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GFG Liberty Steel Australia Whyalla steel plant

operating pre-retirement

Whyalla, Asia Pacific, Australia

GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1941

Emissions

2025

1.92 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,200

BOF

1,200

Blast Furnace

1,200

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 2operating pre-retirement
1,200 ttpa1884 m³ · relined 2011wiki
DRI
unknown DRI (1)announced
1,800 ttpawiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
1,500 ttpa160 tDanieliwiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating pre-retirement
1,200 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power 66.5 MW Captive Power Plant; South Australian Grid, Santos (gas supplier)

Iron ore Simec Mining (part of GFG Alliance)

Met coal Tahmoor mine (M0103)

Steel Products

rod, tube, wire, bar

Ownership

Owner GFG Alliance Ltd

Parent GFG Alliance Ltd [100.0%]

Workforce 1,500 employees

Country Context

Australia crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.