NZ Steel, Norke Skog, Bathurst work to settle lockdown production

NZ Steel, Norke Skog, Bathurst work to settle lockdown production
Gavin Evans
New Zealand Steel, Norske Skog and Bathurst Resources were among heavy industrial players working with customers and officials today to settle on production rates that can be maintained during the national virus lockdown.BlueScope-owned NZ Steel is aiming to reduce production to a minimum so that non-essential parts of the operation can be shuttered without harming the heavy smelting equipment at the front end of its processing at Glenbrook.Papermaker Norske Skog has been classed an essential service to supply the local print media sector, but...

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