Once dubbed Australia's "steel city", steel production wound down in Newcastle in 1999 when BHP closed its plant. Now, an Australian company says it will build a new steel plant, powered only by electricity.

Once dubbed Australia's "steel city", steel production wound down in Newcastle in 1999 when BHP closed its plant. Now, an Australian company says it will build a new steel plant,…

The mill to be built at BHP’s old steelworks will use renewable energy to produce 600,000 tonnes a year of finished steel, with zero direct carbon emissions.