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Completion of a 92 kilometre line to deliver 33kV power to Uranium One’s Honeymoon Mine site Using SURELINE® poles
18 November 2008 Custom Size SURELINE® Poles Suit Two-State Project
Completion of a 92 kilometre line to deliver 33kV power to Uranium One's Honeymoon Mine site in northeastern South Australia is the latest proof of BlueScope Steel's ability to deliver its SURELINE® steel poles for time critical infrastructure projects. [Read more]
Horizon Power is working toward upgrading 20 kilometres of its electricity network along the South Coast Highway, 70 kilometres west of Esperance using SURELINE® poles
28 October 2008 SURELINE® Poles Help Horizon Power Win Logistics Battle
Western Australian regional electricity provider Horizon Power is meeting a key commitment to customers in the Esperance region by taking advantage of readily available SURELINE® steel power poles. [Read more]
RPG Australia will use over 6,500 tonnes of Grade 350 XLERPLATE® steel in the construction of wind towers at Lake George, NSW, which when finished will stand approximately 80 metres high with a base diameter of 4.3 metres.
30 September 2008 RPG Australia Secures Capital Wind Farm Contract
RPG Australia has secured a contract to manufacture wind towers for the Capital Wind Farm at Lake George in New South Wales. [Read more]
SURELINE® steel power poles were used at BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal's Appin mine because of short delivery times which enabled the project to remain on schedule for completion.
19 August 2008 Short Lead Times Make SURELINE® Poles A Winner For Mine Project
Coal miner BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal has taken advantage of the short delivery times available with SURELINE® steel power poles to keep a new power supply project on schedule at its Appin coal mine development south of Sydney. [Read more]
SURELINE® poles at Monto Minerals Development, Queensland
10 June 2008 Thiess Services Applies SURELINE® Solution At Monto
Construction of a 66kV power line to the Monto Minerals development 100 kilometres south of Gladstone in central Queensland became a top priority when rising minerals prices assured the financial viability of the site. [Read more]
A chimney stack for the new Bluewaters Power, Western Australia uses BlueScope Steel XLERPLATE®.
13 December 2007 Power Station Stacks Up
Western Construction's successful track record in fabrication has seen the company win a major contract to fabricate a chimney stack for the new Bluewaters Power Station. [Read more]
SURELINE® poles at Streaky Bay, South Australia
01 November 2007 South Australian Success For SURELINE® Power Poles
Installation of BlueScope Steel's SURELINE® steel power poles has been carried out on South Australia's west coast following the success of field trials in many other parts of Australia. [Read more]
The 14 metre SURELINE® poles were installed over a hilly 1.6 kilometre track in ground conditions which included rock and shale.
01 November 2007 Contractor Beats Terrain Challenges With SURELINE®
New South Wales contracting firm McMahon's Power Lines can vouch for the tough terrain credentials of SURELINE® power poles since using them for the first time. [Read more]
The challenge of building an 11kV power line through rugged, hilly terrain with limited access has been overcome on a Mount Isa mine site through the use of SURELINE® steel sub transmission power poles.
01 November 2007 Xstrata Uses SURELINE® At Mount Isa Mines
The challenge of building an 11kV power line through rugged, hilly terrain with limited access has been overcome on a Mount Isa mine site through the use of lightweight, high strength SURELINE® steel sub transmission power poles supplied by BlueScope Steel. [Read more]
Trial installation of SURELINE® steel poles in Western Australia's Northern Goldfields region.
25 July 2007 SURELINE® Shows Its Value In Goldfields Trial For Alinta
Leading energy infrastructure provider Alinta carried out its first trial installation of SURELINE® steel poles from BlueScope Steel in the testing conditions of Western Australia’s Northern Goldfields region. [Read more]