Bluescope Steel Ltd (BLSFF) Q4 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning and thank you for joining us today. I'm Tania Archibald, Bluescope's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. With me is David Fallu, our Chief Financial Officer. We'll take you through the FY26 results, the progress we've made against the agenda we set at the half and how we're positioned for the future. We'll then take your questions. I'd like to begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the various lands on which we meet and work today and pay my respects to Elders past and present. I'll begin with safety. There is nothing more important than the health and safety of our employees and contractor partners. BlueScope has a strong safety culture built on a track record of extensive engagement with our workforce and an ongoing commitment to learn and improve. Throughout the year, our global safety refocus program guided our work on critical risks and the effectiveness of the controls that manage them. but our performance is not yet where it needs to be. The tragic loss of a contractor at Port Kembla in November is a stark reminder of the importance of our work in this area. Now that incident remains under investigation by the regulator and we're engaging fully with that process and we are determined to learn from it as we do with every serious incident across the business. Building on the progress we made in the year, We're continuing to drive a more systematic approach to managing critical risks and improving controls. This work is supported by our new functional operating model, which has brought all of our safety professionals into a single global team. This change is designed to bring the full force of the organisation's capabilities to the greatest areas of opportunity and challenge as we seek to strengthen our safety performance. Fi...