Steel traders say customers of the Whyalla steelworks, which has been offline for almost two months, are ordering supplies from Asia amid uncertainty over a restart date.
has brought in rival BlueScope to try to speed up a fix-it plan for the ageing plant as some customers turn to imports from Asia to fill a production shortfall.
Mr Gupta’s GFG Alliance said expertise had been brought in from other GFG plants overseas and Australia’s biggest steelmaker, BlueScope, although the bulk of the repair work was being handled by Whyalla engineers and local staff.
GFG said engineers had successfully opened six wind tuyeres – special nozzles that feed air into the blast furnace – and were in the process of opening a further four. The aim is to have 18 wind tuyeres operating while heating up the furnace and enabling use of a main tap hole.GFG said local Whyalla staff had “intricate knowledge of the Whyalla blast furnace and are best placed to resolve the current issue”.
SA Minister for Regional Development Clare Scriven told the SA upper house of parliament on May 1 that she had been advised that nine tuyeres were now online and that “once 12 are online the blast furnace will be able to return to normal operations”.
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