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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured the聽Whyalla Steelworks as聽it聽marked another milestone in the journey to聽low carbon, green steel production.

Mr Albanese was joined by South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas聽to mark聽the聽closure of聽the coke ovens and the move towards聽hydrogen-Direct Reduced聽Iron聽and Electric Arc Furnace technology.

Executive Chairman Sanjeev Gupta said the business was very聽proud聽to be working with forward-thinking Governments聽on聽its green steel聽transformation.

鈥淲e鈥檙e extremely grateful to the Federal and South Australian government for their聽support聽and encouragement, and we look forward with confidence to delivering our聽green steel聽vision with them as partners on this journey,鈥� Mr Gupta said.

Mr Gupta聽took the opportunity to聽praise聽coke ovens鈥� workers after the historic final push on September 15聽2023, signifying the end of producing coke from metallurgical coal on site for use in the blast furnace.

鈥淎fter an incredible 55 years we must pause to recognise the聽vital role the coke ovens played at the steelworks and the incredible contribution of the highly skilled workers who were a part of this era,鈥� Mr Gupta said.

鈥淐oal based steelmaking聽has helped to build聽the聽modern聽world but it is now time to rethink and reengineer how the steel we make can continue to build our world going forward.鈥�

鈥淚t is an incredible testament to our values that 100 percent of the coke ovens workforce have chosen to continue with the business in alternative roles and to聽be part聽of聽the聽transformation.鈥�

Mr Gupta said聽Whyalla聽was the ideal place to聽usher in聽the next generation聽of聽green聽steel making聽technology.

鈥淲ith聽our聽reserves of over聽4 billion tonnes聽of high quality magnetite ore聽and South聽Australia鈥檚 natural blessings of wind and solar energy,聽there is no better place to usher in the聽next generation of steel making technology聽based on聽clean energy and green hydrogen.鈥�

GFG Alliance announced in April 2023 a state-of-the-art Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) had been ordered and would replace the existing coke-fed blast furnace.

Coke will be imported for use in the聽blast聽furnace until the installation of聽the EAF.

Notes

• Hydrogen provides a key to a carbon-neutral iron making process and can be used in place of coking coal as a reducing agent to produce direct reduced iron 鈥� with the by-product being water.
• Our magnetite resource is of the highest quality available anywhere in Australia and through our Magnetite Expansion Project (MEP) we are in the process of significantly expanding our capacity.
• In April LIBERTY Steel announced the signing of a supply contract for a low carbon emissions electric arc furnace from leading equipment manufacturer Danieli which will initially be fed by domestic steel scrap and other Fe-bearing materials, delivering an expected 90% reduction in direct CO2 emissions compared with traditional blast furnace production.

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