BlueScope Port Kembla steel plant

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BlueScope Port Kembla steel plant, also known as Port Kembla Steelworks, Australian Iron and Steel Limited (AIS; predecessor), BlueScope Flat Products, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia.

Location

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  • Location: Five Islands Road, Port Kembla, NSW, 2505 Australia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -34.463834, 150.886191 (exact)

Background

BlueScope's Port Kembla steelworks is the largest crude steel production plant in Australia.[1] The plant was established in 1928 using blast furnace from Lithgow plant. Steel production started in 1931 with an open hearth furnace. The company merged with BHP in 1935. After nearly 70 years, the association ended following BHP’s merger with Billiton PLC in 2001.[2] The company announced the full relining of the blast furnace 6 which was idled in 2011. After relining, expected to be completed in 2026, it will take the place of blast furnace 5.[3][4][5]

Low-emissions/green steelmaking

This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.

Table 1: Green Steel Project Details

All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.
Project 1 Project 2
Company BlueScope Steel Limited BlueScope Steel Limited
Company has climate goals? Yes Yes
Location Port Kembla, Australia Not defined yet, Australia
Project name Port Kembla Steelworks Renewables & Emissions Reduction Study ESF Australia
Project website Site Site
Project scale Pilot Pilot
Project status Finalized (research & testing) Announced
Year to be online 2023 2027
Technology to be used Biomass for BF ESR
Technology details Coal substitution with biochar and use of H2 Electric Smelting Furnace using renewable power
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) Not applicable Not stated
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) Not applicable Not stated
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) Not stated Not applicable
Hydrogen generation capacity(MW) Not applicable Not applicable
Investment size 1.3 Not stated
Actual start year 2023 –
Partners University of Wollongong, Future Fuels CRC Rio Tinto, BHP
Date of announcement 2022-06-16 2024-02-09

Plant Details

Table 2: General Plant Details

Plant status Construction date Start date Workforce size
Operating[6] 1926[7] 1928[8] 3000[9]
Operating[6] 1926[7] 1928[8] 3000[9]
Operating[6] 1926[7] 1928[8] 3000[9]

Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
BlueScope Steel Ltd[10] 4295858761 E100000130689

Table 4: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] slab, hot rolled coil, plate[6] building and infrastructure[11] 2021[12] BF, BOF[13] coking plant; sinter plant; BOF; 2 BF[13][14][15][16][17]
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] slab, hot rolled coil, plate[6] building and infrastructure[11] 2021[12] BF, BOF[13] coking plant; sinter plant; BOF; 2 BF[13][14][15][16][17]
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] slab, hot rolled coil, plate[6] building and infrastructure[11] 2021[12] BF, BOF[13] coking plant; sinter plant; BOF; 2 BF[13][14][15][16][17]

Table 5: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 3200 TTPA[18] 3200 TTPA[18]
operating pre-retirement –[18] –[18]
mothballed –[18] –[18]

Table 6: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating –[13][19][13] –[13][19][13]
operating pre-retirement 3000 TTPA[13][19][13] 3000 TTPA[13][19][13]
mothballed 3000 TTPA[13][19][13] 3000 TTPA[13][19][13]

Table 7: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke
>0 TTPA[20] >0 TTPA[21]
>0 TTPA[20] >0 TTPA[21]
>0 TTPA[20] >0 TTPA[21]

Table 8: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF Production Total (all routes)
2020 3210 TTPA[22] 3210 TTPA
2021 3257 TTPA[22] 3257 TTPA
2022 3219 TTPA[22] 3219 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Retired date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
5 operating pre-retirement[23] unknown unknown 1972-05[24][7] 2030[23][25][23] 3427 m³[26] 3000[13] unknown 2009-08[24][26]
6 mothballed[27] unknown unknown 1996-05-28[26][7] – 3208 m³[26] 3000[19][13] Exploring potential use of biochar to replace coal[28] unknown

Articles and Resources

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References

  1. ↑ About Us, BlueScope Illawarra, Retrieved on: May 20, 2020
  2. ↑ "Australian Iron & Steel, Port Kembla | Illawarra Heritage Trail". www.illawarra-heritage-trail.com.au. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  3. ↑ "BlueScope Steel to reline Port Kembla blast furnace". Steel Times International. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  4. ↑ "'No alternative' but to upgrade coal-blast furnace at Port Kembla, BlueScope Steel announces". ABC News. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  5. ↑ "Sustainability Report FY2023" (PDF). Bluescope. 2023. Retrieved 31 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20220121110219/https://www.bluescope.com/about-us/our-business/australian-steel-products/. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210817233442/https://www.bluescopeillawarra.com.au/news-media/2020/05/sinter-plant-waste-gas-cleaning-plant-bypass-update/?filter. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20221011031931/https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/mp/01/getContent?AttachRef=EXH-39167964%2120220721T233107.814%20GMT. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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