BlueScope Steel
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| Type | Public (ASX: BSL) |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Australia (main headquarters), New Zealand, Asia, Pacific, North America |
| Key people | Graham Kraehe (Chairman) Kirby Adams (CEO) |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Products | Steel |
| Revenue |  $7.9 billion AUD (Y.E. 23 August 2005) |
| Employees | 12,000 |
| Website | www.bluescopesteel.com.au |
BlueScope Steel is a flat product steel producer with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Pacific and North America. It was "spun out" from BHP Billiton in 2002 as BHP Steel and renamed to BlueScope from 17 November 2003. Its Australian Stock Exchange code is BSL.
The company employs 17,000 personnel. It has its largest operating plant, an integrated steelworks, at Port Kembla, near Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, with an annual production of 5 million tonnes of steel.
Major products include steel slab, hot rolled coil, automotive steel, galvanized steel, corrugated galvanised iron, ZINCALUME® steel (55% aluminium-zinc coated steel), COLORBOND® steel pre-painted steel and tinplate.
[edit] Steel Works
- Port Kembla near Wollongong in the southern Illawarra.
[edit] Sponsorship
- Southern Stars, Wollongong
