One of the country’s first steel mills in decades has broken ground in south-east Queensland, promising to supply crucial materials for housing and the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
The Swanbank Steel Mill in Ipswich is expected to produce 350,000 tonnes of steel reinforcing bar — or rebar — a year from scrap metal.
Future Forgeworks is expecting the project to require more than 400 jobs during construction, and more than 200 ongoing jobs once complete.
the_colonelclink on
Finally. Local manufacturing jobs for a change.
itsthewaywei on
Love to see it!
Sirocco1971 on
I didn’t read the article but I suspect they’ll exclusively make swords.
Maybe they’ll actually do something about the infrastructure in Ipswich /s
UnlimitedDeep on
This is fuckin great news, side note but we have such strange opinions on Australian industry especially if the government lends a hand (ie our vehicle manufacturers or the Whyalla steel mill) eg “well if it can’t support itself, let it close down!”
China (for all their faults) props up their industries (such as solar panels) with more profitable industries and now the whole world buys their solar panels from China.
Keeping Australian industries alive (even if they need help) not only keeps Australians employed, it keeps us from needing to import every single thing we use on a daily basis, hopefully more industry pops up during these very rough times!
jerimiahhalls on
The Ipswich Steelers NRL team letsssgo!
Pvnels on
Colour me surprised
This is a good move
fluffy-plant-borb on
Not to sound like a hater but how are they gonna build this and then produce enough steel in time for them to build for the Olympics? I’m genuinely curious. I don’t know how long it would take to build somewhere appropriate for steel production hahah
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One of the country’s first steel mills in decades has broken ground in south-east Queensland, promising to supply crucial materials for housing and the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
The Swanbank Steel Mill in Ipswich is expected to produce 350,000 tonnes of steel reinforcing bar — or rebar — a year from scrap metal.
Future Forgeworks is expecting the project to require more than 400 jobs during construction, and more than 200 ongoing jobs once complete.
Finally. Local manufacturing jobs for a change.
Love to see it!
I didn’t read the article but I suspect they’ll exclusively make swords.
Will it be a gay steel mill?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uOBveFKdGs
My body doesn’t know how to respond to good news
Maybe they’ll actually do something about the infrastructure in Ipswich /s
This is fuckin great news, side note but we have such strange opinions on Australian industry especially if the government lends a hand (ie our vehicle manufacturers or the Whyalla steel mill) eg “well if it can’t support itself, let it close down!”
China (for all their faults) props up their industries (such as solar panels) with more profitable industries and now the whole world buys their solar panels from China.
Keeping Australian industries alive (even if they need help) not only keeps Australians employed, it keeps us from needing to import every single thing we use on a daily basis, hopefully more industry pops up during these very rough times!
The Ipswich Steelers NRL team letsssgo!
Colour me surprised
This is a good move
Not to sound like a hater but how are they gonna build this and then produce enough steel in time for them to build for the Olympics? I’m genuinely curious. I don’t know how long it would take to build somewhere appropriate for steel production hahah