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At BlueScope, our communities are our homes and ourhealth, safety, environment and community responsibilitiesare integral to the way we do business.

This report outlines our FY2014 performance in each ofthese areas of responsibility, and I encourage you to readit.

SAFETY

The company’s goal of Zero Harm continues to be at the core of everything we do.

In June 2014 we were saddened by the tragic death of a contractor, Mr Shen Bin, at our Xi’an, China buildings site. A fatality – whetheremployee or contractor – is a tragic experience for those left behind – family, friends, colleagues, leaders. We have increased our efforts tostrive even harder to sustain safe workplaces.

During 2014 we launched a major new employee engagement program, ‘Switch on Safety’, across the company to refocus leaders onsetting safety expectations and standards and to encourage employees and contractors to continue to improve our focus on safety.

This initiative has promoted a renewed commitment to safety at a grass roots level in all our businesses in 17 countries across the world.

We again recorded a lost time injury frequency rate of less than 1.0 for FY2014, which means less than one lost time injury per millionhours worked.

Safety and our goal of Zero Harm continue to be our number one priority.

ENVIRONMENT

All BlueScope people work hard to reduce the environmental impact of our operations. We have an excellent record, for which we arerecognised by Governments, regulators, and communities across the regions where we operate.

We are committed to improving our environmental footprint and help others to do the same through our products and solutions.

We have invested more than $600 million in environmental improvements in the last 20 years, and continue to spend in the order of $50million each year to maintain and operate pollution control equipment.

SUSTAINABLE STEEL

Sustainability is about more than energy use or carbon dioxide emissions. How a product is created is important but it is equally importantto consider how that product is used over its life, and how it is disposed of at the end of that life.

BlueScope believes in the life cycle approach to sustainability. This means assessing the impact of a product over its entire life, fromcradle-to-grave, including raw material extraction, product manufacture, product use, disposal or recovery at end-of-life and transport.

COMMUNITY

Our communities are our homes. BlueScope contributes to local communities where we operate around the world through collaborativepartnerships with a focus on shelter, safety, arts and culture, environment, education and disaster relief.

I am sure you will find this year’s Community, Safety and Environment Report informative.

MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGINGDIRECTOR & CEO



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Nothing is more important than safety at BlueScope. Our goal is zero harm. This goal is an important driverfor continuous improvement in health and safety performance across BlueScope.

In recognition of the importance of Health, Safety and the Environment, the Board established a Health, Safety and Environment Committee(HSEC) at the time of the Company’s public listing in 2002. The Company’s Health, Safety and Environment policies are fundamental to theCompany values, as stated in Our Bond. The Board (on recommendation from the HSEC) sets policy to guide management. The HSECmonitors compliance with Policy and laws and the Health, Safety and Environment performance of the Company.

BlueScope Director Daniel Grollo has been the Chairman of the HSEC since March 2012.




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WE AND OUR CUSTOMERS PROUDLY BRING INSPIRATION, STRENGTH AND COLOUR TOCOMMUNITIES WITH BLUESCOPE STEEL

OUR CUSTOMERS ARE OUR PARTNERS

Our success depends on our customers and suppliers choosing us. Our strength lies in working closely with them to create value and trust,together with superior products, service and ideas.

OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR STRENGTH

Our success comes from our people. We work in a safe and satisfying environment. We choose to treat each other with trust and respectand maintain a healthy balance between work and family life. Our experience, teamwork and ability to deliver steel inspired solutions areour most valued and rewarded strengths.

OUR SHAREHOLDERS ARE OUR FOUNDATIONS

Our success is made possible by the shareholders and lenders who choose to invest in us. In return, we commit to continuing profitabilityand growth in value, which together, make us all stronger.

OUR COMMUNITIES ARE OUR HOMES

Our success relies on communities supporting our business and products. In turn, we care for the environment, create wealth, respect localvalues and encourage involvement. Our strength is in choosing to do what is right.




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At BlueScope, we know that our success as a company depends on how effectively and responsibly we workwith our employees and the communities in which we operate to meet our health, safety, environment andcommunity commitments.

The Health, Safety and Environment Committee (HSE Committee) is a Committee of the Board of Directors formed to assist the Board infulfilling its oversight governance responsibilities in respect of health, safety and environmental matters.

Due to the importance of health, safety and the environment to BlueScope, all Directors are members of the HSE Committee, which meetsregularly.

BlueScope’s Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC) Policy outlines the Company's goals and our actions to achieve thesegoals.

BlueScope strives to progressively improve our HSE performance. We aspire to zero harm to our people. We are committed to the efficientuse of resources, reducing and preventing pollution, and product stewardship. We strive to be valued corporate citizens in our communitiesand respect the values and cultural heritage of local people.

To meet these commitments, we have put in place management systems and standards. We identify, assess and manage our risks. We setperformance targets, regularly monitor and publicly report on our progress, and seek to comply with relevant industry standards and legalrequirements. We aim to engage with stakeholders to build relationships based on honesty, openness and mutual trust.BlueScope's HSEC Policy can be viewed at: http://www.bluescope.com/sustainability/health-safety

Our Health, Safety and Environment Management Standards, which include specific performance requirements and auditable criteria, applyto all our sites and operations and to major activities by contractors under our management.

We conduct a series of audits each year across a wide range of the Company's operations and activities to ensure the Health, Safety andEnvironment Management Standards are being applied adequately and effectively, and to verify performance.

Any concerns and complaints related to such matters are recorded as incidents and investigated.

Information about our environmental management systems can be found here.




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Safety is our number one priority at BlueScope. Across the Company, from our manufacturing anddistribution sites to our offices, our focus is on Zero Harm. The results are very evident - we havenow reached a point where we incur less than one injury resulting in lost time for every millionhours worked, and our efforts have lowered the likelihood of injury across BlueScope's workforce.

Our safety beliefs form the basis for achieving our goal of Zero Harm:

Working safely is a condition of employment

Employee involvement is essential

Management is accountable for safety performance

All injuries can be prevented

Training employees to work safely is essential

All operating exposures can be safeguarded

BlueScope's comprehensive Occupational Health and Safety Management System underpins all our operations. The system focuses onthree basic areas:

Safe and healthy people

Safe systems

A safe and tidy plant

This system protects the health and safety of our employees, customers, contractors, visitors and the public. Each business is required todemonstrate compliance to the Safety Management Standards which have been established under this Management System.

BlueScope's safety improvement initiatives have led to a substantial reduction in injuries. We are making good progress overall, with manybusinesses reporting noteworthy health and safety results. However, we remain vigilant at all times in pursuing our goal of Zero Harm.

Essential to our health and safety strategy is the continuing development of our leaders, as is the continued implementation of riskmanagement practices, behavioural health and safety audits, reporting of incidents and near misses, and identifying and preventing 'at risk'behaviour and conditions.







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Our goal is Zero Harm.

Safety is our number one priority at BlueScope. Across the Company, from our manufacturing anddistribution sites to our offices, our focus is on Zero Harm.

We again recorded a lost time injury frequency rate of less than 1 for FY2014, which means less than one lost time injury per million hoursworked. The Medically Treated Injury Frequency Rate (MTIFR) was improved at 5.3 per million hours worked, our ninth year below 7.0.

But in June 2014 we were saddened by the tragic death of a contractor, Mr Shen Bin, at our Xi’an, China buildings site. BlueScope’sBoard has reviewed the lessons from this tragedy in detail, and businesses have amended their processes as appropriate as we work toensure that a similar incident does not occur again.

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SAFETY PERFORMANCE RECOGNISED

BlueScope’s safety performance is recognised in many of the countries where we operate around the world. Awards received duringFY2014 include:

1. New Zealand Steel & Pacific Islands – Winner best Health & Safety initiative of the New Zealand Safeguard Workplace Health & SafetyAwards 2014 for Contractor Safety.

2. Steelscape Kalama – Winner of 2014 ‘Best Practices in Safety’ by National Coil Coaters Association.

3. BlueScope Training Centre Thailand - honourable mention for ‘outstanding achievements in Construction Industry WorkforceDevelopment’ in the 2014 Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) 2014 workforce awards category

In addition, the annual Managing Director & CEO Zero Harm Awards recognise the achievements of many BlueScope people on our safetyjourney.

SWITCH ON SAFETY

During the year a major new employee engagement program, ‘Switch on Safety’, was launched torefocus leaders on setting safety expectations and standards and to encourage employees to refocuson safety.

Switch on Safety means working to BlueScope’s safety beliefs and remembering why all employeeswork safely. Every day employees switch on to what is important to them – whether that be family, ahobby or a prized possession, or plans for the future. So, when they are at work, employees mustswitch on to safety to ensure they continue to enjoy those things that are important to them outsidework. The Switch on Safety program also encourages employees to ensure that workmates andcolleagues also 'switch on' to safety.

Switch on Safety is about everyone taking responsibility for safety at work and at home – looking out for each other, team mates andfamily. It’s an opportunity for teams to share stories, experiences and personal actions, and discuss ideas to find safe ways of working.

Switch on is about re-energising the way we at BlueScope think about safety and our Zero Harm goal.

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HOLDING ON TO KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Safety reviews undertaken by the Corporate Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) team have highlighted the potential to improve theskills and competencies of safety leaders at some relatively new business operations.

Tapping into the vast knowledge and experience of long-standing BlueScope operations and safety managers, the corporate safety teamdeveloped the Business Leaders Safety Coaching Program, which calls on a group of recently retired operations managers with decades ofexperience between them, as well as experienced operations and safety managers. Together, they impart to front line leaders their depthof OH&S knowledge, and their understanding of the right processes and necessary tools.

In the last quarter of FY2014, 48 employees participated in 17 safety coaching programs held in most BlueScope businesses and regions.The recent retirees, bringing a wealth of experience and skills to the program, are using their knowledge to coach and mentor the nextgeneration of BlueScope leaders.

SETTING THE STANDARD IN CONSTRUCTION SAFETY

At BlueScope, we all believe that good safety management is good business. To continue improving our safety performance, we mustfocus on safety leadership, safe behaviour and managing critical risks.

As many businesses within the Global Building Solutions (GBS) footprint now offer construction services to customers, the business has anew safety risk profile, particularly in areas such as working at heights, handling beams and frames, and temporary bracing.

In November 2013, GBS introduced Global Requirements for construction safety to help manage the new safety risks – a rule book forbuilding safely. Now, over 600 construction managers, project managers, site product consultants, site supervisors and contractors haveactively participated in construction safety workshops to become familiar with the Global Requirements and how to use them. There wasvery positive feedback, and many suggestions were made on how the Requirements could be improved.

In response, and following further consultation with safety and construction professionals at all levels across the business, the GlobalRequirements have been refined and relaunched as a new set of nine Requirements covering safety risks such as erecting, connecting andtemporary bracing of steel, elevated lifts, roofing and decking, and separating people and equipment. The new Requirements are moreengaging and practical for the businesses to use.

The Global Requirements apply to all projects where GBS is providing construction services, whether the work involves GBS employees, orcontractors directly engaged by GBS to carry out construction work, and demonstrate the power of connecting the knowledge and bestpractices of BlueScope’s businesses across regions.

PROMOTING A SAFE INDUSTRY

BlueScope Thailand has teamed up with the Department of Skill Development and the Ministry of Labour to launch the BlueScope TrainingCentre, a comprehensive training facility aiming to ensure there is a sufficient and capable workforce for the steel construction industry.

Enrolment is free, and a certificate of achievement from the Department of Skill Development is presented to all students who successfullycomplete the course.

“At BlueScope Thailand we recognised the challenge of maintaining a capable and skilled workforce in the Thai construction industry,especially in the areas of installing wall and roof steel metal sheet and lightweight steel structures,” says Teerapong Raksasang, VicePresident Health Safety & Environment Thailand. “We are very proud that the training programs offered by our BlueScope Training Centretake both quality and safety standards to a new level.”

The facility, the first of its kind in Thailand, is based on the successful model of a BlueScope training centre in Australia, and is nowwelcoming interested mechanics and representatives from dealers and business partners. The programs are divided into three levels –Basic, Intermediate and Advanced. Students in all levels not only study the theories but also engage in practical workshops that deliverhands-on experience in a variety of topics including occupational safety, occupational health in workplaces, general product knowledge andinstallation techniques. There is also a Mobile Training Unit, self-contained in a truck fully equipped with the necessary tools andmaterials, which visits remote areas of Thailand to provide on-site training.

In FY2014, about 400 trainees participated in the centre’s training programs, and this is forecast to increase to 750 participants by FY2016.The BlueScope Training Centre reflects BlueScope’s genuine commitment to improving the skills of the Thai workforce, and to giving backto its communities.

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AT BLUESCOPE, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE OUR HOMES AND OUR HEALTH, SAFETY,ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE INTEGRAL TO THE WAY WE DOBUSINESS.

All of BlueScope’s sites and businesses have Environment Management Systems, consistent with the corporate framework, which you canread about here.

COMMITMENT TO IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

BlueScope's environmental objectives go beyond compliance. We achieve improvements in our environment footprint through:

Fostering and promoting a continuous improvement cultureCapital investment to maintain and improve our equipment and facilities

Robust systems to manage our responsibilities

The Company has developed a suite of aspirational targets designed to drive long term improvement in environmental performance, whichhave been fully integrated into business planning processes. All of our businesses have been charged with setting their own short andmedium term environmental improvement objectives.

We have a record of environmental improvement stretching back many decades. Steelmaking is a capital intensive business, withcontinued reinvestment required so that plant and equipment remains efficient, competitive and productive. BlueScope also makessignificant financial investments to improve our environmental performance. We have invested more than $600 million in environmentalimprovements in the last 20 years, and more information is available here. Each year, in the order of $50 million is spent to maintain andoperate pollution control equipment.

BlueScope’s performance has been recognised by external bodies:

Many BlueScope sites maintain ISO 14001 certification.

Membership of the World Steel Association Climate Action program, as participants in the worldsteel CO2 data collection program.

Map Ta Phut, Thailand again received a Good Governance Environmental Award presented by the Industrial Environmental Authority ofThailand and Vice Governor Provincial Rayong.

BlueScope Buildings’ facility in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China, commissioned in October 2013, won a Leadership in Energy &Environmental Design gold award from the US Green Building Council.

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK

We manage our environmental risks through a framework we call LAWWNE, which seeks to:

Reduce our environmental impact on Land, Air, and WaterReduce generation of Waste and NoiseMinimise our use of Energy and the generation of greenhouse gas emissions

Through the use of this framework we also seek to conserve scarce resources by reusing and recycling material.

This Report, structured around our LAWWNE framework, provides comprehensive information about BlueScope and the environment,including governance and policy arrangements, and performance measures.

MAINTAINING OUR LICENCE TO OPERATE

BlueScope’s facilities worldwide are regulated on environmental matters by local authorities, andin many cases the Company is obliged to report environmental performance data to localauthorities.

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In Australia, BlueScope submits annual reports under the National Energy and GreenhouseReporting Scheme and to the National Pollutant Inventory.

NSW facilities with Environment Protection Licences publish emission monitoring data on theBlueScope website; New Zealand Steel participates in the New Zealand Emissions TradingScheme and Steelscape Rancho Cucamonga, in North America, participates in NOx trading.

During FY2014 BlueScope notified relevant authorities of 24 environmental non-compliances. Over the last five years there has been a significant improvement in environmental compliance,with reportable non-compliances reducing by almost 50 per cent.

In FY2014, BlueScope received two fines for environmental issues at the Port KemblaSteelworks, totalling A$3,000, relating to wind generated dust and stack emissions.

The former stainless steel manufacturing site at Port Kembla contains legacy contamination,and during FY2014 BlueScope commenced remediation and is working with NSW EPA todevelop a voluntary management proposal for this site.

On 13 October 2014, a fire broke out in the Sinter Plant Waste Gas Cleaning Plant at the PortKembla Steelworks, destroying the fibreglass discharge stack. Emergency response systems

worked as intended and no one was injured. The Sinter Plant was able to restart under alternative operating conditions, while continuing tocomply with Environment Protection Licence limits. The Waste Gas Cleaning Plant has now been recommissioned and the Sinter Plant hasreturned to normal operations. A comprehensive investigation into the cause of the fire has been conducted, and an incident reportsubmitted to the EPA.





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A HIERARCHY OF PRINCIPLES, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ISESTABLISHED TO GUIDE BLUESCOPE IN DEMONSTRATING AND ACHIEVING SOUNDENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE. BLUESCOPE EMPLOYEES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE INIMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM.

OUR BOND

Our Bond reminds us that our strength lies in "choosing to do what is right". Our success relies on communities supporting our businessand products. In turn, we care for the environment, create wealth, respect local values and encourage involvement.

HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY POLICY

BlueScope's HSEC Policy pledges:

"We care for the environment. We are committed to the efficient use of resources, preventing pollution, and reducing the environmentalimpact of our operations and products."

To meet our HSEC commitments, we will:

Clearly define responsibilities and accountabilities

Set measurable objectives and targets

Use internal and external expertise as required

Regularly monitor and report publicly on our progress

Develop, implement and maintain management standards and systems

Comply with legal requirements, relevant industry standards, and the intent of the HSEC policy

Identify, assess and manage our HSEC risks

Provide appropriate HSEC training to all our employees

Disseminate HSEC information to our employees, contractors and visitors to our workplaces

Consult and engage our stakeholders to facilitate shared responsibility for meeting the goals of our HSEC Policy

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ENVIRONMENT PRINCIPLES

At BlueScope, we take action within our businesses and work with our partners to continue to improve our environmental footprint. Theframework for this commitment is detailed in Environment Principles, which also incorporate a set of expectations that describe what eachsite, manager and employee will do.

BlueScope’s Environment Principles are:

Environmental performance and improvement is a management responsibility.

A ll employees must adhere to environmental policies and procedures.

Report, investigate and correct all environmental incidents.

Training all employees to raise awareness is essential.

Honest, open, and timely communication is essential.

We care for our EARTH.

HEALTH SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT STANDARDS

BlueScope's Health Safety & Environment Standards provide the framework for the development, implementation and maintenance ofEnvironmental Management Systems across the Company and support the implementation of Our Bond, HSEC Policy and EnvironmentPrinciples. They are consistent with the requirements of the International Environmental Management System Standard, ISO 14001:2004.

There are 14 Health Safety & Environment Standards covering requirements such as leadership, risk management, legal compliance,emergency management, training, communication, incident management and performance measurement.

CORPORATE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, CODES OF PRACTICE AND GUIDELINES

Company-wide Environment Procedures and Guidelines have been developed to provide additional detail and assist different areas of theCompany to manage their environmental performance and encourage a consistent approach.

BUSINESS AND SUB-BUSINESS POLICIES, PROCEDURES, CODES OF PRACTICE AND GUIDELINES

Each Business Unit, Business and Department has its own set of operational procedures. Incorporated into these procedures areenvironmental requirements relevant to the particular processes for that part of the business.

ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION

Many of BlueScope's operating facilities maintain certification to ISO 14001. This certification provides additional assurance that theEnvironment Management System continues to be suitable, adequate and effective. The table below identifies areas of the Company withISO 14001 certification.

Business Certificate Scope

BlueScope Australia & New Zealand Manufacturing

New Zealand Steel

Supply Chain & Processing

NS BlueScope Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

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INVESTING IN CLEANER AIR AND WATER, AND LESS NOISE

Over the past 20 years, BlueScope has made significant investments in a range of environmental improvement initiatives. In excess of halfa billion dollars has been invested in projects during this time, and the initiatives are aligned with and support the improvement targetswithin BlueScope's environmental risk framework.

A large proportion of the initiatives have targeted and achieved significant improvements in reducing dust and other air emissions from ourmajor steel producing facilities across the world. Major capital investments in the areas of waste gas cleaning and processing, particulateremoval, and fugitive dust emissions have contributed to improving the air quality in the communities where we operate.

Equally, significant investments in process improvements have realised energy and greenhouse gas reductions and improved the securityand stability of operational processes.

Recognising the critical importance of water conservation, the Company has made significant investments in establishing alternativerecycled water sources for our major operations. The company has also made substantial investments in water treatment processes toimprove the quality of discharge water.

Investments to reduce waste and by-products have resulted in significant improvements in minimising waste generation and reducingwastes to landfill.




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Our Bond recognises that our communitiesare our homes, and responsible landmanagement is part of our duty to thosecommunities. We aim to improve our workingand living environment by reducing theenvironmental impact of our past and currentoperations.

RESPONSIBLE LAND MANAGEMENT

Picture Above: To coincide with China’s Tree-planting Day 2014, BlueScope Buildings employees planted trees around Company sites and in theindustrial zones where the business is located. Nearly eight per cent of BlueScope’s employees in China joined in to help contribute to a greenerenvironment for our communities.

BlueScope has 206 manufacturing, processing and distribution sites located in 16 countries around the globe.

Small sites, which are often leased, are typically used for product storage through to cold metal forming operations.

Medium sites include metal coating and painting lines and mining operations.

Large sites include steelmaking and hot rolling operations.

Country Small Medium Large

Australia 113 7 1

Brunei 1

China 7 1

Fiji 3

India 3 1

Indonesia 4 1

Malaysia 4 1

Mexico 1

New Caledonia 2

New Zealand 4 1

Singapore 1

Sri Lanka 1

Thailand 4 1

USA 16 3 1

Vanuatu 1

Vietnam 2 1

Total 183 20 3

Land can become contaminated when chemical substances are introduced into the soil and ground water at levels which have the potentialto cause adverse effects to human health and the environment.

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BlueScope manages ongoing operations to prevent incidents causing new land contamination, while continuing to reduce the impact oflegacy issues.

SENSITIVE AREAS

Some of BlueScope's facilities are located on or adjacent to areas which may be rich in biodiversity or have cultural significance, includingthose outlined below. BlueScope proactively participates in the management and protection of these areas through a variety of programs.

Country Site Area

Australia Port Kembla Steelworks Tom Thumb Lagoon

Green and Golden Bell Frog Ponds

Western Port Western Port RAMSAR

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

New Zealand Waikato North Head Iron Sand Mine Maori Burial Sites

Waikato River and Wetlands

Taharoa Iron Sand Mine Sacred Maori Sites

Taharoa Lakes and Wainui Stream

Glenbrook steel mill Waiuku River

Waikato River

Archaeological Sites

Remnant Indigenous Forest

North America Steelscape Kalama Columbia River

LAND MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

BlueScope facilities have a variety of preventative and mitigating controls in place to prevent land contamination. These controls include:

Sealed floors in operational areas

Stockpile management

Bunds where bulk chemicals are stored

Maintenance of pipes, vessels and valves

Spill response procedures

Remediation processes

The Company employs various strategies to ensure that protected areas are appropriately cared for, including:

Involvement with community groups

Improvement and conservation activities

Minimisation of operational impacts

PERFORMANCE

During FY2014, BlueScope met all land related compliance requirements. At its Port Kembla Steelworks in Australia, targeted programsare in place to address legacy contamination issues. The Company is also continuing to monitor legacy contamination on and adjacent toa site close to its Port Kembla Steelworks, and continues with remediation work designed to prevent migration of contamination off the site.





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BLUESCOPE BUSINESSES MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2014

THAILAND

Many BlueScope and Lysaght employees joined in a range of activities to celebrate World Environment Day. Activities included planting ahedge of pikhul that is highly efficient in absorbing mono-nitrogen oxides; and a ‘Do It Yourself’ contest which challenged everyone tocreate items from recycled materials. Prizes were awarded for a multi-functional basket, DIY bag, fancy chair and DIY clothes line. Allparticipants enjoyed the game which focused on environment issues.

The annual World Environment Day activities at BlueScope Thailand, with participation from employees and their families, encouraged thedevelopment of a positive attitude towards conserving nature and reducing solid waste generation.

INDONESIA

BlueScope Indonesia has united with environmental organisations and campaigners to protect a local coastal ecosystem against the effectsof climate change.

Indonesia, like every developing country, has a high rate of population growth and development, but all this progress comes with a price. Inaddition to the regular rainy season, Indonesia and its islands are vulnerable to natural disasters such as floods and high waves caused bystorms, now thought to be exacerbated by its location in one of the regions of the world most affected by global warming.

In cooperation with the Regional Environmental Agency, BlueScope Indonesia participated in the celebration of World Environment Day bydonating 1000 mangrove seeds for planting at a local coastal beach. Mangrove forests help stabilise the ecosystem of coastal waters,protecting the coast and river banks from erosion. This ecosystem plays a vital role in mitigating climate change, as mangrove forests areconsidered one of the most effective carbon sinks in the natural environment.

This activity is one example of BlueScope Indonesia's environmental stewardship program working in the communities where the companyoperates.

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AIR – MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY

Air quality is an important environmental issue for the community. BlueScope continues to work hard at maintaining air quality andminimising emissions to air from all operations, and in particular focuses on minimising any effect from process disturbances.

AIR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

Many complex processes are involved in the manufacture of steel products, and stable operation of these processes is required to avoiddisturbances and minimise air emissions. The Company strives to achieve this through process control and maintenance strategies.

BlueScope has invested in a wide range of specialised equipment to minimise air emissions, including:

Baghouse / filtration systems

Chemical treatment

Thermal oxidisation

Scrubber systems

Dust suppression

BlueScope extensively monitors air emissions to gauge adverse effects on the environment; identify improvement opportunities and ensureoperations are within environmental licence limits. Investigations are initiated when emissions are detected above expected levels.

Air emissions data is reported to government bodies that regulate environmental licences, and much of this data is published on publiclyaccessible web sites.

PERFORMANCE

Air emissions of Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) and Particulate Matter less than 10 microns (PM10) are important due totheir known impacts on air quality and the community. As with previous years, BlueScope continues to report trending data on thesemeasures, with estimated FY2014 NOx and SO2 emissions slightly lower and PM10 emissions similar to those reported in FY2013. Thesmall decrease in NOx and SO2 emissions is related to slightly lower production.

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The estimated emissions have been calculated using data, where available, from BlueScope's global operations.

Late in 2011 BlueScope closed major operating units at the Port Kembla Steelworks in NSW and at the Western Port Works in Victoria.These closures resulted in significant reductions in emissions to air reported in FY2012.

AIR QUALITY



In FY2014 BlueScope reported 11 air related non-compliances to the relevant authorities, eight less than FY2013, and received two finestotaling $3,000 related to air emissions at the BlueScope Port Kembla Steelworks site. BlueScope continues to investigate additionaltargeted measures and practices to minimise non-compliances.

On 13 October 2014, a fire broke out in the Sinter Plant Waste Gas Cleaning Plant at the Port Kembla Steelworks, destroying thefibreglass discharge stack. Emergency response systems worked as intended and no one was injured. The Sinter Plant was able to restartunder alternative operating conditions, while continuing to comply with Environment Protection Licence limits. The Waste Gas CleaningPlant has now been recommissioned and the Sinter Plant has returned to normal operations. A comprehensive investigation into the causeof the fire has been conducted, and an incident report submitted to the EPA.





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WATER IS ESSENTIAL TO LIFE AND IS ONE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES.SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITIESGENERALLY AND TO COMPANIES LIKE BLUESCOPE WHO RELY ON WATER.

For several decades BlueScope has deliberately and systematically implemented a range of successful water saving projects. For example,on average over 97 per cent of the water used at the Port Kembla Steelworks is now either recycled water or salt water. We continue toexplore and implement water conservation initiatives to reduce our reliance on scarce community water resources.

BlueScope has been steadily reducing emissions to water, resulting in continued improvement in the quality of water that leaves our plants.We continue to work at extending this record of improvement. In addition to very tight operational controls, BlueScope aspires to eliminateemissions to water from any process disturbances.

WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Water consumption and quality are closely monitored to identify where water savings can be made; to assess whether there is any impacton the surrounding community and to ensure operations are within environmental licence limits.

Water efficiency is a key consideration in the design of all new BlueScope facilities. Meanwhile, existing operations seek to improve waterefficiency and explore alternative sources, such as recycled water.

Most of the water consumed at our largest steelmaking facility, Port Kembla Steelworks in Australia, is sea water. Since 2006, theSteelworks has also been using recycled waste water supplied by Sydney Water. Access to these recycling water options has resulted inreduced consumption of precious fresh water for most process cooling requirements. BlueScope’s Western Port operation in Victoria hassimilarly commenced using recycled water to reduce dam water consumption through an agreement with South East Water.

At our steelmaking facility in Glenbrook New Zealand, each day around one billion litres of water is in circulation throughout thesteelmaking and finishing operations, with a daily fresh water make-up rate of approximately two per cent to maintain required water qualityand replace water discharged. To achieve maximum conservation, water is cleaned, cooled and recirculated many times in each process,with make-up water supplemented by rainwater collected across the 190 hectare site.

A variety of control mechanisms to reduce water emissions have been installed throughout BlueScope's operational facilities. The Company

WATER – CONSERVING OURNATURAL RESOURCES



operates a multitude of water treatment plants to minimise the potential for discharge water to have an adverse effect on the environment.Steel manufacturing processes are monitored and studied to maintain water quality. Closed loop cooling systems maximise recycling andminimise fresh water usage.

PERFORMANCE

Expanding operations at our New Zealand ironsands mines in Taharoa and Waikato North Head has increased the amount of fresh waterdrawn from local rivers. This has resulted in an increase of almost 25 per cent in BlueScope’s total fresh water consumption.

Additionally, fresh water consumption and intensity across our steel manufacturing facilities has increased in the past year. At ourGlenbrook facility, dam flushing has occurred to control recycled water conductivity. At our Port Kembla facility, the fresh water demandfrom the blast furnace cooling systems was elevated due to operational requirements, and there was a reduced availability of recycledwater due to maintenance activities.

BlueScope continues to use available recycled water, and as a result between 6,000 and 7,000 ML of fresh water is saved each year.

In FY2014 BlueScope reported 11 water related non-compliances to the relevant authorities, one fewer than FY2013, and there were nofines or prosecutions. The Company’s water-related compliance record has improved substantially over the last five years.





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WASTE TO LANDFILL CONTINUES TO BE AN INCREASING GLOBAL CONCERN, WITH ANNUALGENERATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE CURRENTLY IN THE ORDER OF 1.3 BILLION TONNES,AND EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO APPROXIMATELY 2.2 BILLION TONNES BY 2025.

WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

One of BlueScope’s focus areas is to minimise waste to landfill through sound waste management practices that produce environmentaland economic benefits.

This is reflected in BlueScope’s waste management strategies, which are driven by a waste hierarchy designed to minimise waste andextract the maximum practical benefits from our by-products. To dispose of waste is the least preferred option, with increasing preferencegiven to recycling, reusing, reducing and avoidance.

GETTING THE MOST OUT OF OUR RESOURCES

During FY2014 BlueScope’s three steelmaking facilities recycled 1.4 million tonnes of steel scrap (33% of total global raw steel production)to make new steel products. Recent improvements in steel making practices at the Port Kembla steelworks have allowed an increase inthe use of scrap for steelmaking of 4.6 per cent. We continue to work to balance the economic viability of changes in production methodsto increase scrap use.

The integrated steel making process generates several by-products, and processes have been developed to transform these materials intomarketable products which are sold as feeds to other industries, including road building and cement production.

Material efficiency at BlueScope has remained consistently high over the last five years, averaging 96.4 per cent.

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PERFORMANCE

In FY2014, BlueScope received two non-compliances relating to waste tracking documentation. The Company continues to investigateadditional targeted measures and practices to avoid non-compliances.





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INNOVATIVE DESIGNS FOR REUSE AND RECYCLING

BlueScope Steel makes products that can be used in designs fordisassembly and reuse. These are components of a building, orentire buildings, that are designed with the intention of reuse ratherthan demolition. For example, the MacArthur Centre for SustainableLiving in Australia was designed for disassembly using reusableand renewable materials.

The design incorporates whole sheets of steel for the roofing andmuch of the walling to maximise opportunities for those sheets to beused again in the future. When the steel is no longer needed, it canbe recycled back into new steel.

INVESTING IN DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH STRENGTH STEELS

BlueScope Steel has successfully developed high-strength steelproducts, so that the same function is achieved using fewer rawmaterials. This is known as dematerialisation. For example, roofingthat was once manufactured at 0.55 mm thick, is today made fromhigh-strength COLORBOND® steel 0.42 mm thick – a reduction of24%.

Steel framing is another example of design innovation thatmaintains functionality with less material use. Some sections ofinternal house framing that used to be 1.20 mm thick are only 0.6mm thick today – a saving of 50%.

STEEL BY-PRODUCTS PAVING THE WAY

Slag used for road-making is one of the by-products of theintegrated steelmaking process at Port Kembla Steelworks, and hasbeen used in the newly-completed Northern Road in south westernSydney.

The Northern Road had seen a steady decline over time, and withan estimated 20,000 new homes planned for the region bringingextra traffic in the next five years, it was time for an upgrade to adual carriageway.

Australian Steel Mill Services (ASMS) manages the slag-handlingcontract at Port Kembla Steelworks, and is contracted to collect andtreat molten slag from blast furnaces and the steel makingprocesses. New South Wales authorities contacted ASMS todiscuss using its materials in the road upgrade. State governmentengineers had used slag road bases in the past with great success

and were well aware of the advantages over natural materials.

In all ASMS supplied 20,000 tonnes of slag for the road project.

This article was originally published in the Australasian (iron & steel) Slag Association (ASA) publication, Connections November 2014 andis available to view here: http://www.asa-inc.org.au/connections.php

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ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADVERSELY AFFECT LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

BlueScope has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce noise from operations for the health and safety of our employees and ourneighbours. These include:

Preferring to conduct operations in industrial rather than residential locations

Monitoring noise levels in the community

Ensuring operating hours are compatible with the local area

Installing noise reduction equipment, for example silencers and enclosures

Incorporating noise limitations in selection criteria for new equipment.

Tracking, managing and following up on community complaints

PERFORMANCE

BlueScope has operated within licence limits for noise without attracting any regulatory action for the past two decades.




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BLUESCOPE VIEWS CLIMATE CHANGE AS A GLOBAL ISSUE THAT NEEDS A GLOBAL RESPONSE.WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING OUR CONTRIBUTION AND OUR PLANTS EMPLOY MODERN,ENERGY EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT WHEREVER FEASIBLE. THE COMPANY IS SEEKING TOPROGRESSIVELY REDUCE ITS ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS INTENSITY.

The Company aims to achieve greenhouse gas intensities at its steelmaking facilities that are within the lowest quartile of comparablefacilities.

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND THE STEEL MANUFACTURING PROCESS

Steelmaking, by its very nature, consumes a large amount of energy and generates significant volumes of greenhouse gases (GHG)through the use of coal and coke as both chemical reductants and energy sources in the iron making process. This chemical processaccounts for more than 80 per cent of the greenhouse emissions from, and energy consumed within, an integrated steelworks.

Carbon, in the form of processed metallurgical coal (coke) and pulverised coal, is the reducing agent used to convert iron ore to iron in ablast furnace. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are generated as unavoidable by-products of this process.

The laws of chemistry, physics and thermodynamics dictate the amount of carbon used in the blast furnace. Current carbon usage is closeto minimum practical levels due to our efficient furnace operations and practices. Greenhouse gas generation is heavily influenced byproduction output. BlueScope strives to progressively reduce its emissions and continues to play an active role in the global steel industry’sefforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

We are committed to reducing the greenhouse gas intensity of our processes and improving the energy efficiency of our operations.

CURRENT CONTROLS

BlueScope actively participates in voluntary and legislated programs of regional and national significance in the countries where it operates.Given the highest energy use and greenhouse gas emission intensity are related to the larger iron and steelmaking operations in Australiaand New Zealand, most of the programs are centred on these activities. BlueScope participates in the following legislated schemes:-

Australian National Greenhouse & Energy Reporting Regulations – mandatory reporting

The NSW Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) – mandatory obligations, potential certificate (credit) generation

The Renewable Energy Target (RET) – mandatory obligations

The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme – mandatory obligations

The Australian Emissions Reduction Fund – methodology and safeguard development

In addition, BlueScope's plants employ modern, energy efficient equipment wherever feasible, and the Company seeks to progressivelyreduce its energy and greenhouse gas intensity.

Within existing facilities, a range of initiatives have been implemented, or are under investigation, to improve energy and greenhouse gasperformance. These include:

An energy efficiency focus on business improvement processes to give all employees the opportunity to contribute to improving ourenergy profile

Increased training and awareness of energy and GHG issues within the organisation

Internal and external benchmarking and technical exchanges to learn and share experiences in energy efficiency

Capturing and reusing by-product gases from steel making and painting for heating and to generate electricity

Developing process models to ensure fuels are used efficiently

Improving process control

Optimising operational and materials efficiency, and process yields

Decommissioning or upgrading older, inefficient equipment

Optimising steam and gas systems

Increasing use of natural light in buildings

Turning off or idling equipment when not in use

Increased use of environmental measurement tools to monitor processes

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A range of case studies from across BlueScope’s operations illustrate that theseinitiatives are widespread, and that lessons are being shared and implemented acrossthe global footprint.

Examples include China’s Suzhou coil paintline, commissioned in 2006, which has been able to focus on its natural gas use and, throughprocess modifications and automation of oven air control systems, has achieved a 23 per cent improvement in energy productivity.

Similarly, in Australia’s BANZ manufacturing operations, employees from different sites and departments have implemented 85 individualenergy efficiency opportunities in FY2014. These projects, largely focussed on reducing natural gas and electricity consumption, have beenachieved through process optimisation, including the simple option of turning off idle equipment when not required, and have yielded a fiveper cent reduction in gas and electricity demand.

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Notes:1. BlueScope global operations2. Port Kembla Steelworks, New Zealand Steel, North Star BlueScope Steel

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scope 1 Scope 2 Total GHG

Regional Breakup MtCO2-e MtCO2-e MtCO2-e

Australia/New Zealand 7,592,987 1.186,221 8,779,207

North America 99,063 460,806 559,869

Asia 55,267 87,886 143,153

Total 7,747,317 1,734,913 9,482,229

As with previous years, BlueScope reports trending data on the total energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) for itsglobal operations. However, to ensure meaningful intensity data is presented, energy and GHG intensities are now provided specifically inrelation to BlueScope’s global steel making facilities, rather than the wider downstream operations which process, rather than produce, rawsteel.

Steelmaking facilities account for 92 per cent of BlueScope’s total energy usage, and correspondingly 91 per cent of total GHG emissions.

Following the major restructuring of BlueScope’s Australian operations in FY2012, all subsequent data represents operations under the newstructure and the significantly lower production baseline. As illustrated in the charts, BlueScope’s total energy usage and GHG emissionshave reduced significantly, and the absolute and intensity levels have now largely stabilised for this level of operation.

BlueScope’s net annual energy demand has reduced by around 55 PJ (35%) since FY2011, and the combined Scope 1 and 2 GHGemissions have similarly reduced by over 6 MtCO2-e per annum (38%). Both reductions are significant in the context of the AustralianManufacturing Sector’s total energy demand, and Australia’s GHG emissions abatement targets.

Despite this, BlueScope remains focussed on identifying opportunities for continuous improvement in both absolute and intensity measuresfor energy use and GHG emissions.


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OUR COMMUNITIES ARE OUR HOMES

Our success relies on communities supporting our business and products. In turn, we care for the environment, create wealth, respect localvalues and encourage involvement. Our strength is in choosing to do what is right.

At BlueScope, we live by Our Bond. We choose to do what is right by our customers, our employees, our shareholders and ourcommunities. Across our Company, our employees have found a variety of ways to combine their own efforts with the resources ofBlueScope to help make our communities the best they can be.

These stories are just some of the programs we engaged in during the year, with a focus on shelter, safety, arts and culture, education anddisaster relief. You can find more at BlueScope in the community.

A SOLID FOUNDATION IN NORTH AMERICA

Since 1952 the BlueScope Foundation N.A. has provided consistent support to not-for-profit organisations in its communities. This long-term investment program has contributed to local building campaigns, such as universities, domestic violence shelters, and art museums,and the implementation of successful youth and education programs in our communities. The Foundation supports organisations thatcontribute to the quality of life in the communities we call home. The main categories of funding are education, community and culture.

BlueScope Buildings North America employees pledged over $283,000 to the 2014 United Way campaign, and continued to support localagencies through volunteer activities. The Foundation also makes an annual contribution to support area campaigns. In Kansas City,Missouri, over 40 BBNA volunteers helped at the annual United Way Day of Action at a local agency for youth, Gillis Home.

OUR COMMUNITIES ARE OUR HOMES AT PORT KEMBLA

A new community engagement program enables a group of employees to be actively involved in supporting three groups in the Warrawongcommunity, neighbouring the Steelworks. Each of the groups has immediate challenges to overcome to ensure they are able to continueserving the community, and three groups of BlueScope employees are now working with each of them to help them meet their targets.

Each year the Coomaditchie Community Centre provides social support services to around 1000 people who are indigenous, fromsocially disadvantaged backgrounds, or youths from broken families. The centre coordinates projects related to Aboriginal art, bushregeneration, families and driver training.

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The Warrawong Community Kitchen provides 11,000 free meals each year, and also provides social intervention programs, forexample maintaining basic health needs, and helping prevent people released from prison from re-offending.

Urban Grown – Warrawong Community Farm grows chemical-free fruit and vegetables and keeps some livestock. It employsstudents for garden maintenance and agricultural work, and aims to become a thriving production area, employing local people and helpingaddress high unemployment rates.

LYSAGHT MALAYSIA IN THE COMMUNITY

BlueScope Lysaght Malaysia runs a quarterly program which gives employees the chance to get involved in their communities. In the pastyear, the activities have included events at local charity homes, a working bee to clean up a local school, and a blood donation campaign. Employees have responded enthusiastically, willingly giving their time and blood.

SMART ROAD TO SAFETY

BlueScope Indonesia has been named a ‘Road Safety Pioneer’ by the Traffic Corps of Indonesia Police Department for its work inpromoting road safety through the SmartRoads program. The road safety for our communities program, launched in 2008, trains BlueScopeemployees as SmartRoads ambassadors to educate young people about safer practices on the roads.

A BOND OF FRIENDSHIP IN CHINA

Five hundred staff and students attended a ceremony at the Xingren School in Sichuan province, China, to recognise BlueScope’scontribution to rebuilding and infrastructure works after the school was destroyed by the devastating Sichuan earthquake in May 2008.

In all, BlueScope gave two million RMB to the school. An initial donation of a light gauge steel building, completed in 2009 when 300students moved into the BlueScope Teaching Building, has been followed by funds donated to the Xingren infrastructure project to buildnew roads, playground and gardens and to purchase education equipment for the school. Although the principal rebuilding works are nowcomplete, BlueScope will continue to support Xingren school in the future.





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Pursuant to this licence and subject to the absolute right of BlueScope Steel to vary access to all or any part(s) of the website, you acquirea non-exclusive right to:

View the material in the website.

Access material contained in the website.

Use the website strictly in accordance with the provisions of this licence.

If you wish to download and use any material contained in the website for a temporary purpose (such as viewing offline), you may do so.

However, downloading material contained in the website for reproduction by you may only be done upon receipt of prior written consentfrom BlueScope Steel, and upon payment of any fee required by BlueScope Steel to be paid by you for that use.

YOUR OBLIGATIONS

You hereby undertake the following obligations:

To not copy or translate for commercial use, reproduce, adapt, vary or modify any material in the website without the express consent ofBlueScope Steel, except as expressly authorised by this licence.

To ensure your employees, subcontractors and other agents (if any) who have authorised access to the website are made aware of theterms and conditions of this licence.

To not provide or otherwise make available any material in the website in any form to any person other than employees, subcontractorsand other agents (if any) without the written consent of BlueScope Steel.

To not use the material in the website for, or in connection with, a service bureau operation.

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BlueScope Steel does not warrant that the material in the website is accurate, complete or up to date. The existence of inaccurate,incomplete or superceded material in the website will not cause BlueScope Steel to be in breach of the terms of this licence.

BlueScope Steel reserves the right to change, add or remove any material in or from the website without notice.

BlueScope Steel does not warrant that the functions contained in the website or third-party websites will be uninterrupted or without error,that defects will be corrected, or that electronic material in the website and other third-party websites are free of viruses or other harmfulcomponents.

To the extent permitted by law, all implied terms are excluded. If any statute implies terms into this licence, which cannot be lawfullyexcluded, such terms will apply to this licence, save that the liability of BlueScope Steel for breach of any such implied term will be limited,at the option of BlueScope Steel, to any one or more of the following:

The replacement of goods or services to which the breach relates or the supply of equivalent goods or services.

The repair of such goods or services.

The payment of the cost of replacing the goods or services or of acquiring equivalent goods or services.

The payment of the cost of having the goods repaired or the services performed again.

BlueScope Steel will not be liable for any indirect or consequential losses arising out of a breach of this licence, or arising out of the supply

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When deciding to visit the website, you acknowledge that you have exercised your independent judgment and have not relied on anyrepresentation made by BlueScope Steel which has not been stated expressly in this licence or upon any descriptions or illustrations orspecifications contained in any document including catalogues or publicity material produced by BlueScope Steel (which material may beout of date or superceded).

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You acknowledge that the material in the website is the subject of copyright© and that it is the subject of other intellectual property andlegal rights (including third-party rights).

You must not, during or at any time after the expiry or termination of this licence, permit any act which infringes any of those rights and,without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you specifically acknowledge that you may not copy the material in the website, except asotherwise expressly authorised by this licence.

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Password access is restricted to a single subscriber. Passwords and user names must not be distributed to any other person, body orcorporation.

Subscribers must take due care to protect the copyright of materials from unauthorised use, copying, reproduction, lending, reselling,manipulation, disassembly, distribution or publication. In the event that a subscriber breaches this duty, or if it is found that a subscriber'sconduct violates applicable law, BlueScope Steel may immediately suspend or terminate a subscriber's subscription without notice.

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You must indemnify and keep BlueScope Steel indemnified fully against all liabilities, damages, claims, losses, costs and expenses, whichBlueScope Steel may incur to a third party or you as a result of your breach of the provisions of this licence.

This website may contain hyperlinks to other websites operated by third parties. You accept that BlueScope Steel has no control over, andis not responsible for, any material contained on any third-party websites. You may be required to comply with all requirements of any thirdparty over the conditions of use of that third party's website.

Users are prohibited from placing a link to the website without the prior written consent of BlueScope Steel and on terms satisfactory toBlueScope Steel.

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You accept that BlueScope Steel takes no responsibility for any error or omission relating to the material contained in the website.

You accept that BlueScope Steel makes no undertakings to provide access to the website at any particular time, or for any particular lengthof time. You agree that BlueScope Steel will not be held liable for any lapse in the website's accessibility, or any consequences whatsoeverthat flow from the unavailability of the website.

TERMS OF LICENCE

This licence commences upon your accessing the website and is granted in perpetuity. However, the licence may be terminated withoutnotice by BlueScope Steel if you are in breach of any terms of this licence.

Upon termination, you or your representative must destroy any copies, electronic and printed, of material obtained from the website that youhave in your possession or under your control or otherwise return or dispose of such material in the manner directed by BlueScope Steel.

Termination pursuant to this clause shall not affect any rights or remedies, which BlueScope Steel may otherwise have under this licence orat law.

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It is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with the current terms and conditions each time you visit the website.

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Other than stated in the preceding, no attempt is made to identify users or their browsing activities except, in the event of an investigation,where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect logs, or where BlueScope Steel believes it is required to collect andproduce relevant electronic documentation to fulfil its obligations to third parties, including statutory organisations under local law.

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