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Maeve Bannister

Price fixing lands steel giant in court

The ACCC said the agreements would have reduced competition and increased prices for steel products. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

One of Australia's largest companies tried to fix pricing agreements with its competitors to illegally boost the price of flat steel, the Federal Court has found.

BlueScope and its former general manager Jason Ellis were found by the court to have engaged in the illegal behaviour after the consumer watchdog launched civil cartel proceedings against it.

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