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Arrium is an ASX listed international mining and materials company with sales revenue for the 2013 financial year of $6.841 billion, and approximately 10,000 employees. ==History== The company was spun out from BHP Billiton in 2000 as OneSteel〔(OneSteel Ltd - Company Profile and Status )〕 when it was almost entirely a domestically focussed steel manufacturer and distributor. The company has subsequently focussed on growing its resource based businesses and now has significant mining and mining consumables businesses, as well as its steel and recycling business. In June 2006, an agreement was announced under which OneSteel would buy out scrap metal company Smorgon Steel for $USD 1.2 billion.〔(FT.com / In depth - OneSteel buys Smorgon Steel for A$1.6bn )〕 However, concerns by the Australian competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) resulted in significant delays in this process, as did concerns from Australian construction industry trade unions regarding possible job losses from the merger of the two operations.〔(Union concerned over OneSteel, Smorgon merger. 23 August 2006. ABC News Online )〕 The merger was completed in August 2007.〔(OneSteel lays of 270 workers, unions howl. 15 February 2008. LiveNews.com.au )〕 On 15 February 2008 it was announced that one of the bar mills in the Hunter Valley, and the mill in Melbourne, would be closed.〔 On 15 November 2010 OneSteel agreed to acquire two companies, Chile-based forged steel grinding balls producer Moly-Cop, and Canada-based AltaSteel, a producer of ball stock for forged grinding balls, for a total of $932 million. On 22 December 2011 OneSteel sold its Piping Systems business, and associated property investments, to U.S.-based McJunkin Red Man Holding for a total of $100m. On 6 October 2011 OneSteel completed the acquisition of WPG Resources' iron ore assets for an estimated A$320 million. On 2 July 2012 OneSteel officially became Arrium Limited. In October 2012, a new dual gauge railway balloon loop was commissioned at Whyalla with the purpose of increasing Arrium's iron ore export capacity to 12 million tonnes per annum.〔Railexpress.com.au ("Arrium calls for interstate track upgrade" ) (2012-11-07) Retrieved 2013-11-25. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arrium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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