BLUESCOPE Steel has announced that it successfully relighted the number five blast furnace at the Port Kembla steelworks on 19 August 2009.
21/08/2009
BLUESCOPE Steel has announced that it will restart its No. 5 Blast Furnace at the Port Kembla Steelworks. The Furnace will be blown-in towards the end of August 2009.
17/07/2009
BLUESCOPE Steel has recently confirmed that it will not restart Port Kembla Blast Furnace No.5 following completion of the reline in June 2009, as previously planned.
01/06/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) has released a report studying why some cokes appear to be particularly susceptible to weakening in the blast furnace.
05/08/2009
CSIRO researchers in Melbourne are developing new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS (‘hybrid inorganic polymer system’) which are derived from geopolymers which can be found in industrial by-products such as flyash and blast furnace slag.
29/06/2009
AUSMELT has signed an agreement for a new furnace at KCM-SA’s lead production facilities in Bulgaria.
24/09/2008
BLUESCOPE Steel's Paul O'Malley says that there is no sign of momentum in the minerals processing industry.
08/05/2009
BHP Billiton and Hyundai Steel have signed an eight year supply contract to deliver 22 million tonnes of iron ore from 2009.
11/09/2009
BLUESCOPE’S No 5 blast furnace has been raided and subsequently 15 South Korean nationals have been escorted from the site.
25/06/2009
THE PORT Pirie lead and zinc smelter will face a 10-day shutdown of its lead blast furnace due to problems with routine maintenance.
12/03/2009
OUTOTEC has won an order from Steel Authority of India (SAIL) to design and deliver an iron processing plant.
10/09/2008
XSTRATA Technology has announced that its ISASMELT top submerged lance (TSL) smelting technology has been chosen for its fifth smelter project in China.
30/06/2009
RIO Tinto has announced it will postpone a $2.15bn iron ore expansion project in Brazil because of the global financial crisis.
13/01/2009
BLUESCOPE STEEL has slashed its dividend by 77% due to tough trading conditions in domestic and international steel markets.
25/02/2009
THE DEPARTMENT of Mines and Petroleum has announced it is now accepting entries for its Golden Gecko Awards.
05/03/2009
BLUESCOPE Steel is upgrading its sintering plant at Port Kembla, New South Wales.
23/04/2009
ATLAS Iron has announced that it is looking for a partner to develop its Ridley magnetite project in Pilbara, Western Australia.
15/04/2009
ABB to deliver two drive systems for a greenfield iron ore mining project in Western Australia.
17/11/2009
OUTOTEC has agreed with Finland-based Real Time Systems Oy on cooperation in the development of a new-generation measuring and regulating system for electric arc furnaces, which are used by steel mills in the production of steel from steel scrap.
05/05/2009
AUSMELT has landed a $50million contract to construct a second furnace in Bulgaria.
10/11/2008