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![NZ Steel earnings jump 75% on strong demand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
NZ Steel earnings jump 75% on strong demand
Strong demand and better prices have boosted earnings for NZ Steel.
![Nearly 900 to strike at BlueScope steel mills](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Nearly 900 to strike at BlueScope steel mills
Steel workers from BlueScope will go on strike for a second time in 24 hours tomorrow.
![Nick Collins: Kiwi metals manufacturing needs protection](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Nick Collins: Kiwi metals manufacturing needs protection
COMMENT: New Zealand steel makers could do with some protection too.
![NZ Steel in A$100m profit turnaround](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
NZ Steel in A$100m profit turnaround
The turnaround comes after two years of deep cost-cutting, sales and a change in focus.
![Subsidies not hitting NZ Steel margins: MBIE](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Subsidies not hitting NZ Steel margins: MBIE
Chinese subsidies are too small to have injured the domestic industry, MBIE says.
![Manukau leader Nganeko Minhinnick dies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Manukau leader Nganeko Minhinnick dies
Dame Nganeko Minhinnick, who led a claim to clean up the Manukau Harbour, has died.
![Sprinklers on despite water crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Sprinklers on despite water crisis
Auckland may be in its worst water crisis for 23 years — but it seems someone forgot to tell the council's development arm, Panuku.
![NZ Steel returns to profit in first half](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
NZ Steel returns to profit in first half
A cost reduction drive, higher global steel prices, and synergies have seen a strong return to operating profit.
![Smythe: Design the edge our steel needs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Smythe: Design the edge our steel needs
Comment: Time is ripe for New Zealand Steel to leverage off "possibly the most valuable iron in the world".
![A2 Milk, Steel Tube lead index down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
A2 Milk, Steel Tube lead index down
New Zealand shares dipped for a second day in a row yesterday, led lower by A2 Milk Co and Steel & Tube Holdings while Fletcher Building rose on construction expectations.
![Bluescope halves net value of steel assets in A$350m writedown](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Bluescope halves net value of steel assets in A$350m writedown
Australian steel maker Bluescope is to make a A$350 million write down on the value of its New Zealand Steel and Pacific Steel businesses.
![294m ship berth shocks marine officers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
294m ship berth shocks marine officers
Marine officers are aghast a 294-metre iron-sands export ship will be allowed to berth close to the rugged Waikato west coast tomorrow - without a licensed pilot.
![Equiticorp - the longest goodbye](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Equiticorp - the longest goodbye
In the year 2010, nearly 22 years after one of New Zealand's biggest corporate collapses, it's a little unnerving to call accountant