The project aims to reduce structural steel imports, as well as the amount of scrap steel being exported. The site is 53ha and rural, at 61 Hampton Downs Rd, Te Kauwhata. The proposal is that scrap steel collected and processed by National Steel and now exported for recycling will instead be processed at Green Steel’s Hampton Downs site. To the north, across Hampton Downs Rd, is the Hampton Downs Motorsport Park. Hampton Downs neighbours the site of the proposed new plant.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 19, 2026 04:54 UTC