BHP and Rio Tinto have joined forces with BlueScope to build Australia’s largest electric iron-making furnace

The world’s largest iron ore miners BHP (New York Stock Exchange:BHP(and Rio Tinto)New York Stock Exchange:Rio) will join Australia’s largest steelmaker BlueScope Steel (Otkbek: Pleasantly) to build the largest electric smelting furnace for the iron industry in the country Announce early Tuesday, without providing financial details.

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