Whyalla steelworks owner Sanjeev Gupta promises no more job cuts with blast furnace to be operational in 'days or weeks'
5 months ago

Whyalla steelworks owner Sanjeev Gupta promises no more job cuts with blast furnace to be operational in 'days or weeks'

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GFG Alliance's executive chairman says he remains confident that the Whyalla steelworks' troubled blast furnace will be fully operational "very shortly", after having travelled to the plant this week. "Our business in Australia is profitable overall, despite Whyalla's problems," Mr Gupta said. Mr Gupta said that he remained committed to his vision of producing green iron and steel in Whyalla, adding that "my job is to persevere". "Actions will always speak louder than words so let the blast furnace come back to operation, let it run full, and that's a promise which we will keep and maintain."

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Concerns for the future of the Whyalla steelworks
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Concerns for the future of the Whyalla steelworks

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ANGELIQUE DONNELLAN, REPORTER: Twenty-five-year-old Hayley Piel comes from a proud family of Whyalla steelmakers. ANGELIQUE DONNELLAN: Steel production finally resumed last week but the months’ long outage has cost millions prompting the state government to undertake contingency planning should the plant become insolvent. ANGELIQUE DONNELLAN: Whyalla’s steelworks is owned by British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, who was affectionately dubbed the “saviour …

Steelmaking resumes at Whyalla after four-month blast furnace shutdown
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Steelmaking resumes at Whyalla after four-month blast furnace shutdown

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Whyalla's embattled steelworks has resumed steelmaking after shutting down for four months to allow for repairs at its blast furnace, the site's operator says. "The blast furnace is currently running at half its capacity with a number of issues yet to be resolved," he said in a statement. State MP Eddie Hughes said it was pleasing that there had "some …

Whyalla steelworks' blast furnace begins shutdowns as GFG approaches Bluescope for coking coal
7 months, 1 week ago

Whyalla steelworks' blast furnace begins shutdowns as GFG approaches Bluescope for coking coal

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The Whyalla steelworks has entered a series of shutdowns of its blast furnace due to an inability to source enough coking coal, according to an email obtained by ABC News. The email, sent last Thursday, revealed the steelworks was expected to run out of coking coal on August 26, with the next shipment due to arrive in early September. In …

Whyalla blast furnace a step closer to fully operational, but meeting restart deadline unlikely
9 months ago

Whyalla blast furnace a step closer to fully operational, but meeting restart deadline unlikely

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In short: The Whyalla steelworks blast furnace has poured molten metal from a normal taphole for the first time since mid-March. The Whyalla steelworks blast furnace has poured molten metal from a normal taphole for the first time since mid-March. The Whyalla blast furnace is a step closer to becoming fully operational after molten metal was extracted from the normal …

Whyalla steelworks owner Sanjeev Gupta says blast furnace expected to be fully operational next month
10 months ago

Whyalla steelworks owner Sanjeev Gupta says blast furnace expected to be fully operational next month

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In short: GFG Alliance chairman Sanjeev Gupta said the Whyalla steelworks blast furnace was restarted on the weekend. GFG Alliance chairman Sanjeev Gupta said the Whyalla steelworks blast furnace was restarted on the weekend. The Whyalla blast furnace is on track to be fully operational again next month after being restarted on the weekend, the British owner of the South …

Whyalla steelworks blast furnace has been damaged, delaying its estimated restart date
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Whyalla steelworks blast furnace has been damaged, delaying its estimated restart date

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In short: The Whyalla steelworks' owner has confirmed its blast furnace was damaged during efforts to repair it. The Whyalla steelworks blast furnace has been damaged during repair efforts, pushing back the expected production restart date. " working hard to bring the blast furnace back up to its usual operation as quickly as possible, this event may delay the anticipated …

Workers take pay cut as Whyalla steelworks shutdown enters eighth week due to blast furnace issues
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Workers take pay cut as Whyalla steelworks shutdown enters eighth week due to blast furnace issues

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In short: The blast furnace at Whyalla's Steelworks has been out of operation since mid-March. Since the breakdown, the painstaking, methodical process of reintroducing heat into the furnace has been "two steps forward, one step back", according to Whyalla steelworks managing director Tony Swiericzuk. "Each time we go and introduce another wind tuyere … is the technical term, it's a …

The ambitious plan to make ‘green steel’ a reality
1 year ago

The ambitious plan to make ‘green steel’ a reality

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ANGELIQUE DONNELLAN, REPORTER: Steelmaking has been the backbone of Australia’s modern economy. British industrialist and owner of Whyalla’s Steelworks, Sanjeev Gupta, has big ambitions to use hydrogen instead to make what’s known as ‘green steel’. ANGELIQUE DONNELLAN: The future of Whyalla and this latest round of promises is inextricably linked with Sanjeev Gupta’s global steelmaking empire. ANGELIQUE DONNELLAN: Difficulties emerged …

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