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POSCO Port Hedland Iron Project

announced

DRI–EAF route · Boodarie Strategic Industrial Area, Asia Pacific, Australia

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POSCO Port Hedland Iron Project 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 hbi.

Process Route

DRI

Timeline

Announced2022
Construction2025
Operating2028

Capacity (ttpa)

DRI

12,000

Pelletising

700

Iron Units

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Inputs & Energy

Power renewable energy project in Pilbara with Engie (it will be powered entirely with renewables by 2050)

Iron ore Pilbara iron ore

Steel Products

HBI

Ownership

Owner Port Hedland Iron Pty Ltd

Parent POSCO Holdings Inc [100.0%]

Workforce 400 employees

State ownership Partial

Country Context

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

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Direct Reduction (DRI / HBI)

Other POSCO Holdings Inc plants

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POSCO Pohang

South Korea · 18,758 ttpa

POSCO Vietnam Phu My

Vietnam · 1,000 ttpa

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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).