BlueScope New Zealand Steel Glenbrook
operatingDRI–EAF route · Glenbrook, Asia Pacific, New Zealand
BlueScope New Zealand Steel Glenbrook produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. Its main products are slab, cold rolled, hot rolled.
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How direct reduction works
The process behind this plant, explained from first principles.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1969
Emissions
2025
0.8 Mt CO₂e
1.45 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
DRI
326
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Glenbrook Power Station (L100000407928)
Iron ore Waikato North Head Mine (P100000129355)
Steel Products
slab, cold rolled, hot rolled
Ownership
Owner New Zealand Steel Ltd
Parent BlueScope Steel Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 1,400 employees
Learn the processes this plant uses
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Location
Glenbrook
Asia Pacific
New Zealand
-37.2069°, 174.7281°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Commissioned
- 1969
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded