GFG Liberty Steel Australia Whyalla
operating pre-retirementBF–BOF Integrated route · Whyalla, Asia Pacific, Australia
GEM wikiGFG Liberty Steel Australia Whyalla makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.2 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rod, tube, wire, bar.
Process Route
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
Steel Units
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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Location
Whyalla
Asia Pacific
Australia
-33.0094°, 137.5878°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,200 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1941
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled