"BlueScope's role as Project Manager leverages our deep iron and steelmaking experience at the Port Kembla Steelworks and our unique capability as the operator of the world's only electric smelting furnace processing DRI in New Zealand." BHP Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) Asset President, Tim Day said: "We're thrilled to be well on our way to bringing this cutting-edge technology to life right here in Western Australia. "A successful pilot plant of this scale would be a huge achievement as we work with our partners, here and around the world, to help fast-track near-zero emission pathways for steelmakers using Pilbara ores. "These are the Pilbara ores that power this nation's economy, so getting it right would be a major step forward in setting up WA and Australia to be an important part of a low greenhouse gas emission future."