Hi TaddyHere is some info,after a 5 min search. Lysaght make a...

Hi Taddy

Here is some info,after a 5 min search. Lysaght make a small amount of steel and specific to certain tasks, The big stuff is imported. Major projects, Even railway lines.

http://www.bhpbilliton.com/bbContentRepository/docs/hrrpFactsheet1.pdf

A TIMELINE OF NEWCASTLE STEELWORKS
1915 Newcastle Steelworks opens
1917
Industrial dispute ? work stops for 3 months.
BHP Steelworks receives an Award.
1919 Iron and Steel Workers Union forms.
1932
One quarter of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Steel
supplied by Steelworks.
1939
Steelworks becomes the biggest integrated steelworks
in the British Empire.
1940
Metallurgists make bullet proof steel plate using
local raw materials.
1941 First successful steel cutting tips made.
1950 Hunter River realigned.
1962 First BOS furnace operational ? working conditions improve.
1964 Employment peaks at 11, 558 persons.
1975 Steel production peaks at over 2 million tonnes.
1982 Numerous furnaces, ovens, and plant close.
1983 Federal Government launches a 5 year Steel Industry Plan.
1999 Iron and Steel making closes, leaving only rod and bar production.

Imported steel will cost 2000 jobs at Gorgon project


http://www.amwu.org.au/read-article/news-detail/401/Imported-steel-will-cost-2000-jobs-at-Gorgon-project/