Steel Mills
August 17, 2020
North Star BlueScope Still a Star for Australian Steel Producer
Written by Sandy Williams
North Star BlueScope, the Ohio subsidiary of Australian steelmaker BlueScope Steel Ltd., operated at over 90 percent capacity during the second half of FY 2020 despite auto demand plunging to zero during the last quarter of its fiscal year.
The “ability to pivot to other end markets” kept shipment levels almost steady with the first half of 2020, declining only 14,000 tons to 1.015 million metric tons. Compared to the second half of 2019, shipments were down about 60,000 tons, the company reported.
