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New Zealand Steel Limited is the owner of the Glenbrook Steel Mill, a steel mill located 40 kilometres south of Auckland, in Glenbrook, New Zealand. The mill was constructed in 1968 and began producing steel products in 1969.
He returned to New Zealand in 1962 to take up the role of chief engineer at Cable Price Corporation, and three months later he became to company's managing director. [ 4 ] Ingram remained at Cable Price until 1969, when he was appointed general manager and, not long after, managing director of the newly operational New Zealand Steel , remaining ...
Aerial view of the Glenbrook Steel Mill complex (2008). Glenbrook Power Station is a 112MW co-generation plant located at Glenbrook, south of Auckland, New Zealand.Fully integrated into the New Zealand Steel plant, and enables New Zealand Steel to optimise its energy costs.
The major New Zealand clients for the mined coal are the power station and the New Zealand Steel mill at Glenbrook. The first coal to be mined was half a ton at Taupiri in 1849, [28] followed by 32 tons in 1850, [29] opposite Kupa Kupa, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Huntly, [30] and coal was also discovered at Papahorohoro, near Taupiri. [31]
Glenbrook had a population of 2,193 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 159 people (7.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 219 people (11.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 741 households, comprising 1,110 males and 1,083 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female.
Chambers formed a company with Guy H. Gardner and bought the New Zealand rights to the patent. [2] Wilson sent one of his men, W. H. Jones, to New Zealand to demonstrate the process and help manage the smelting once the furnace was built. This resulted in a furnace being built in the Onehunga suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. [3]
In the mid-1980s Steel & Tube acquired a 25% stake in New Zealand Steel. Also in the deal, they acquired undisclosed stakes in New Zealand Motor Corporation, Domtrac Equipment, and Healing Industries. [1] Between 1988 and 1995 Steel & Tube began a series of acquisitions that would strengthen their share in the New Zealand steel market.
In 1966 it was announced a new 5.5 km (3.4 mi) spur line would be built from Glenbrook to the New Zealand Steel steel mill at Mission Bush. [6] Traffic continued to decline, until the line was closed on 31 December 1967 to Waiuku. The construction of the steel mill was the line's saviour. The spur line to the steel mill was opened on 7 October ...