Corporate Body

Long Products Division

BHP Steel International

From
Australia
Functions
Metallurgy, Mineralogy or mining and Rail Industry
Location
Whyalla, South Australia

Summary

In 1982 BHP Steel International Long Products Division established the Whyalla Rail Plant in South Australia. The Long Products Division is one of the few companies in the world producing rails by the Universal Method, which uses two horizontal driven rolls and two vertical idling rolls, so that the rail is rolled on four sides simultaneously.

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