Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00184:clause:6_656
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00184
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 656
Character Range: 355519–357784

656  Integrated iron and steel manufacturing
 (1) Integrated iron and steel manufacturing is the chemical and physical transformation of iron ore into crude carbon steel products and hot‑rolled carbon steel products involving:
 (a) all of the processes specified in subclause (1A); or
 (b) both:
 (i) all of the processes specified in subclause (1A); and
 (ii) the carbonisation of coal (principally coking coal) into coke oven coke.
Note: Carbon steel and coke oven coke are defined in regulation 22A.
 (1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) and subparagraph (1)(b)(i), the following processes are specified:
 (a) the chemical and physical transformation of iron ore into agglomerated iron ore, such as iron ore sinter or iron ore pellets;
 (b) the chemical and physical transformation of either or both of limestone or dolomite, into lime (including burnt lime and burnt dolomite);
 (c) the chemical and physical transformation of iron ore feed, including agglomerated iron ore, into molten iron which includes the reduction of oxides of iron using carbon as the predominant reducing agent;
 (d) the chemical and physical transformation of molten iron and cold ferrous feed, such as pig iron, flat iron and ferrous scrap, into 1 or more of the following:
 (i) continuously cast carbon steel products;
 (ii) ingots of carbon steel;
 (iii) hot‑rolled carbon steel products, which commenced hot‑rolling at a temperature above 800 °C.
 (2) Integrated iron and steel manufacturing may also include the physical transformation of continuously cast carbon steel products into hot‑rolled carbon steel products which commence hot‑rolling at a temperature above 800 °C if the continuously cast carbon steel products are produced:
 (a) at a site that:
 (i) conducts the activity of integrated iron and steel manufacturing; and
 (ii) is not a site that is part of the activity group associated with the activity that is the subject of the application made under subsection 46A(1) of the Act; or
 (b) from the activity of manufacture of carbon steel from cold ferrous feed.
Note: Activity group is defined in regulation 22A.
 (4) Integrated iron and steel manufacturing is specified as an emissions‑intensive trade‑exposed activity.

Division 2—Classification of activity