We meet four people who have worked in chemical and process engineering at the Port Kembla Steelworks in Australia. With gas safety regulations in manufacturing as a case study, each interviewee discusses their personal experience and the importance of sharing knowledge across departments and generations.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Richard Ainsworth: 0:58
3. Ian Hodges: 37:23
4. Jennifer Blood: 51:49
5. Krishan Kumar: 1:04:54
6. Conclusion: 1:12:23

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• Gas
• Chemical engineering
• Port Kembla, New South Wales
• University of Wollongong
• PPE = personal protective equipment
• Blast furnace
• Coke (fuel)
• Image: gas holders at Port Kembla Steelworks
• See Ian Hodges in the TV BlueScope video FocusOn Oxygen at Port Kembla Steelworks. The video explains how BlueScope works with the cryogenic plant at Coregas to produce oxygen that is subsequently used in hospitals throughout the state of New South Wales.
• Faces of BlueScope: Former Employees Return to No. 6 Blast Furnace (TVBlueScope video featuring Syd Webb)
• View a screenshot of the editing timeline for this episode.

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• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Recorded and edited by Martin Feld
• Interviews facilitated by Victoria Abreu

On 3 November 2022, BlueScope is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its site at Western Port. Located on the Mornington Peninsula in the Australian state of Victoria, this is a facility that has seen great change over the years and has played a significant role in the local community that surrounds it. In this last of three episodes dedicated to the history of Western Port, we meet five women to learn about their experiences at and contributions to the site: Laura Towey, Regina Neville, Emily Trott, Uthpala Garusinghe and Stacey Forecast.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Laura Towey: 1:36
3. Regina Neville: 28:11
4. Emily Trott: 45:34
5. Uthpala Garusinghe: 1:04:04
6. Stacey Forecast: 1:18:17
7. Conclusion: 1:34:19​

Links

• Western Port, Victoria
• Gain a view into Western Port facilities with recruitment ads for process operations and the Customer Service Centre.
• Diversity and inclusion
• Employment relations
• Kevin Rudd (‘Kevin 07’)
• Fair Work Act 2009
• Human resources
• MCL = metal coating line
• CP = coated products
• Hastings, Victoria
• COLORBOND® steel
• For accessibility, you can read an auto-generated transcript of the episode; please note that errors may be present and that a formatted version will be added later. 
• View a screenshot of the editing timeline for this episode.

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Credits

• Recorded and edited by Martin Feld

On 3 November 2022, BlueScope is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its site at Western Port. Located on the Mornington Peninsula in the Australian state of Victoria, this is a facility that has seen great change over the years and has played a significant role in the local community that surrounds it. In this second of three episodes dedicated to the history of Western Port, we meet three families with an intergenerational employment experience at the site: the Halsteads, the Hamiltons and the Hammills.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. The Halstead Family: 1:46
3. The Hamilton Family: 23:42
4. The Hammill Family: 45:44
5. Conclusion: 1:21:10

Links

• Western Port, Victoria
• Gain a view into Western Port facilities with recruitment ads for process operations and the Customer Service Centre.
• Australian apprenticeships
• Hospitality industry
• Human resources
• Recruitment
• Technical and Further Education (TAFE)
• MCL = metal coating line
• Chaplain
• Image: Elsa Halstead's newspaper article clipping
• COVID-19
• Fitter/machinist
• BHP
• Manufacturing operations or operator (profession)
• Shift work
• Hastings, Victoria
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• View a screenshot of the editing timeline for this episode.

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Credits

• Recorded and edited by Martin Feld

On 3 November 2022, BlueScope is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its site at Western Port. Located on the Mornington Peninsula in the Australian state of Victoria, this is a facility that has seen great change over the years and has played a significant role in the local community that surrounds it. In this first of three episodes dedicated to the history of Western Port, we meet three past and present leaders of the site: Cyril Benjamin, Aimee Allen and Michael Hussey.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Cyril Benjamin: 1:46
3. Aimee Allen: 32:39
4. Michael Hussey: 52:34
5. Conclusion: 1:15:53

Links

• Western Port, Victoria
• Gain a view into Western Port facilities with recruitment ads for process operations and the Customer Service Centre.
• New Zealand Steel
• General Motors
• Lysaght
• AIS = Australian Iron and Steel
• MCL = metal coating line
• Port Kembla, New South Wales
• BHP
• Pickling (metal)
• Greg Hunt
• BlueScope in China
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• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Recorded and edited by Martin Feld

We revisit Letitia Holmes, who originally appeared in Voices of BlueScope episode 12. Letitia outlines her experience of joining BlueScope as a full-time laboratory technician at the Innovation Labs in Port Kembla, Australia, since completing the CareerTrackers internship program. She also shares her Indigenous identity and heritage and gives an insight into her family history.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Interview with Letitia: 1:51
3. Conclusion: 17:35

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• Watch an excerpt of Letitia’s interview alongside statements with her manager, Detlev Mueller, in a Faces of BlueScope video on TVBlueScope. 
• At the beginning of the episode, you can hear a reading of BlueScope’s version of an Acknowledgement of Country. Learn more about what it means to make an Acknowledgement of or Welcome to Country for First Nations Peoples in Australia.
• Country
• 12. Meeting CareerTrackers Interns (Voices of BlueScope podcast episode)
• CareerTrackers
• FocusOn BlueScope's Innovation Laboratories (TVBlueScope video)
• Darumbal
• Yeppoon, Queensland
• Peel Island
• Indigenous Australians (or First Nations Peoples, with further information about distinctions such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
• Leper colony
• Medical physics
• Indigenous Tailored Academic Program (ITAP) at the University of Wollongong
• The Dreaming
• Dharawal
• Massacre site returned to Darumbal people in central Queensland (ABC News story — this article contains information that some readers might find distressing.)
• ‘Mob’ is a colloquial term used by First Nations Peoples in Australia to refer to a group of people to whom they belong.
• Technical and Further Education (TAFE)
• Artificial intelligence
• Digital imaging
• Predictive modelling

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• LinkedIn page
• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Edited by Martin Feld
• Recorded by Tim Robinson

We meet Sue Stark, President, BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc. (BBNA). She briefly explains this BlueScope business in the US and shares her own career experience, insights as a leader and why accessibility is integral to the creation of inclusive workplaces.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Sue Stark: 0:36
3. Brands, Partners and Inclusion: 2:14
4. Personal Experiences: 7:28
5. Learning as a Leader: 15:29
6. Conclusion: 17:28

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• BlueScope Buildings North America (BBNA)
• Upstream = earlier in a manufacturing process or supply chain, where materials are fed into production
• Downstream = later fabrication and/or distribution of products'
• Welding
• Butler Manufacturing
• Varco Pruden
• Further BBNA brands include BlueScope Construction, BlueScope Conventional Steel and BlueScope Properties Group.
• Midwestern United States
• Monterrey, Mexico
• Latin America
• India
• Information technology (IT)
• California
• Kansas City, Missouri
• Kansas City-style barbecue
• Brisket
• Wisconsin
• Miller Electric
• Chicago, Illinois
• The BlueScope Foundation
• 3. The BlueScope Foundation with Jill Harmon
• General information about Disability Independence Day
• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• Accessibility
• Port Kembla Steelworks (our history)
• View a screenshot of the editing timeline for this episode.

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• LinkedIn page
• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Recorded and edited by Martin Feld
• Interview facilitated by Craig Nealon

On 13 July 2022, our Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) facility at the Port Kembla Steelworks celebrates its 50th anniversary! This crucial piece of our  infrastructure in Australia converts liquid iron into steel. To mark this significant milestone, we spoke to people at the BOS about their experiences at the site and how things have changed.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. People of the BOS: 0:51
3. Kamini Wijekulasuriya and Heather Collins: 1:15
4. Fadel Elsayed: 9:46
5. Pamela Nyachoto: 16:56
6. Ramirro Berto: 24:14
7. Edward Cook: 30:12
8. Conclusion: 36:32

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• Explore further video interviews in the TVBlueScope  playlist: 50 Years of Basic Oxygen Steelmaking.
• FocusOn Basic Oxygen Steelmaking — the BOS (TVBlueScope video)
• 8. Modern-day Pioneers of the BOS ( podcast episode)
• Bundy cards (not a sponsored inclusion)
• A lime kiln is a kiln in which limestone is burnt or calcined to produce quicklime.
• COLORBOND® steel
• Learn more about blast furnace technology in Major Projects at the Port Kembla Steelworks (TVBlueScope video).
• Slag
• Fadel refers to the Kembla Times; instead, see him photographed as a featured employee (left) in Volume 1 Issue 010 of BHP Flat Chat (pp. 1, 6) from July 1997, which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the BOS.
• Namibia
• Blue Boots is our long-term recruitment campaign for diversity in Australia.
• Personal protective equipment
• Warrawong, New South Wales
• Boilermaker
• John Nowlan is Chief Executive at BlueScope Australian Steel Products (ASP).
• Ramirro refers to the 'iLabs at the CRM'; learn more in FocusOn BlueScope's Innovation Laboratories (TVBlueScope video).
• Andrew Collins is Product Prototyping & Evaluation Manager at ASP.
• Profilometry
• Learn more about pilot-scale hydrogen electrolyser technology in Electrical Energy into Chemical Energy (TVBlueScope video).
• Lost-time injury
• View a screenshot of the editing timeline for this episode.

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• LinkedIn page
• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Edited by Martin Feld
• Recording and interviewing by Craig Nealon and Tim Robinson

We welcome a special guest back to our Port Kembla Steelworks in Australia: Mr. George Edgar, who was the first-ever Wollongong-born-and-raised General Manager of the site. Meeting at the historic former general manager’s residence, Lindenfels, George shares his personal story and insights into how steelmaking has changed over time.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. George Edgar: 0:49
3. Changes at the Steelworks: 9:00
4. Becoming General Manager: 17:34
5. Lindenfels: 24:29
6. No. 6 Blast Furnace: 27:06
7. Reflection: 28:31
8. Conclusion: 37:24
9. One More Thing: 38:21

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• Watch a shorter version of this interview at TVBlueScope on YouTube, which includes shots of Lindenfels and other archival imagery.
• Port Kembla Steelworks (BlueScope in the Illawarra)
• Wollongong, New South Wales
• Metallurgy
• Cleary Bros
• Australian Iron & Steel
• Lysaght (Australian company)
• Lysaght (company website)
• FocusOn Hot Strip Mill (TVBlueScope video)
• The 'Engineering Building' is now the Sirius Building.
• FocusOn Continuous Casting (TVBlueScope video, showing slabs today)
• Whyalla, South Australia
• John B. Prescott
• EPA = Environmental Protection Agency
• BHP Steel became BlueScope, following its spin-off from (then) BHP Billiton in 2002.
• Our Bond
• Mount Keira
• Augustus Albert 'Gus' Parish
• Learn more about No. 6 Blast Furnace in Major Projects at the Port Kembla Steelworks (TVBlueScope video).
• Historical reference to Jerry Platt as General Manager Iron & Steelmaking in Port Kembla
• The Dam Busters (1955 film)
• See shots of Lindenfels in WIN News BlueScope Community Event and 90 Years of the Steelworks (TVBlueScope video).

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Credits

• Edited by Martin Feld
• Recorded by Craig Nealon and Tim Robinson

We meet five people at the Port Kembla Steelworks in Australia, including Miranda Du Toit, Callum Bourke, Rosa Tran, Michael Thompson and Simon Took. They are at different stages of their careers but they all have one thing in common: they started at BlueScope as cadets. In each conversation, you'll learn about their career paths, skills and what motivates them in their work.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Miranda Du Toit: 1:12
3. Callum Bourke: 4:20
4. Rosa Tran: 7:30
5. Michael Thompson: 12:36
6. Simon Took: 18:10
7. Conclusion: 24:20

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• The Cadetship Experience at BlueScope (accompanying TVBlueScope video with interview excerpts)
• Chemistry
• Electrical engineering
• Materials engineering (or materials science)
• Mechanical engineering
• Faces of BlueScope: Careers in Engineering (TVBlueScope video)
• Cadet stories with Tyler Leggett, Olivia Tonitto, Ryan Jut and Elisabeth Fry (TVBlueScope videos)
• University of Wollongong
• Sustainability at BlueScope
• Learn more about our strategy and goals for climate action and sustainability in episode 25 of Voices of BlueScope.
• Safe and inclusive workplaces
• BOS = basic oxygen steelmaking
• FocusOn Basic Oxygen Steelmaking — 360-degree Tour (TVBlueScope video)
• STEM = science, technology, engineering and mathematics
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths Careers at BlueScope (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn BlueScope's Innovation Laboratories, feat. weathering lab (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn Materials Investigation at Central Lab (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn Automatic Guided Vehicles, feat. coil shots (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn Hot Strip Mill (TVBlueScope video)
• FocusOn Continuous Casting (TVBlueScope video) — see slab-casting in action!
• View a screenshot of the editing timeline for this episode.

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• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Edited by Martin Feld
• Recorded by Tim Robinson

In this episode, we're joined by three BlueScope people, who discuss the company's strategy for climate action and sustainability across its global operations—now and for the future. They are: Anna Matysek (Head of Climate Change); Chris Page (Head of Future Technologies); and Gretta Stephens (Chief Executive Climate Change and Sustainability).

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Anna Matysek: 1:09
3. Chris Page: 1:57
4. Gretta Stephens: 2:41
5. Defining Key Terms: 3:34
6. Future Technologies: 9:34
7. Scrap Steel: 15:47
8. Stakeholder Support: 19:28
9. Sustainability Outcomes: 22:31
10. External Recognition: 24:56
11. Conclusion: 30:57

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• BlueScope sustainability reporting suite
• Our Purpose and Our Bond
• R&D
• DRI
• The Blast Furnace Process at Port Kembla Steelworks (TVBlueScope video)
• Memoranda of Understanding with Rio Tinto and Shell (latter now withdrawn)
• Electrical Energy into Chemical Energy (TVBlueScope video)
• Electrolysis
• DRI - Melter - BOF Pathway (TVBlueScope video)
• Pig iron
• Scrap
• FocusOn Scrap Steel Recycling (TVBlueScope video)
• EAF = electric arc furnace
• North Star BlueScope Steel
• Learn more about North Star in episode 18 and a dedicated video.
• BlueScope Recycling (formerly MetalX)
• BlueScope's sustainability outcomes
• ResponsibleSteel™ certifies responsible production and sourcing practices
• BlueScope named worldsteel Sustainability Champion
• New Zealand Steel
• View a screenshot of the editing timeline for this episode.

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• Corporate website
• LinkedIn page
• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Recorded and edited by Martin Feld