All public, general and special tours of the OneSteel Whyalla Steelworks are conducted by the Iron Knob Community Tourist Centre, under agreement with OneSteel Whyalla Steelworks. Education and coach group enquiries are welcomed.
Public Tours
When: Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.30am (returning 11.30am approx). The tour operates regardless of numbers and always departs from the Whyalla Visitor Centre.
Cost: Adults $18; Children (6-16 years) $8; Concession $16.50; Family (2 Adults & 2 Children) $44; Extra children $4. Children under six years of age will need to share a seat with a parent, or guardian.
Enquiries: Bookings essential: Contact the Whyalla Visitor Centre Ph 1800 088 589 or (08) 8645 7900. Bookings (not payment) are encouraged ahead of the tour.
Tour Times: Most tours operate at the times advertised but as changes can occur (owing to steelworks production, maintenance issues), we encourage you to phone ahead to the Visitor Centre to confirm tour dates and times, to avoid disappointment. Please be available to depart 10 minutes before the start of the tour.
Steelworks Tour Highlights: Hear the story behind over 100 years of significant Australian Iron and Steelmaking history, and the $350 million OneSteel Project Magnet. As you travel in air-conditioned comfort around the 1000-hectare steelworks site your guide will explain the technology of how Hematite and Magnetite iron ore from the nearby South Middleback Ranges at Iron Duke is transformed into over 90 different grades of steel. Depending on production and maintenance schedules you will get to see different parts of the process operating. Your tour will take you past the Blast Furnace, Wharf, Coke Ovens, Reed Beds, Steelmaking and Casting Plant and the Rolling Mills, where they make structural steel, rail line and steel railway sleeper sections. You will also see and experience world class technological and safety achievements, and over $100 million in environmental initiatives.
Owing to safety requirements and time restraints passengers will remain on the bus in air-conditioned comfort during the tour.
Please be aware that this is an industrial site and at times production schedules and maintenance issues prevent viewing of operations, these factors are outside our control.
