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Creating a Safer Work EnvironmentAt New Zealand Steel, we are committed to providing a safe workplace for our employees as we move towards our goal of Zero Harm. The basic principles under which we operate are:

Working safely is a condition of employment.
Employee involvement is essential.
Management is accountable for safety performance.
All injuries can be prevented.
Training employees to work safely is essential.
All operating exposures can be safeguarded.
Every new employee undertakes a rig…

New Zealand Steel has demonstrated its commitment to the environment by implementing a formal Environmental Management System, providing a structured process to monitor and improve its environmental performance.

This in turn has many benefits for the environment, the community and the company's reputation as a responsible commercial organisation.

In New Zealand, the Resource Management Act places requirements on companies to manage the effects they have on the physical and natural environ…

Reporting an Environmental Incident

NZ Steel has an established environmental feedback process, in summary:

Phone the NZ Steel Environment Team or External Affairs Officer (09-375 8111, 24 hours)
Details of each event and location is recorded in NZ Steel's electronic incident database
Within 24 hours, where appropriate, the initiator's property is visited and samples taken.
Written follow up on the outcome of investigations and any proposed remedial actions.
Where appropriate remedia…

Tour InformationNew Zealand Steel conducts site tours for Schools and Universities; we are no longer able to offer plants tours for the general public. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.

If you have a particular interest in a plant or area on site, please let us know at the time of your enquiry.

New Zealand Steel is a 24/7 operational site; the safety of visitors and our employees is our top priority. There may be unforeseen changes in our operational areas which could restrict…

For more information or to book a tour, please contact our Tour Co-ordinator:

Phone: +64 9 375 8999

Email: NZSAKL.NZSteelTours@bluescopesteel.com

From Central AucklandUse the on-ramp from Hobson Street / Grafton Road / Stanley Street / Symonds Street or Khyber Pass to join the Southern Motorway. Travel south along the Motorway for approximately 35 kilometres and look for the Pukekohe/Drury exit. The previous two exits are to Takanini and Papakura (and access to a Service Centre). Just after the Papakura exit, you may observe the large Wrightson Bloodstock Sales facility on your right. Take the Pukekohe/Drury exit.

From the AirportUpon le…

One of the many ways in which New Zealand Steel has demonstrated its commitment to the environment is by implementing a formal Environmental Management System. This system provides a structured process to monitor and improve environmental performance and is a key input to our lifecycle approach to sustainability. This approach considers the environmental impact of raw material acquisition, energy use and efficiency, content of materials and chemical substances, emissions to air, soil and water as well as waste generation. Only through considering the full life cycle of our products do we believe we can make the best possible decisions to continue to lower our impact on our environment.

In New Zealand, the Resource Management Act places requirements on companies to manage the effects they have on the physical and natural environment. For New Zealand Steel, the challenge of complying to these strict environmental standards has been met head on.

For information about the environmental impact of New Zealand Steel’s products, view our page Environmental Impact of Products of New Zealand Steel.

The steelmaking operation at New Zealand Steel’s site at Glenbrook is a unique process that uses ironsand found on the local coast and turns it into iron and steel – no other steelmaking operation in the world makes steel in the same way.

The reinstatement of the dune formations and land contours where the ironsands have been mined involves extensive planting with marram grass, pine trees, and native plants. 75% of the mined sand is returned to the site for replanting.

Programs for stream protection and riparian planting, pine tree harvest, amenity and visual screen plantings across the Company's 400 hectare Glenbrook site is set out in a Landscape Management Plan. NZ Steel has partnered with the Te Whangai Trust - a charit…

Keeping Air CleanWhile New Zealand Steel monitors closely all its operations to minimise any effects on the environment, by far the biggest percentage of the company's capital investment in environmental control is in the improvement of the quality of its emissions into the atmosphere.

Improving air quality starts with making sure the emissions are as clean as possible before they leave the process. For example, waste gases produced by the steelmaking, rolling and coating facilities at the…