BOS Charging Size:XS Basic oxygen steelmaking was introduced

Basic oxygen steelmaking was introduced at Port Kembla in 1972 in 200/250 tonne vessels

The building was already a shell by 2015

pipes trailing across broken ground and a rusted ladder leaning against the cooling unit

Weeds push through cracked concrete

operated the converted former Asahi Elementary School as group lodging from approximately 1994 until 2006

BOS Charging Size:XS Basic oxygen steelmaking was introducedA Basic Oxygen Steelmaking converter mid charge: molten iron and scrap collide in a cascade of sparks and white light at Port Kembla Steelworks. Basic oxygen steelmaking arrived at the works in 1972, replacing the open hearth furnaces that had operated since 1931. Part of the BlueScope Port Kembla series.