Progress : outlining the main factors in the establishment and growth of the Newcastle Steel Works, and giving details of the operations required in iron and steel manufacture / Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited

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PROCRESS 1
CHIEF Contents 2
Origin of The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. 3
PROCRESS 3
Genesis OF THE NEWCASTLE STEEL WORKS 5
SCENE To-day 6
STEEL INDUSTRY’S Raw Material SOURCES 8
HOW Iron Ore re IS MINED AT IRON MONARCH 11
Coal Supply FOR THE STEEL INDUSTRY 13
STEEL’S Coat Consumption ECONOMY 14
Flow Sheets OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION AND STEEL ROLLING 15
STEEL WORKS’ Operations DESCRIBED 16
Coke Ovens AND BY-PRODUCT PLANT 17
BY-PRODUCTS RECOVERY 18
BENZOL PLANT 19
TAR DISTILLATION PLANT 19
REGULAR Shipping Service VITAL 20
INHD Blast Furnace PLANT 23
GAS CLEANING PLANT 24
BLOWING ENGINES 25
OPEN HEARTH Refining OF STEEL 27
OPEN HEARTH PIT 29
Bloom Mill's OPERATION 31
OTHER Rolling Will ACTIVITIES 33
BASIC REFRACTORIES PLANT 39
STEEL WORKS Ancillary PLANT 39
TUNGSTEN CARBIDE PLANT 39
SERVICE DEPARTMENT WORKSHOPS 41
POWER HOUSE BOILER PLANTS 46
ST STEEL WORKS Electric Power ower GENERATION 46
MAJOR Employment PROVIDER 47
STEAM TURBINES 47
SAFEGUARDING THE Welfare OF EMPLOYEES 48
EDUCATIONAL POLICY 49
Illustrating Whyalla’s Industrial Progress 50
STORY OF WHYALLA’S Development 51
STEEL INDUSTRY’S Safety First CAMPAIGN 53
AUSTRALIAN IRON & STEEL LTD. 55
B.H.P. Subsidiary & Allied COMPANIES 55
RYLANDS BROS. (AUST.) PTY. LTD. 56
COMMONWEALTH STEEL CO. LTD. 57
STEWARTS AND LLOYDS (AUST.) PTY. LTD. 58
AUSTRALIAN WIRE ROPE WORKS LTD. 59
B.H.P. BY PRODUCTS PTY. LTD. 59
GOLD MINING 59
LYSAGHT BROS. & CO. PTY. LTD. 59
LYSAGHT’S WORKS PTY. LTD. 59
NEWCASTLE CHEMICAL CO. PTY. LTD. 59
TITAN NAIL & WIRE PTY. LTD. 59
TO THE Task... 60
STEEL’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE War Effort 61
LIST OF Products MANUFACTURED BY 62
STEEL’S PLACE IN Progress 64

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Broken Hill Proprietary Company. Progress : outlining the main factors in the establishment and growth of the Newcastle Steel Works, and giving details of the operations required in iron and steel manufacture [Melbourne: The Company, 1949. Web. 15 February 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3652661311>

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Broken Hill Proprietary Company. 1949, Progress : outlining the main factors in the establishment and growth of the Newcastle Steel Works, and giving details of the operations required in iron and steel manufacture The Company, [Melbourne viewed 15 February 2026 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3652661311

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