OneSteel

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OneSteel
Type	Public ASX: OST)
Founded	2000 following separation from parent company BHP
Headquarters	Sydney, Australia (main headquarters); operations in Australia and New Zealand <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Geoff Plummer (Managing Director/CEO); Peter Smedley (Chairman)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Mining, Manufacturing</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>iron, steel products</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg$3.938 billion AUD (Y.E. 30 June 2005)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Net income</th><td>Image:Green Arrow Up.svg$132.5 million AUD</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>7,000</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>onesteel.com</td></tr>

OneSteel is an Australian-based mining, ore processing and steel manufacturing company specialising in long-steel products for the construction, housing and agricultural industries. The company is a former subsidiary of BHP Billiton and was separated from the parent company as part of its corporate restructure in October 2000<ref>http://www.delisted.com.au/CompanyDisplay.aspx?id=6175</ref>; the parent went on to merge with Billiton to form the company BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company.

[edit] Major Divisions of Company

The company has four primary divisions:<ref>http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/apr?s=OST.AX</ref>

Whyalla Steelworks - The main manufacturing division, producing raw steel at a rate of approximately 1.2 million tonnes per annum. Primary uses for the product are rails, structural products and steel slabs. Ore is sourced from the OneSteel mines in the Middleback ranges.
Market Mills - Also a manufacturing division, this division produces bar, wire, pipe and tubular steel. Operations include an EAF melting operation, billet caster and rod and bar mill at the Sydney Steel Mill, Western Sydney; a wire, rod and bar mill in Newcastle; and other wire, bar and tube mills located around south-eastern Australia.
Domestic Distribution - Distribution of products within the Australian market, including 50 Metaland franchises, retail outlets for consumers in regional Australia. It also includes numerous sites for distribution of products created at the Whyalla Steelworks and the Market Mills.
International Distribution - Based in New Zealand, via the company's majority holding in the New Zealand company Steel & Tube Holdings Limited. Production and sales include rolled plate, light gauge steel, reinforcement and roofing products. In April 2003, Through Steel & Tubes Holdings Ltd.'s acquired the assets of another New Zealand company, Hurrican Wire Products, expanding operations to include the sale and production of other wire products from facilities in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand.