BlueScope Steel

Type	Public (ASX: BSL)
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Melbourne,  Australia Australia (main headquarters), New Zealand, Asia, Pacific, North America
Key people	Graham Kraehe (Chairman) Paul O'Malley(CEO)
Industry	Manufacturing
Products	Steel
Revenue	▲$8.9 billion AUD (Y.E. 30 June 2007)
Employees	17,500
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 off from BHP Billiton in 2002 as BHP Steel and renamed BlueScope Steel on 17 November 2003. Its Australian Securities Exchange code is BSL.

The corporate headquarters are located in the Bluescope Steel Centre at 120 Collins Street, Melbourne.

The company employs 17,500 personnel currently. 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, steel plate, automotive steel, galvanised steel, corrugated galvanised iron, "ZINCALUME" brand (55% aluminium-zinc) coated steel, and "COLORBOND" brand pre-painted steel. Tinplate production ceased in March 2007.

Paul O'Malley (BlueScope Steel's CFO) has been chosen to replace Kirby Adams as CEO as of October 2007.

Contents 1 Major manufacturing facilities 2 Sponsorship 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Major manufacturing facilities

• Port Kembla near Wollongong in the Illawarra.
• Hastings near Melbourne.
• Glenbrook near Waiuku, New Zealand

Finished products are transported around Australia by rail freight operator Pacific National. In February 2007 PN secured Australia's largest ever rail freight contract ($1 billion) with BlueScope Steel and OneSteel, to carry approximately 3 million tonnes of steel product each year for 7 years.^[1]

[edit] Sponsorship

• BlueScope Steel Youth Orchestra
• Southern Stars, Wollongong

[edit] See also

• New Zealand Steel

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BlueScope Steel Australia
• BlueScope Steel Australia Corporate Website
• Butler Manufacturing (a North American subsidiary that makes pre-fab buildings)

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