The do-or-die decision facing Port Kembla's steelworks

By Julie Power
Updated September 19 2015 - 9:08am, first published 8:45am
Contribution at Kembla: Christine Wilkins started work at Port Kembla in 1969. Now the steelworks is struggling to survive. Photo: Peter Rae
Contribution at Kembla: Christine Wilkins started work at Port Kembla in 1969. Now the steelworks is struggling to survive. Photo: Peter Rae
Coiled steel is made at BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla steelworks. Photo: Peter Rae
Coiled steel is made at BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla steelworks. Photo: Peter Rae
Christine Wilkins was the first female melter in the Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant at BlueScope (or BHP) in Port Kembla in 1969. Photo: Peter Rae
Christine Wilkins was the first female melter in the Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Plant at BlueScope (or BHP) in Port Kembla in 1969. Photo: Peter Rae
BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla steel plant could close if the company and union can't agree on how to save $200 million a year. Photo: Peter Rae
BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla steel plant could close if the company and union can't agree on how to save $200 million a year. Photo: Peter Rae
Coiled steel is made at BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla steelworks. Photo: Peter Rae
Coiled steel is made at BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla steelworks. Photo: Peter Rae
BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla steel plant could close if the company and union can't agree on how to save $200 million a year. Photo: Peter Rae
BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla steel plant could close if the company and union can't agree on how to save $200 million a year. Photo: Peter Rae

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