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If Trump’s tariffs blow up our steel industry, why are we saving Whyalla?
If the $2 billion taxpayer bailout of the unprofitable Whyalla steel mill was confounding a few weeks ago, it now looks ludicrous in the light of the new US tariffs.
- Elizabeth Knight
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Australia’s GST a red rag to Trump’s bullish tariff attack
Donald Trump is threatening every nation with tariffs after broadening his trade agenda to include everything from the GST to Australian TV quotas.
- Shane Wright and Mike Foley
‘The uncertainty is killing us’: Our aluminium town’s nervous wait
NSW is home to Australia’s largest aluminium and steel producers. And the government has warned Donald Trump’s tariffs are the biggest threat to the state’s economy.
- Penry Buckley
PM books urgent call with Trump to spare Australia from new tariffs
The prime minister’s office said that Albanese was due to speak to the US president within 24 hours on a call that was arranged before the news of the tariffs.
- David Crowe
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‘Holy grail for Western Australia’: New world-leading green steelmaking location announced
The West Australian government has announced the location that will be turning Pilbara iron ore into steel, making the state finally “more than just a quarry”.
- Emma Young
Australian ‘green’ steel a step closer as iron ore rivals BHP and Rio team up
The world’s two biggest miners are teaming up in a bid to develop Australia’s first electric-smelting furnace.
- Paul-Alain Hunt
Buyers sign gas deals with Senex, but stalled project still in doubt
Senex says gas-fired power plants will play a role in the clean energy transition by backing up renewable energy when wind isn’t blowing or the sun isn’t shining.
- Nick Toscano
Top manufacturers back safeguard climate reforms
BlueScope Steel and Orica have thrown their support behind the government’s new climate policy after originally fearing it could pummel their competitiveness.
- Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
BlueScope found guilty of attempted steel price fixing
Australia’s biggest steelmaker faces the prospect of a large fine after one of its now former executives tried to form a cartel with nine other companies to fix the price of flat steel products.
- Sarah Danckert
How a meeting in Taiwan could seal the fate of former BlueScope exec
Whether Jason Ellis’s tour of Asia to talk up BlueScope’s recommended price list for flat-steel products was an attempt to establish a cartel is likely to be the focus of a court ruling, expected early this year.
- James Panichi and Laurel Henning
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