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New Zealand Steel mill

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New Zealand Steel mill

Situated at Glenbrook, south of Auckland, New Zealand Steel’s smelter and mill produces a range of flat steel roofing and other products for both the domestic and export markets. About 620,000 tonnes of steel are produced each year.

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Megan Cook, Pulp and paper, aluminium and steel industries – Steel, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21193/new-zealand-steel-mill (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Megan Cook, published 21 January 2010.