Bisalloy’s profit growth flat Wear resistant and armoured steel manufacturer Bisalloy Steel Group sales tonnes were impacted in FY24 in Australia by protracted EBA negotiations in H1 and in Indonesia by import restrictions in place for much of the year. Despite this, strong pricing discipline and a favourable mix meant the company’s sales revenue of…
The Albanese government has unveiled a new Green Metals Advisory Panel to help the country’s metal manufacturers grow and decarbonise.
It turns out that GFG Alliance’s decision to halt shipments of coal to fuel the Whyalla steelworks blast furnace as it moves towards green iron and steel production was premature. In September last year GFG heralded the arrival of the last shipment of coal used to produce coke used in a traditional blast furnace, with…
By Charlie Huang, RMIT University Australia is at the forefront of efforts to turn steelmaking green. Earlier this year Australian iron ore producers Rio Tinto teamed up with Australian steelmaker BlueScope to develop “near-zero emission-intensity” pathways for making steel from Pilbara iron ore. Renewable electricity and hydrogen would replace coking coal. Iron ore miner Fortescue…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) Ghost Shark autonomous submarine to be manufactured in Sydney The federal government has delivered on its promise of more rapid defence decision making, accelerating the manufacture of the Ghost Shark underwater autonomous vehicle for undersea surveillance, reconnaissance and strike at…
Peak steel body the Australian Steel Institute (ASI) is seeking state and federal government support for local steel fabricators and manufacturers, after research revealed the local industry is being seriously undercut by a glut of cheap imports. An ASI survey of steel fabricators and manufacturers in July 2024 revealed 86 percent had reduced profit margins…
By Peter Roberts Much of Australia’s modesty sized steel sector was born through the adversity of distance from established suppliers and the threat Japan posed to Australia during WW2. Since then there has been some development of electric arc furnaces utilising scrap as a feedstock, but otherwise Japan, then Korea and China have swamped Australian…
Orrcon Steel has officially opened its new Unanderra mill, which will serve demand in sectors including infrastructure and renewables. According to parent company Bluescope, $70 million was invested in the new mill, which is the most advanced factory of its kind in Australia, “This new pipe and tube mill gives new meaning to this historic…
Tata Steel – part of the Indian Tata conglomerate – and Monash University will establish a new Centre for Innovation on Environment and Intelligent Manufacturing, the company’s first major R&D collaboration with an Australian institution. In a joint statement on a signed MoU on Friday, the university said it would draw on its “world-leading expertise…
The NSW Government has given planning approval for a $300 million refurbishment of BlueScope’s 60-year-old plate mill at Port Kembla. The development is a massive endorsement of locally made steel operations in NSW according to the government, with an estimated $650 million injection of stimulus to the economy. The upgrade will improve production capability and…
