BlueScope Steel
BlueScope Steel is a flat steel producer with operations in Australia, Asia, New Zealand, North America and Pacific Islands.
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BlueScope Steel Partners with Green Iron Company
19 September 2024 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a company developing an ironmaking process that uses sodium as a reducing agent.
thyssenkrupp Teams With Australian Producer to Study Smelting Technology
21 August 2024 - thyssenkrupp is partnering with Australia’s BlueScope Steel on research that will focus on direct reduction and electric smelting plants, the company has announced.
BlueScope Steel Partners With Iron Ore Producers on Potential Electric Smelting Furnace
15 February 2024 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel Ltd. and the country’s two biggest iron ore miners are collaborating on an effort to develop a pilot-scale electric smelting furnace.
Australia to Support BlueScope BF Reline
31 January 2024 - BlueScope Steel has been awarded an AU$136.8 million grant in support of a blast furnace reline and plant upgrades at its Port Kembla facility.
BlueScope Steel Selects Danieli Technology for Decarbonization Project
20 November 2023 - BlueScope Steel’s New Zealand Steel has ordered a Danieli Digimelter furnace as part of its plans to reduce its CO2 emissions.
BlueScope Executes On New Zealand EAF Project
11 September 2023 - The steelmaker announced that it has received board approval on a NZ$300 million (US$177 million) electric arc furnace (EAF) project at its New Zealand Steel works at Glenbrook, and that the project has moved into execution.
BlueScope to Proceed With Australian BF Reline
22 August 2023 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel Ltd. will invest AU$1.15 billion to reline a blast furnace at its Port Kembla Steelworks, a move that it says will “secure our immediate future while enabling a transition to lower-emissions steelmaking as soon as it is commercially feasible.”
BlueScope Announces AU$415 Million Investment in Metal Coating Capacity
14 August 2023 - Australia’s BlueScope has received board approval for an AU$415 million (US$268 million) expansion of metal coating capacity at its Erskine Park, NSW, facility.
BlueScope Targets Emissions Reductions at NZ Steel
23 May 2023 - The Australian steelmaker announced yesterday it is looking into building a NZ$300 million (US$187 million) electric arc furnace (EAF) at its New Zealand Steel (NZ Steel) works in Glenbrook to lower its greenhouse gas emissions.
BlueScope Names New North American CEO
09 December 2022 - BlueScope Steel has tapped its chief human resources officer to lead its North American operations and is making other changes to its executive leadership team, the company has announced.
BlueScope Expands Painting Operations With Acquisition of Coil Coatings
11 April 2022 - The company announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Coil Coatings, the second largest metal painter in the U.S., from Cornerstone Building Brands Inc. for US$500 million.
BlueScope Secures AU$55.4 Million Modern Manufacturing Grant
15 March 2022 - BlueScope announced today that they have received a Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI) grant from the Australian federal government.
BlueScope Steel Awarded ResponsibleSteel Certification
21 February 2022 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel Port Kembla Steelworks is the first steelmaker in the Asia-Pacific region to receive ResponsibleSteelTM certification, the steelmaker announced today.
BlueScope Teams Up With Shell on Renewable Hydrogen Projects
07 December 2021 - The Australian steelmaker today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shell Energy Operations Pty Ltd. to develop renewable hydrogen projects at its Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales.
BlueScope Acquires U.S. Scrap Business
08 November 2021 - Australian steel producer BlueScope announced on Friday that it has entered into a US$240 million agreement to purchase two operating sites belonging to ferrous scrap steel recycling business MetalX LLC.
BlueScope Signs MoU With Rio Tinto to Explore Decarbonization
02 November 2021 - The two companies plan to research and design low-emissions steelmaking processes at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales, Australia, the steelmaker announced.
BlueScope Steel Considers New U.S. Site
21 September 2021 - According to reports, Australian steelmaker BlueScope Steel Ltd. is considering construction of a new electric arc furnace–based painted and coated steel products mill in the United States.
Nearing First Heats on New EAF, North Star Eyes HSM Improvements
19 August 2021 - U.S.-based North Star BlueScope Steel said it is laying plans for a potential AU$100 million (approximately US$71.6 million) project to lift its hot strip mill capacity.
BlueScope Steel Sets Carbon Net-Zero Goal
18 August 2021 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel will allocate AU$150 million to near-term environmental goals and will work toward achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the company has said.
Rising Steel Prices Prompt BlueScope to Raise Earnings Expectations
27 April 2021 - Australian steel producer BlueScope is revising up its second-half earnings forecast, largely due to the strength in the U.S. sheet market and performance of the company’s North Star mill.
