Steel giant ArcelorMittal has sorted out its licence fee issue with the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA), and has had its equipment returned.
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The regulator confiscated handheld radio equipment after ArcelorMittal failed to pay a R2 million penalty for illegally using frequency. ICASA seized five repeaters and six mobile handheld radios at the company's office.
“We sorted out all our radio licences issues with ICASA at the end of December 2011, and all licences fees have been updated,” the steel company says. It adds that all confiscated equipment has been returned.
ArcelorMittal claims to be “the world's leading steel company”, with presence in more than 60 countries. It turned over $78 billion in the 2010 financial year and produced 90.6 million tons of crude steel, about 6% of world steel output.
The company, which is listed in New York, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Luxembourg and Spain, employs more than 9 100 staff in SA. It has manufacturing plants in Vanderbijlpark, Saldanha, Vereeniging and Newcastle.
ArcelorMittal's offices were raided after ICASA obtained a warrant from the Pretoria Magistrate's Court.
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