GqeberhaEastern Cape, 47.5% unemployed, gains 300 direct steel jobs.
Manufacturing makes up 22% of Nelson Mandela Bay’s GDP, and the business chamber warns of deindustrialisation.
Coega Steels says it emits 800kg of carbon dioxide per tonne of steel, against 2.5 to 3.5 tonnes for iron-ore steelmaking.
About 240 direct hires will be South African, and 60 to 80 skilled specialists come from overseas.
The chamber says growth depends on municipal stability and better port and rail links.
How each outlet framed it
- Daily Maverick
- contrasts Coega's 800kg CO2 per tonne with 2.5-3.5 tonnes for iron-ore steel, noting 80% of emissions come from grid electricity
Sources: Daily Maverick