Smorgon Steel

Smorgon Steel was an Australian steel manufacturing business established in the 1980s by the Smorgon family of Melbourne. The chairman of the company board was Graham Smorgon. Smorgon Steel was noteworthy as the first company to attempt to compete with BHP Steel in Australia. Smorgon did not construct a primary steel-making plant, instead recycling scrap steel into steel reinforcing bar for reinforced concrete construction, using a mini electric arc furnace steel mill at Laverton North, Victoria.

Smorgon Steel

Smorgon Steel was an Australian steel manufacturing business established in the 1980s by the Smorgon family of Melbourne. The chairman of the company board was Graham Smorgon. Smorgon Steel was noteworthy as the first company to attempt to compete with BHP Steel in Australia. Smorgon did not construct a primary steel-making plant, instead recycling scrap steel into steel reinforcing bar for reinforced concrete construction, using a mini electric arc furnace steel mill at Laverton North, Victoria.