Company News

In this section you can find updates from suppliers, manufacturers, fabricators and stockists of stainless steel material. This company news section is updated regularly with the latest company news from within the global stainless steel world community. If you wish to include your news release on our website and email newsletter, please feel free to contact the editor.

Arab gas pipeline extension

Whilst visiting Syria, a Stroytransgaz delegation headed by the Chairman of the Management Board Mr Vyacheslav Makhonin signed a contract to construct an extension of the Arab Gas Pipeline.

USA: gasification facility for green refinery

Houston-based company Hunton Energy is proposing to build what it calls the world's first "green refinery" on the Texas Gulf Coast.

China: power plant in Jiangsu

Huaneng Power International Inc. has announced that it has been approved by the regulator to build a coal-fired power plant at Jiangsu province in East China.

India: ferroalloy unit at Vizag

Maithon Alloys Ltd (Kolkata) has chosen Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, for its proposed ferroalloy project, Pramod Chaudhury.

Russia: Uzbek pipeline

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has secured an agreement from Uzbekistan to start building a new gas pipeline to Russia in a deal that bolsters Moscow's sway over Central Asian energy supplies.

India: steam generator boilers

Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has won its first commercial order worth INR 25 billion for the supply of 800MW steam generator boilers from Andhra Pradesh Power Development Co. for the 1600MW Krishnapatnam power project in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh in India.

China: oil refinery

China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) (Beijing, China) and Russia-based national oil company, Rosneft (Moscow), have agreed to invest USD 4 billion to build a joint-venture oil-refining company in China with an annual capacity of 10 million tons.

Italy: LNG terminals planned

Anonima Petroli Italiana SPA, Rome, has applied for approval from the country's Environment Ministry for an offshore regasification terminal with a capacity of about 4 billion cum/yr.

South Africa: power plant for ferrochrome unit

Sinosteel Corp. may build a natural gas-fired power plant to extend its ferrochrome capacity in South Africa beyond the current USD 450 million expansions.

USA: gas-fired plant

Duke Energy Carolinas said it will build a 620MW gas-fired power plant costing USD 275 million, or roughly USD 444/kW.