New Steel Mill for Newcastle

New steel mill for Newcastle

The ‘Steel City’ is a tag Newcastle has never really lost – almost three decades on from the BHP closure. Now a half-a-billion dollar vision has been unveiled to return steelmaking to that very site. Green Steel Australia aims to revive local manufacturing in less than 18 months – and with lower emissions.

Greensteel commits $500m to bring steelmaking back to Newcastle

The mill to be built at BHP’s old steelworks will use renewable energy to produce 600,000 tonnes a year of finished steel, with zero direct carbon emissions.

Location secured for first gas-free steel mill

A multimillion-dollar investment in emissions-free steel is expected to help revive local manufacturing and set Australia up for a low-carbon future.

Company pledges $500m for net zero mill to resurrect 'steel city'

Once dubbed Australia's "steel city", steel production wound down in Newcastle in 1999 when BHP closed its plant. Now, an Australian company says it will build a new steel plant, powered only by electricity.

Greensteel secures historic BHP site for manufacturing return

Greensteel Australia announces a $500 million electric steel mill for Newcastle, Australia's first in decades. See how this zero-gas site will create jobs.

$500M steel manufacturing project to return production to Newcastle

Greensteel Australia has announced plans to invest $500 million in a new low-emissions steel manufacturing facility in Newcastle, describing it as Australia's first new steel mill in more than 30 years and the country's first to operate entirely on electricity.