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The Whyalla Steelworks circa 2009. The Whyalla Steelworks is a fully integrated steelworks and the only manufacturer of rail in Australia. Iron ore is mined in the Middleback Range to feed the steelworks, resulting in the distribution of finished steel products of over 90 different grades.
The company was spun off from BHP [4] in 2000 as an almost entirely domestically focused steel manufacturer and distributor branded as OneSteel. Among its principal assets were the Whyalla Steelworks , Whyalla harbour and iron ore mining operations along the Middleback Range , about 50 km (30 mi) west of Whyalla .
The BHP Whyalla Tramway is a 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge heavy-haul railway, 112 kilometres (70 miles) long, on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It runs from haematite mines at Iron Monarch , Iron Baron and Iron Duke in the Middleback Range , about 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of Whyalla , to company steelworks at the coastal city of Whyalla .
In April 2016, Whyalla's steelworks owned by Arrium was placed in voluntary administration by its directors due to significant debts. [58] There were concerns that if the steelworks fell over Whyalla would be unlikely to survive, with one in six of Whyalla's workers employed by Arrium at the time. [59]
Sanjeev Gupta (born September 1971) is an Indian-born British businessman, and the founder of Liberty House Group. [1] He is the CEO and chairman of GFG Alliance, an international conglomerate that operates primarily in the steel and mining industries. [2]
The new company became the world’s first to be valued at more than $1 billion, double the entire US budget that year. The deal made owner Andrew Carnegie the richest man in the world.
The mines are serviced by the BHP Whyalla Tramway, a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) railway which convey the ore to Whyalla's port and steelworks. As of 2016 [update] , the operating mines of the Middleback Range are: Iron Duchess, Iron Knight, Iron Duke, Iron Magnet, Iron Baron and Iron Chieftain.
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