Bluescope Steel
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Are we going to be a country that still makes things?
The government has staked billions on its Future Made in Australia policy, but our heavy industries are struggling.
- Cherelle Murphy
Latest
Higher bid for Bluescope likely after board rejects Stokes’ $13bn offer
Billionaire Kerry Stokes’ business conglomerate and its bidding partner Steel Dynamics are likely to make another bid for Bluescope, analysts predict.
- Miriam Steffens and Kishor Napier-Raman
BlueScope weighs $13b carve-up bid from Stokes and US firm
Billionaire Kerry Stokes’ business conglomerate SGH Limited has linked up with US steelmaker Steel Dynamics to take over and then split up Australia’s biggest steelmaker.
- Miriam Steffens and Kishor Napier-Raman
Gas crisis threatens Whyalla rescue bid, steel giant warns
Australia’s top steelmaker has urged the Albanese government to stare down gas exporters and force them to cut prices if it wants to prevent factory closures.
- Nick Toscano
- Opinion
- Trade wars
Why did Trump double his steel tariffs? Because he could
With his trade wars on everyone halted by a court, the US president has to show he still can impose tariffs. He also wanted to justify his backflip on a $US15 billion steel deal.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Opinion
- Trade wars
If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?
If the $2 billion taxpayer bailout of the unprofitable Whyalla steel mill was confounding a few weeks ago, it now looks ludicrous in the light of the new US tariffs.
- Elizabeth Knight
Australia’s GST a red rag to Trump’s bullish tariff attack
Donald Trump is threatening every nation with tariffs after broadening his trade agenda to include everything from the GST to Australian TV quotas.
- Shane Wright and Mike Foley
‘The uncertainty is killing us’: Our aluminium town’s nervous wait
NSW is home to Australia’s largest aluminium and steel producers. And the government has warned Donald Trump’s tariffs are the biggest threat to the state’s economy.
- Penry Buckley
PM books urgent call with Trump to spare Australia from new tariffs
The prime minister’s office said that Albanese was due to speak to the US president within 24 hours on a call that was arranged before the news of the tariffs.
- David Crowe
- Updated
- Energy
‘Holy grail for Western Australia’: New world-leading green steelmaking location announced
The West Australian government has announced the location that will be turning Pilbara iron ore into steel, making the state finally “more than just a quarry”.
- Emma Young