Australian iron ore, steel and gas giants pick site for green iron plant

Woodside joins BHP, Rio Tinto and BlueScope in bid to decarbonize key sector

20241217 Australia iron plant story

The location in the Kwinana Industrial Area where the NeoSmelt electric smelting furnace pilot is scheduled to be built. (BHP)

SHAUN TURTON, Nikkei staff writer

SYDNEY -- A joint effort by some of Australia's largest companies to future-proof the country's most lucrative export industry amid the global push to decarbonize has taken a step forward with a site selected for an electric smelting furnace.

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