<!--The Official Report of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia are covered by parliamentary privilege. Republication by others is not afforded the same protection and may result in exposure to legal liability if the material is defamatory. You may copy and make use of excerpts of proceedings where (1) you attribute the Parliament as the source, (2) you assume the risk of liability if the manner of your use is defamatory, (3) you do not use the material for the purpose of advertising, satire or ridicule, or to misrepresent members of Parliament, and (4) your use of the extracts is fair, accurate and not misleading. Copyright in the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is held by the Attorney-General of South Australia.-->
<hansard id="" tocId="" xml:lang="EN-AU" schemaVersion="1.0" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="hansard_1_0.xsd">
  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-06-17" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="1039" />
  <endPage num="1102" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Steel Industry</name>
      <text id="202006176dcdf3331de649d1b0001011">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Steel Industry</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3130" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. M.C. PARNELL</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-06-17">
            <name>Steel Industry</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="202006176dcdf3331de649d1b0001012">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="3130">the Hon. M.C. PARNELL </by>(3 June 2020).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Trade and Investment</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-06-17">
            <name>Steel Industry</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="202006176dcdf3331de649d1b0001013">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade and Investment):</by>  The Minister for Energy and Mining has advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202006176dcdf3331de649d1b0001014">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;GFG Alliance has publicly announced its transformation plan for the Whyalla Steelworks that includes consideration for future green steel production.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202006176dcdf3331de649d1b0001015">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Our government continues to work with GFG to secure the long-term future of the Whyalla Steelworks operations and green steel production.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202006176dcdf3331de649d1b0001016">
          <inserted>The government has committed to provide $50 million for capital investments at Whyalla which ensure its long-term viability.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202006176dcdf3331de649d1b0001017">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;The Department for Energy and Mining is currently delivering the Hydrogen Action Plan. The department is also collaborating with the CSIRO on the state's Magnetite Strategy and with the University of Adelaide's Centre for Energy Technology on its proposed Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre, on how they might contribute to green steel in the future.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202006176dcdf3331de649d1b0001018" />
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>