The carbon steel tube and pipe sector – akin to other sub-domestic industries that are emerging from an historically low industrial base – is emphasising the critical need for sustained demand

Steel is an indispensable and versatile material in municipal bulk water infrastructure, where pipelines traverse many kilometres of remote and demanding terrain to meet the potable water needs of South African

The Association of Steel Tube and Pipe Manufacturers of South Africa (ASTPM) says it will provide assistance to and work as a strategic stakeholder with municipalities and water authorities to see

The lack of significant public infrastructure spend to boost steel consumption and construction activity is one of the challenges that the local steel tube market has to deal with, says steel

For many decades, the most critical water pr ojects in South Africa have either used spiral welded steel pipes or have had steel pipe as a construction option, all locally manufactured

It has come to the attention of the Association of Steel Tube and Pipe Manufacturers (ASTPM) that un-graded, commercial quality steel is being supplied into the Structural Hollow Sections in sizes