Company News

Vital Metals Limited has appointed Doug Stewart as a non executive director of the company and special advisor to the Watershed Tungsten Project. Stewart will assume his role immediately. With an expansive career spanning over 40 years

De Tomi company has announced the start-up of its internal Cladding process.
The company’s welding qualifications are in accordance with the most used international welding standard, the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code IX.

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. has partnered with EXMAR to develop a LNG export project in northern Colombia. EXMAR is a Belgian-based diversified shipping group serving the international oil and gas industry.

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TATA Steel has received contracts valued at approximately USD 32 million from Subsea 7 to provide 43km of pipe for three North Sea pipeline installation projects. These include BP's Andrew Area and Apache’s Bacchus developments. TATA's Hartlepool plant

T.D. Williamson SA (TDW) has completed a subsea hot tap intervention operation to facilitate the successful tie-in of a new gas pipeline to an existing pipeline. The new pipeline forms a portion of the Burullus Gas Company’s West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Phase VII development project

Maxim Metalnikov has been appointed logistics director at ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih. In his new role, Metalnikov will be responsible for creating a shared service structure in an attempt to unify the company’s different logistics and customs departments.

McJunkin Red Man Corporation (MRC) has signed an agreement to acquire Stainless Pipe and Fittings Australia Pty Ltd (SPF). This brings MRC one step closer to realizing the company’s strategic vision to be the world’s leading pipe, valve and fitting (PVF) distribution company for the energy and industrial markets.

Sandvik’s wire production facility in Sandviken, Sweden has begun its first production runs after a major fire attacked the facility. The fire took place on 14 April and continued on into 15 April 2011, destroying equipment and damaging parts. The pickling plant within the wire production facility was completely destroyed and some of the wire drawing machines were damaged. No one was injured.  After a complete assessment of the damage, work began immediately on decontaminating, cleaning, repairing and, where applicable, replacing the plant.