A/Prof Tom Honeyands from the University of Newcastle Iron Ore Hub, along with Partner Investigators from BHP visited a number of the World’s leading iron and steelmakers in Asia last Month. Outcomes of Hub research were presented and laboratory techniques for evaluating iron ores for ironmaking were compared, during visits to the JFE Steel and Hyundai Steel Research Laboratories. Research results were also presented and discussed with Baosteel and NSSMC Steel in Japan.