Slab Caster Plant Colour:Black molten sparks cascading in every

molten sparks cascading in every direction

A screening conveyor sits rusting within Hornsby Quarry

Rows of timber A-frames and corrugated iron slowly losing the fight against weather and time at the Smith Street workshop

its metal frame heavy with rust after years of disuse

rust blooming across the barrel

Slab Caster Plant Colour:Black molten sparks cascading in everyRusting beams and abandoned control panels fill the Slab Caster Plant at Port Kembla Steelworks, the machinery that replaced open hearth steelmaking standing idle in a space built for continuous production. Continuous slab casting was first commissioned at Port Kembla in 1978, part of a shift away from ingot casting that would transform the entire steelmaking process. Part of the BlueScope Port Kembla series.