While COVID-19 may have taken a bite out of the BlueScope bottom line, there has been a bit of a silver lining on that cloud.
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With doubts about whether their overseas steel orders will be delivered to Australia, buyers are once again looking to shop locally.
That means a bit more business for BlueScope - and the Port Kembla steelworks.
BlueScope CEO Mark Vassella said despite COVID-19's financial impact, domestic sales had increased by 3 per cent on last year.
"What we're seeing - which is positive and interesting - is people became concerned about the availability of steel under the pressure of the pandemic," Mr Vassella said.
"Can supply chains be maintained? Will I be able to get my steel when I want it?
"So we've actually seen a positive spin-off from this which is more domestic customers coming back to BlueScope and wanting to talk to us about supplying steel to them as a local manufacturer, rather than looking to an import channel."
At the moment it's hard to tell how long the COVID-19 situation will be with us, but Mr Vassella said they were doing all they could to hang onto these newly returned customers.
"We're loving them to death," he said.
"We're working very hard on those customers to give them the best customer experience they can have so that if and when people start to think about shifting to offshore supply chains, we've put our best foot forward."
Like any other workplace, BlueScope has put COVID-19 measures in place at Port Kembla.
Many of the office workers are working from home, but steel can still be produced because a combination of automation and the size of the plant easily allowing for social distancing measures.
"We have many constraints and controls around our critical assets, like out steelmaking assets, to make sure our people are healthy," Mr Vassella said.
"We've done temperature testing, we're doing contact tracing, we're managing social distancing, we've increased all of the hygiene factors that you would expect us too."
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