was originally formed as a partnership between Iscor Limited and the Industrial Development Corporation...
  
  
• Iscor
• Corex
  Corex
  Corex is a cough syrup sold by Pfizer Inc., a global pharmaceutical company. It is available in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and a few other South Asian countries...
  
  

See also

• List of countries by steel production
• Cement in Africa
  Cement in Africa
  - Angola :* Lobitoo - proposal 2006* Nova Cimangola - state-owned cement company based in Luanda, associated with Scancem and Heidelberg Cement- Cameroon :* Douala - port - cement works* Yaoundé - national capital - cement works...
  
  
• Iron ore in Africa
  Iron ore in Africa
  Iron ore production in Africa is dominated by South Africa, Mauritania and Algeria; Zimbabwe and Morocco produce ore for use within the country. Many countries possess iron ore deposits that are as yet unmined...