ASI Action

During the 2025–2026 calendar year, the Australian Steel Institute (ASI) intensified its role as the peak body representing Australia’s steel supply chain, with a strong emphasis on trade defence, quality compliance, and sustainability. A defining initiative of the year was ASI’s application to the Federal Government seeking a Safeguard measure to protect local fabricators from a flood of low-priced imported fabricated structural steel. Interim findings are due later in the year, with a final report in November 2026. Complementing its trade agenda, ASI continued to expand its compliance frameworks in 2025-2026. Mid 2026 saw the Steelwork Compliance Australia (SCA) scheme consolidate its position as a JAS‑ANZ‑accredited certification body for auditing to the full scope of AS/NZS 5131 and AS/NZS ISO 3834. Elsewhere, the Steel Sustainability Australia (SSA) scheme saw significant uptake among steel mills, manufacturers, fabricators, reinforcing processors, and distributors during the calendar...

From regional Queensland to South Australia and New South Wales, companies like NEACH, Structural Challenge, Bowhill Engineering and Cullen Steel are stepping forward to support the Safeguard action.

The ASI is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 undergraduate steel design awards. The awards recognise students across the country who have achieved the highest grade in their third-year steel design subjects.

Australia’s steel industry has long been defined by its resilience and adaptability. Now it stands at the centre of Australia’s shift to a circular economy that will fundamentally reshape design, construction and material reuse across the entire country.