The Hunter, and the rest of Australia, benefits from manufacturing

Updated March 13 2018 - 9:21am, first published 12:30am
The importance of industry to our economy
The importance of industry to our economy

AS befits a 100th birthday, the Commonwealth Steel Company threw a party for its employees on Monday morning, and looked back on a history that had taken Comsteel through a variety of products and owners, and on to its modern-day incarnation as Australia’s only manufacturer of railway wheels. Together with the other side of the business – forging hardened steel grinding media under the Moly-Cop brand – it’s a prime example of what good management and a disciplined workforce can achieve when it comes to competing in a global market.

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