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Whyalla may make steel again one day. But years of uncertainty could still reshape the town

There is a shock reverberating through the regional South Australian town of Whyalla and its crisis-hit steelworks. This week, administrators KordaMentha and SA Premier Peter Malinauskas jointly announced they would abandon all attempts to restart the steelworks’ blast furnace.

The Conversation · Sep 17

Bluster and betrayal: Paul Barry probes how steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta hoodwinked the powerful

It is difficult to read Paul Barry’s The Big Steal without a mounting sense of outrage, not just at the British businessman Sanjeev Gupta, rightly described as a silver-tongued scoundrel, but at the greedy bankers, gullible journalists, naive politicians and incompetent regulators who allowed this global scam to happen.

The Conversation · Sep 15

Whyalla job losses a matter of 'timing', premier says

The closure of the Whyalla blast furnace was inevitable, but the hundreds of job losses it implies were a matter of timing, a premier has claimed.

AAP · Sep 14

Steelworks administrator reveals depth of financial woe

The owners of Whyalla's embattled steelworks owe more than $1.3 billion, administrators have told the first meeting of OneSteel creditors.

AAP · Mar 3, 2025

Nation grinds to a halt without steel, industry warns

Rescuing Whyalla's steelworks is essential to maintain sovereign steel capability - vital to the economy and national security, the industry peak body says.

AAP · Feb 20, 2025

What went wrong at Whyalla steelworks and will it end with SA government in legal fight with UK billionaire?

Issues between GFG, Sanjeev Gupta and SA government grumbled along for years, before dramatic events forced company into administration

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2025

With Whyalla steelworks forced into administration, Australia has crucial decisions to make on the future of its steel industry

Whyalla is a proud steel town. The steelworks physically dominates the townscape, and most jobs in the town are either directly at the steelworks or heavily reliant on it.

The Conversation · Feb 20, 2025

Turnbull says ‘we cannot assume we can rely on America’ under Trump – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 19, 2025

Taxpayers to the rescue of Aussie steel

Safeguarding sovereign steel production is a key factor in a $2.4 billion government package to keep a major steelworks running while a new owner is found.

AAP · Feb 19, 2025

Steelworks forced into administration to 'save' future

South Australia has ended months of uncertainty over a critical steelworks by placing the plant into administration.

AAP · Feb 19, 2025