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Go green steel, says departing Bankwest economist

BANKWEST’S chief economist Alan Langford leaves today after over 30 with the company and has sent out one last update, suggesting Western Australia should set its sights on the battery value chain and green steel to add value to its economy, post recovery, marrying the offshore gas with the Pilbara’s iron ore. 

An iron train. Langford suggests one day the state make green steel from its iron ore and gas resources

An iron train. Langford suggests one day the state make green steel from its iron ore and gas resources

Langford's regular economic updates on the WA economy are well known, not least because he cast a sometimes-skeptical eye over the vagaries of the mining and LNG booms.   He has suggested Shell's Prelude...

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