BlueScope Port Kembla steel plant

From Global Energy Monitor

BlueScope Port Kembla steel plant, also known as Port Kembla Steelworks, Australian Iron and Steel Limited (AIS, predecessor), and BlueScope Flat Products, is a 3200 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia.

Location

The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia.

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  • Location: Five Islands Road, Port Kembla, NSW, 2505 Australia[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -34.463834, 150.886191 (exact)

Background

BlueScope's Port Kembla steelworks is the largest crude steel production plant in Australia.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4][5][6]

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.

  • Company: Bluescope
  • Stated company climate target for 2030: 30% reduction (baseline 2018)
  • Stated company climate target for 2050: carbon neutrality


Project 1

  • Project name: Port Kembla Steelworks Renewables & Emissions Reduction Study
  • Project website: https://arena.gov.au/projects/port-kembla-steelworks-renewables-emissions-reduction-study/
  • Location: Australia
  • Coordinates: -34.463834, 150.886191 (exact)
  • Project scale: R&D partnership
  • Technology category: DR --> H-DR
    • Specific technology: Co-injection of H2 --> H-DR
    • Hydrogen type: Not stated
  • Year online: 2023
  • Size (m USD): 1.3
  • Steel production capacity (Mtpa): N/A
  • Iron production capacity (Mtpa): N/A
  • Hydrogen capacity generation (MW): N/A
  • Carbon capture capacity (Mtpa CO2): N/A
  • Partners: University of Wollongong, Future Fuels CRC
  • Date of announcement: 06/16/2022

Project 2

  • Project name: Not available
  • Project website: Not available
  • Location: Australia
  • Coordinates: -34.463000, 150.886000 (approximate (country))
  • Project scale: R&D partnership
  • Technology category: H-DR & biomass
    • Specific technology: H-DR & biomass
    • Hydrogen type: Green electrolytic
  • Year online: Not stated
  • Size (m USD): Not stated
  • Steel production capacity (Mtpa): Not stated
  • Iron production capacity (Mtpa): Not stated
  • Hydrogen capacity generation (MW): Not stated
  • Carbon capture capacity (Mtpa CO2): N/A
  • Partners: Rio Tinto
  • Date of announcement: 10/20/2022


All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[7] 1928[8] 3000[9]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
BlueScope Steel Ltd [100%][10] 4295858761 [100%] BlueScope Steel Ltd[11] 4295858761

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] slab, hot rolled coil, plate[7] building and infrastructure[12] 2021[13] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[14] coking plant; sinter plant; BOF (# unknown)[15][16][14][17]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
3200 TTPA[18][19][20][14] 3200 TTPA

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

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
3000 TTPA[14] 3000 TTPA

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke
>0 TTPA[21] >0 TTPA[22]


Blast Furnace Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Stop date Current size Current capacity
5 operating[23] 1972[23] 2026[23][24] 3427 m³[25] 3000 TTPA[14]
6 mothballed[26] 1996[26] 2011[27] 3208 m³[25] 3000 TTPA[28][14]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112171124/http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/our-company/office-locator. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. About Us, BlueScope Illawarra, Retrieved on: May 20, 2020
  3. "Australian Iron & Steel, Port Kembla | Illawarra Heritage Trail". www.illawarra-heritage-trail.com.au. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  4. "BlueScope Steel to reline Port Kembla blast furnace". Steel Times International. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  5. "'No alternative' but to upgrade coal-blast furnace at Port Kembla, BlueScope Steel announces". ABC News. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  6. "Sustainability Report FY2023" (PDF). Bluescope. 2023. Retrieved 31 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220121110219/https://www.bluescope.com/about-us/our-business/australian-steel-products/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220309183245/https://www.bluescopeillawarra.com.au/working-at-bluescope/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111171626/https://www.aist.org/news/steel-news/2021/september/bluescope-steel-considers-new-u-s-site. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205141952/https://www.bluescopeillawarra.com.au/about-us/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210817234205/http://www.steel.com.au/articles/environmental-product-declarations. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220319201848/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/bluescope-corporate-umbraco-media/media/3185/bsi_iso14001-asp-certificate.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220119214445/https://www.bluescopeillawarra.com.au/about-us/how-steel-is-made/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 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 2021-08-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20220309185642/https://www.bluescopeillawarra.com.au/community/skylineimages/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126212513/https://www.bluescopeillawarra.com.au/about-us/our-history/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. 2022 AIST Basic Oxygen Furnace Roundup
  19. Association for Iron and Steel Technology
  20. April 2022
  21. https://web.archive.org/web/20220818015415/https://www.bluescope.com:443/investors/investor-news/2014/10/restart-of-the-port-kembla-steelworks-sinter-plant/. Archived from the original on 2022-08-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. https://web.archive.org/web/20220808011046/https://www.bluescope.com:443/bluescope-news/2020/05/bluescope-processes-support-nsw-hospitals/. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220921001857/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-21/bluescope-half-yearly-profit-port-kembla-/100847170. Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  24. https://web.archive.org/web/20221025031734/https://www.bluescopeillawarra.com.au/pksw-no6-blast-furnace-reline/. Archived from the original on 2022-10-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. 25.0 25.1 https://www.readkong.com/page/reengineering-bluescope-steel-s-port-kembla-sinter-plant-4335944. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  26. 26.0 26.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221031105320/https://www.bluescope.com/bluescope-news/2021/02/port-kembla-steelworks-blast-furnace-reline/. Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  27. https://web.archive.org/web/20220523153031/https://www.afr.com/companies/manufacturing/bluescope-eyes-800m-upgrade-of-port-kembla-steelworks-20210219-p57469. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  28. 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 2022-10-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Steel Plant Tracker and Global Blast Furnace Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.