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February 14, 2025 Industry News InfraBuild Maintains Production During Testing Times InfraBuild has said the demand for steel continues to be subdued with manufacturers internationally adjusting or halting production levels as capacity far exceeds global demand. Here in Australia, we have not been immune to this adjustment in steel demand with the residential building sector […]

February 17, 2025 Industry News BlueScope Steel Delivers 1H FY2025 Underlying EBIT of $309 Million BlueScope Steel today reported 1H FY2025 net profit after tax (NPAT) of $179.1 million, a $260.2 million decrease on 1H FY2024. Speaking to the result, Managing Director and CEO, Mark Vassella said, “Underlying EBIT for the half was $308.8 million, […]

January 31, 2025 Press Release BHP Awards Contract For Copper SA Expansion  BHP has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract to a joint venture between Fluor Australia and Hatch, to support the proposed expansion of its copper smelter and refinery facilities in South Australia. The contract will be executed in stages as […]

January 21, 2025 Press Release BHP´s Operational Review For Half Ended 31 December, 2024 BHP has announced its operational review for H1 of the year ended 31 December, 2024. It reported a strong underlying operational performance, with copper production up by 10%. BHP´s Chief Executive Officer, Mike Henry, said: “BHP delivered safe and reliable performance […]

January 16, 2025 Industry News Rio Tinto Closes 2024 With Solid Q4 Operations Rio Tinto has today released its 2024 Fourth Quarter Operations Review. Chief Executive, Jakob Stausholm, said: “Our operating performance in 2024 was good, consistent with our ongoing commitment to strengthen the business as we execute our strategy to deliver profitable growth. The […]

December 17, 2024 Industry News BHP, BlueScope Steel & Rio Tinto To Develop ESF Pilot Plant Australia’s two largest iron ore miners and its biggest steelmaker have selected the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, as the location to develop Australia’s largest ironmaking electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant. The groundbreaking project combines the expertise […]

November 25, 2024 Industry News CSIRO Electrolyser Pilot Successful At Port Kembla Steelworks Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, has successfully trialled its game-changing hydrogen production technology at BlueScope Steel´s Port Kembla Steelworks (PKSW), demonstrating affordable and renewable hydrogen can be generated at scale to help decarbonise heavy industry. The CSIRO’s tubular solid oxide electrolysis […]

November 21, 2024 Industry News ASI National Steel Excellence Awards Australia’s best and brightest steel designs have been honoured at a gala awards dinner in Sydney. Forty-eight state and territory winners competed in the 2024 Australian Steel Institute (ASI) National Steel Excellence Awards in six categories, with winners and high commendations as follows:  The Large Buildings […]

November 9, 2024 Industry News SCNZ 2024 Excellence In Steel Awards Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ) is pleased to announce the results of its 2024 Excellence in Steel Awards. The finalists were selected from a pool of more than 50 outstanding submissions across an impressive array of structural steel applications. Nearly 300 structural steel industry […]

October 21, 2024 Press Release Vulcan Steel´s Revenues Fall 13% In Tough Conditions Vulcan Steel has announced a market update on trading conditions and the company’s performance for the September quarter 2024 (1Q FY25) based on unaudited management accounts. Key points are: Revenue fell 13% year-on-year to NZ$263.1 million in 1Q FY25 (from NZ$304.0m in […]