BlueScope Steel - Spotlight on Steel Newsletter
Issue 38: July 2004 Archives Subscribe www.bluescopesteel.com.au

Welcome to "Spotlight on Steel" - a monthly electronic newsletter, delivering the latest steel initiatives, product news, information and promotions at BlueScope Steel, to members of the BlueScope Steel Website.

NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Innovative Steel Solution For Capral Plant
2.
Rain Water Tanks - Life Cycle Analysis
3. Airport Takes Off With BlueScope Lysaght And XLERPLATE®
4. Steel Screens Stand Up To Canadian Winter
5. Easy Access To The Latest XLERPLATE® Information
6. LYSAGHT® Technology Research And Development
7. Featured Links...

This Month's Feature Article
1. Innovative Steel Solution For Capral Plant

A local Gold Coast firm has come up with an innovative structural solution for the new A$270 million Capral Aluminium Extrusion Plant, currently under construction in Queensland. A Tapered Beam System made from XLERPLATE® hot rolled plate steel, was a key contributor to the cost and time efficiency of the project. Read on at:


http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=38capral


2 . Rain Water Tanks - Life Cycle Analysis

An independent study, conducted by the Centre for Sustainable Technology at the University of Newcastle, has compared three types of rainwater tanks - plastic, steel and concrete - using the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) approach. The full details of this study are now available from our website at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=38tankLCA


3 . Airport Takes Off With BlueScope Lysaght And XLERPLATE®

Construction on Australia's newest and most efficient airport passenger terminal is off to a flying start, with the help of established Adelaide based steel fabricators, Manuele Engineers, and BlueScope Steel. XLERPLATE® hot rolled plate steel was used to manufacture massive structural steel beams allowing clear spans of up to 41 metres, which were used in conjunction with LYSAGHT® purlins to build the supporting structure of the building. Read the full story at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=38airport


4 . Steel Screens Stand Up To Canadian Winter

Leading Sydney based process equipment manufacturer, Schenck Australia has beaten international competition to supply two screening machines to an oil sands extraction plant in Canada. Read about why XLERPLATE® steel was used to meet the environmental conditions of extreme temperature variations and acidity for this application at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=38screens


5 . Easy Access To The Latest XLERPLATE® Information

The XLERPLATE® hot rolled plate homepage has been redesigned to make it easy for you to access all the relevant information about the complete range of products. With one click access to technical articles, datasheets, availability data, downloads and suppliers, the new XLERPLATE® page is your reference centre. Visit it at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=38xlerplate


6 . LYSAGHT® Technology Research And Development

Customers are always looking for ways to build smarter, faster and cheaper. The BlueScope Lysaght Technology Centre aims to develop new products and improve existing products to meet these changing customer requirements, and make our customers and us more competitive. Find out what we do and how we can help you at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=38research


7 . Featured Links...

Featuring the latest updates and handy links to useful pages on our website, the following links will keep you up-to-date with the latest steel information and remind you of key pages on the website.

Thanks for reading,

Matt Lynch
BlueScope Steel - Internet Manager


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