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Whyalla moves closer to emissions-free production as Liberty Steel signs electric furnace contract

GFG Alliance is working towards being carbon-neutral by 2030.  (ABC North and West SA: Lucas Forbes)

Liberty Steel has signed a contract aimed at ending the role of coal in steel production in Whyalla. 

The $485 million deal with international equipment company Danieli for the construction of a new electric arc furnace will replace the old coke oven and blast furnace. 

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