1. Taking The Challenge With XLERPLATE®
2. Art of Steel - Mackay Gallery Wins Acclaim
3. Huge Headframe A Triumph For RCR Team
4. Global Brand, Local Expertise
5. Metallic Steel Builds A Bridge To Colonial Past
6. Kickstart Into The Building Industry
7. Verandah Sets Tone For Award Winning Home
8. Size Counts - Meet BlueScope Lysaght's Big Rig
9. Did You Know...?

Despite the drought that has plagued rural Australia in recent years, local New South Wales business, Challenge Implements, sees a positive future ahead for the agricultural sector. Currently celebrating its 45th year in business, Challenge Implements has come a long way from its modest beginnings in 1959. Find out how XLERPLATE® and XLERCOIL® have played a role in this company’s success:

http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=34challenge

A stunning new art gallery in Mackay, Queensland is turning heads – and not just because of what’s inside. The building itself resembles a giant artwork, with dynamic angles, vibrant colours, steel and sculpture incorporated into its exterior. Find out how LYSAGHT SPANDEK® and LYSAGHT KLIP-LOK 700 HI-STRENGTH® contributed to this award winning building:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=34mackay

Western Australia’s biggest mining headframe has been successfully fabricated using XLERPLATE® hot rolled steel at RCR’s Welshpool workshops. The headframe was erected at Newcrest Mining’s major gold project at Telfer. For more information on how this project was a triumph for the RCR team, go to:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=34headframe

Voest Alpine Mining and Tunneling (VAMT) is a leading supplier of mechanical rock-cutting technology and related machinery, tools and services for construction sites and coal mines. Global mining brand EIMCO loaders, previously manufactured offshore, are now manufactured in Australia using XLERPLATE® hot rolled plate steel and exported. To read more on how VAMT supply the world, go to:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=34global

A new TAFE campus located in a heritage precinct at Liverpool in Sydney's west showcases architectural steel building technology as a visual link between the area's colonial heritage and modern day technology. To find out more about how COLORBOND® Metallic steel has added to the upmarket and sleek look of this building, go to:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=34bridge

Gymea TAFE and BlueScope Steel have created a once in a lifetime opportunity for students keen to pursue a career in the building industry. A new 13 week roof fixer course, for students who have completed Year 10, 11 or 12, started on 1 March. On completion of the course it could be the beginning of a new career in an established apprenticeship. For more information see:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=34kickstart

A Sunshine Coast home, which features a large verandah as its centrepiece, has won the 2003 Queensland Building Design Award for the Most Innovative Use Of Steel. The north east facing skillion roof made from COLORBOND® steel in the colour Surfmist® is balanced by steel posts, creating a lean-to effect. Find out more about this Pelican Waters home:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=34primitive

It’s the longest trailer of its type in Australia. And it’s set to revolutionise BlueScope Lysaght’s operations in New South Wales. Valued at A$200,000, the massive rear steer trailer was designed by Gregory’s Transport, in close collaboration with BlueScope Lysaght. Find out more at:
http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/redirect.cfm?to=34bigrig

Sunday 7 March was Clean Up Australia Day, the facts this month are related to BlueScope Steel’s impact on the environment. Did you know:

• BlueScope Steel in Port Kembla planted 4,000 trees on their site in April 2002
• More than 200 BlueScope Steel employees participated in Clean Up Australia Day 2004, collecting more than 31 cubic metres of rubbish
• Ongoing greening of Port Kembla Steelworks is creating a suitable environment for birds. A bird census revealed at least 39 species have been observed. It is believed half of these are permanently resident within the Works
• BlueScope Steel is Australia's leading buyer of the more than 45,000 tonnes of steel cans recycled each year through kerbside collections
• Port Kembla Steelworks has initiated a landmark recycled water agreement with Sydney Water that will reduce the Steelworks’ fresh water consumption by more than 50%, and greatly reduce the amount of waste water going to ocean outfalls

Thanks for reading,

Matt Lynch
BlueScope Steel - Internet Manager

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