Original article by Tom Rabe, Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 18-Dec-24

BHP, Rio Tinto and BlueScope Steel will jointly build a pilot plant to produce ‘green’ iron in Western Australia. The low-emissions electric smelting furnace will be built next to BHP’s Kwinana nickel refinery at Kwinana, which was mothballed earlier in 2025. BlueScope executive Tania Archibald says Port Kembla in NSW was considered for the pilot plant, but financial incentives from the WA government persuaded the partners in the project to build it in Kwinana.

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BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED – ASX BSL