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Posted: 2024-05-16 03:48:24

South Australia's energy minister has travelled to Italy to "eyeball" the firm tasked with developing a $500 million furnace for the Whyalla steelworks as pressure mounts on the global metals empire of the plant's owner Sanjeev Gupta.

Mr Gupta's company GFG Alliance signed a deal in April last year with equipment maker Danieli for a new electric arc furnace for its Upper Spencer Gulf facility.

Tom Koutsantonis is in Europe seeking an update on the project directly from the manufacturer, which is based in Italy's north-east.

A man wearing a hard hat looks.

Tom Koutsantonis is sending a team of experts to Whyalla.(ABC News: Che Chorley)

"I want to eyeball Danieli," he told ABC News.

"I want to know where it's up to, how far away is it, where are we with integration, engineering and design."

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