BlueScope Steel

Type:	Public (ASX: BSL)
Founded:	2002
Headquarters:	Australia (main headquarters), New Zealand, Asia, Pacific, North America
Key people:	Graham Kraehe (Chairman) Kirby Adams (CEO)
Industry:	Mining
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. Image File history File links BlueScope_Steel_Logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... Exterior of Australian Stock Exchange on Bridge Street, Sydney The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Chuquicamata, the largest open pit copper mine in the world, Chile. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... The Australian dollar (currency code AUD) has been, since 1966, the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including the Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... BHP Billiton is the worlds largest mining company. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Exterior of Australian Stock Exchange on Bridge Street, Sydney The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) is the primary stock exchange in Australia. ...

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. Port Kembla is a seaport near Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. ... Wollongong (IPA: ) is an industrial city located on the eastern coast of Australia in the state of New South Wales. ... Emblems: Floral - Waratah (Telopea speciosissima); Bird - Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas); Animal - Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus); Fish - Blue Groper (Achoerodus viridis) Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Const. ...

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. Galvanization refers to any of several electrochemical processes named after the Italian scientist Luigi Galvani. ... Corrugated galvanised iron, commonly abbreviated CGI, is a building material composed of sheets of hot-dip galvanised mild steel cold-rolled to have a linear corrugated pattern in them. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Atomic mass 65. ...

External links

• BlueScope Steel Australia