Steel

BlueScope, Rio Tinto and BHP say Australia needs a commercially viable alternative to blast furnace steelmaking, but securing enough gas and green hydrogen will be a challenge.

Australia's iron ore industry goes hand-in-hand with China. But it is a South Korean company looking to stump up billions of dollars for this green iron facility. 

BlueScope Steel hopes the redevelopment of a large parcel of industrial land will bring tens of thousands of workers back to the Port Kembla steelworks.

Authorities are investigating the loss of an industrial gauge with a radioactive source somewhere on a 1,000 hectare steelworks site on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. 

A new agreement has fast-tracked the construction of a project that could inject hundreds of millions of dollars into Broken Hill's economy and create 780 full-time jobs.

Molycop is restructuring its Waratah steelmaking plant, cutting 250 of its 540-strong workforce.

Former ACCC chair Allan Fels says BlueScope deserved its record penalty for attempted cartel behaviour, but warns some companies may factor potential fines into business models — unless they are much higher.

The Federal Court fines BlueScope for engaging in cartel conduct over the supply of a product that is an essential material for builders, manufacturers and the automotive industry.

The company, which reported a $1 billion after tax profit, says bringing a dormant coal-blast furnace back online won't lock the company into coal-based steelmaking.

A new global organisation monitoring carbon emissions from steelmakers is urging Australian company Bluescope to abandon plans to reline its main blast furnace at Port Kembla in Wollongong.

As supply from Illawarra mines declines, a $182-million upgrade to BlueScope's Port Kembla coal berths will allow the steelmaker to import coal from Queensland.

As mineral exploration in SA reaches an eight-year high, resources companies are scouring remote parts of the state for commodities needed for lower-emission steelmaking, renewable energy generation and batteries.

The company behind the Whyalla steelworks signs a $485 million deal that could end the use of coal in making steel in Whyalla.

A man's dream to connect the iron ore and coal fields of the Pilbara in the west and the Bowen Basin in the east is being scrutinised by a Senate committee this week.

GFG Alliance says hiring graduates and apprentices is key to the future of the Whyalla steelworks. 

Among more than 200 hectares of unused land owned by BlueScope in suburban Wollongong are several significant and historical structures that are abandoned relics of by-gone eras of the steelmaking business. 

GFG Alliance, which owns the Whyalla steelworks, says it has made progress towards its goal carbon-neutral steel production.

Australia's largest steelmaker BlueScope signals its intention to reinvest into capital works including extensive carbon abatement programs after posting its best-ever profit result.

Hoa Phat Group is keen to buy other mines to meet the needs of its steel mills in Vietnam.

Properties linked to British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance have been searched by officers from the UK's Serious Fraud Office.

BlueScope says its Port Kembla facility will produce the first NSW-built wind turbines, after securing a $55.4 million federal grant to upgrade its steelmaking capability.

Australia is the world's largest exporter of metallurgical coal  used in steelmaking and the second-largest exporter of thermal coal used for electricity generation. How long will its run last?

Competition to produce emissions-free steel in commercial quantities increases, with American startup Boston Metal claiming its unique steel-making technology will be viable by 2025.

Australia's largest steel producer unites with mining giant Rio Tinto to explore decarbonising the steel-making process, signalling a move away from coal. 

Australia's largest steel producer BlueScope wants to start the transition to zero-carbon green steel inside the next decade, but the catch is the technology is yet to be proven on a large scale.