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OneSteel
Sustainability
Report 2010
Glossary & Abbreviations
Glossary
AS/NZS3679.1 Australian and New Zealand standard for
hot rolled structural sections and bars
AS1163 Australian standard for cold-formed structural
steel hollow sections
AS1885.1 1990 Australian standard for classification
of injuries
AS3679 As part of the latest revision of AS 3679,
a permanent rolled-in mark to identify the mill of
manufacture has been introduced as a mandatory
requirement.
BAMTEC BAMTEC involves prefabricating steel ‘carpets’
for reinforcing, greatly improving speed, quality and
safety in construction.
BD023 1163 Australian Standards Committee. This Joint
Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint
Technical Committee BD-023, Structural Steel.
Billet Section of cast steel approximately 127mm to
175mm square and 12 meters long which is used to
produce rod and bar.
Blast furnace Furnace used for converting iron ore into
pig iron.
Boundary Refers to scope of the report. The 2010
OneSteel Sustainability Report includes information and
data from approximately 90% of sites under OneSteel’s
operational control.
CO 2
Carbon dioxide
Coke Carbonised coal used in blast furnaces to produce
steel or the solid product resulting from the destructive
distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by
imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon:
used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic
oxides to metals.
CRU London based consulting firm that provides
business information and market analysis in the areas
of non-ferrous metals, steel and ferro-alloys and wire
and cable.
Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Converts scrap steel into
molten steel.
Employee initiated turnover rate Number of
employees who voluntarily leave OneSteel
Grade Refers to composition and physical properties
of steel
GreenStar® OneSteel worked with the Green Building
Council of Australia as part on their Steel Expert
Reference Panel to revise the GreenStar steel credit to
drive more sustainable use of steel in construction.
Hematite A type of iron ore
Integrated steelworks An integrated steelworks uses
blast furnace and basic oxygen steelmaking technology
to manufacture steel from iron ore.
Loss Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)
A statistical measure of safety performance.
A lost time injury is an injury which is attributable to a
workplace incident and which results in at least one full
shift of work being lost at some time (not necessarily
immediately) after the shift during which the injury
occurred. Lost time injury frequency rate is the number
of lost time injuries per million hours worked and is
calculated as follows: lost time injury frequency rate
equals number of lost time injuries per reporting
period times one million, divided by hours worked per
reporting period
Magnetite Iron Ore Type of iron ore used for
pellet processing
Materiality Refer to ‘Boundary’.
Mpa Grade Unit of pressure/stress
Medical Treatment Injury Frequency Rate (MTIFR)
A medical treatment injury is an injury which is
attributable to a workplace incident, required medical
treatment (including restricted work) and results in less
than a full shift of work being lost. Injuries which result
in at least one full shift of work being lost are classified
as lost time injuries. The medical treatment injury
frequency rate is the number of medical treatment
injuries per million hours worked and is calculated as
follows: medical treatment injury frequency rate equals
number of medical treatment injuries per reporting
period times one million, divided by hours worked per
reporting period.
Ore Mineral bearing rock
Pellet Plant The pellet plant takes iron ore and
produces hard balls of iron ore that can be fed into
the blast furnace
Post-consumer scrap Scrap arising from end-of-life
consumer items
* Where possible, definitions align with previous OneSteel Annual Reports
Post-industrial scrap Scrap arising from industrial/
manufacturing processes, other than those on-site
Raw steel Raw steel is produced at the Whyalla
Steelworks and the Sydney Steel Mill and is cast in the
form of billet, bloom and slab steel.
Rod and Bar Rod and bar is a semi-finished product
that can be used for further value-added products such
as wire, reinforcing steel, grinding media, posts etc.
Safety observations Whereby employees are asked to
assess day-to-day operations for safe working conditions
Scope 1 Direct emissions generated. Emissions that are
the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as a
direct result of an activity, or series of activities (including
ancillary activities) that constitute the facility.
Scope 2 Indirect emissions generated. Emissions
that are the release of greenhouse gases into the
atmosphere as a direct result of one or more activities
that generate electricity, heating, cooling or steam
that is consumed by the facility but do not form part
of the facility.
Scrap Post consumer and post-industrial steel waste
Sheet and coil Sheet and coil is purchased from
outside steel producers and processed and distributed
by OneSteel or used in the manufacture of pipe and tube.
Structural steel Large steel sections used for frames
for buildings, factories, bridges and other infrastructure.
Total scrap Combination of internal returs, post
consumer and post industrial scrap
Townswater Water withdrawn from a climate
sensitive source that provides water to regional
and urban populations
Waste Hierarchy Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
YoungSteelers Accelerated development program for
OneSteel Graduates
Abbreviations
ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACOR Australian Council of Recyclers
AGIC Australian Green Infrastructure Council
ASI Australian Steel Institute
BER Building and Education Resolution
BPIC Building Product Innovation Council
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CPRS Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
ECG Environment Consultation Group
EEO Energy Efficiencies Opportunities
EITE Emission Intensive Trade Exposed
EPA Environmental Protection Authority
ESCs Energy Savings Certificates
FY Financial Year
GBCA Green Building Council of Australia
GFC Global Financial Crisis
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
ICN Industry Capability Network
ILO International Labour Organisation
ktCO2-e/yr Kilotons of carbon dioxide emissions per year
KWh Kilowatt hour
LCA Life Cycle Analysis
LCI Life Cycle Inventory
MACC Marginal Abatement Cost Curve
NGERS National Greenhouse and Energy Reduction
NIEIR National Institute of Economic Industry Research
OHS Occupational Health and Safety
OHS&E Occupational Health, Safety & Environment Committee
OSTEN OneSteel Technical Energy Network
PIT Polymer Injection Technology
PJ Petajoules
SIFE Students in Free Enterprise
SMR South Middleback Ranges
TPA Trade Practices Act
TJ/py Terajoules per year
ug/m3 Micrograms per cubic meter of air
UNSW University of New South Wales
VMP Voluntary Management Plan
WAC Water Abatement Curve
WACC Whyalla Abatement Cost Curve
WSA Worldsteel Association
ZUDS Zero Usable Discharge Strategy