BlueScope says NZ Steel at risk if required to shut again

BlueScope Steel says its New Zealand business will be at risk if the operations are again shut as part of the government’s covid-19 response. The firm, which operates the NZ Steel smelter at Glenbrook and Pacific Steel in Otahuhu, said the level 4 lockdown in March cost it about $25 million and it doesn’t want to see it repeated. “We have demonstrated we are capable of running our operational plants with full infection controls in place,” the company told BusinessDesk. “Our plant is vast, highly automated and employees are widely space...