GFG Alliance has placed its subsidiary company which formerly operated the Whyalla port into administration, saying it was left with no other option after the state government intervened in an ...

KordaMentha has previously said that the Whyalla steelworks was losing money – up to $1.5 million a day – partly because it was selling products too cheaply to other parts of Gupta’s ...

Whyalla council votes for booze ban to slow anti-social behaviour A major steel town has voted for a citywide ban on alcohol, although councillors concede it is not a ‘silver bullet’ to the ...

The community is encouraged to attend Spaulding High School's presentation of "Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical!" from March 19-23 with six shows.

Whyalla Steelworks and mines administrators have discovered a surprise hotel with sweeping views of the foreshore among its portfolio taken over from GFG Alliance’s OneSteel Manufacturing.

Whyalla steelworks was shedding about $1.5m every day – a $319m loss in the seven months until January – before its collapse.

Gupta last week told staff he is owed $500m by Whyalla, however the creditors’ update is expected to show that at the same time Gupta owes a lot more to Whyalla – up to $1bn.

The plan for Whyalla has long been to replace its coal-fired blast furnace with an electric arc furnace. This could, in turn, be supplied with low-emission sources of energy and consume scrap steel.

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Whyalla produces 75 per cent of Australia’s structural steel. State and federal governments believe it was in financial difficult because of Gupta’s mismanagement, not because it is unviable.

Whyalla butcher Tim Wendland said the uncertainty around the steelworks has been "tough for the whole town". "We got small businesses here that are going broke or leaving town," he said.