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Essar Energy, the India-focused integrated energy company, appointed Sushil Maroo as the CEO and a director of Essar Energy following Naresh Nayyar, the current CEO’s decision to step down.

Managing Director of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC), Mahmoud Zirakchianzadeh, has announced Iran’s Siri Island is set to become the country’s gas export hub.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won a contract for supplying the Gas Turbine Generator package for an energy efficient and environment-friendly co-generation captive power plant at the Kochi Refinery in Kerala.

The sale of ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks to Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO)/China has been completed.

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of Korea, the leading international shipbuilding company, has conferred its ‘Excellent Partner 2013’ award on Wärtsilä.

By David Sear & Mark Casey Held in Cologne, Germany, on June 19 and 20, 2013, the Fourth International Separation Technology Symposium was very well received by attendees, including suppliers, equipment builders and users. The event, organised by Schmidt + Clemens, was described as a top platform by many of the managers and engineers that Stainless Steel World spoke to. They said the show was a great opportunity to see the latest developments in separation techniques, to network with peers, and also to see how new insights and materials could be of benefit to special applications. To bring you a flavour of the event, the SSW TV Team interviewed two of the organisers from Schmidt + Clemens, as well as some of the speakers and attendees. Separation Technology Symposium - review by Schmidt + Clemens' Christian Lenz Christian Lenz (Sales Director SP at Schmidt + Clemens) discusses the 4th International Separation Technology Symposium.

Outokumpu appoints Reinhard Florey as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer as of November 1, 2013.