# ASC Shipbuilding awards $2.6M steel contract to BlueScope for Hunter frigate

ASC Shipbuilding, a BAE Systems Australia subsidiary, began taking delivery of 1,500 tonnes of steel plate from BlueScope Steel under a $2.6 million contract for the construction of Hunter class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-12-14
- Where: Osborne, Port River, Adelaide, Australia
- Value: $1.90M (2.60M AUD)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,500 tonnes of steel plate
- Products: steel plate
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [BlueScope Steel](https://endata.com/companies/3771.md) (supplier)
- [BAE Systems Australia](https://endata.com/companies/9219.md) (investor)
- [ASC Shipbuilding](https://endata.com/companies/32830.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [aumanufacturing.com.au](https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/bluescope-steel-delivered-for-hunter-frigate-build), 2020-12-14: "ASC Shipbuilding will receive more than 1,500 tonnes of steel plate from BlueScope Steel AIS."

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