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.

China: Qingdao refinery

Sinopec has launched a subsidiary company, Sinopec Qingdao Refinery and Chemical Company, to construct and operate a USD 1.2 billion refinery in Qingdao,China.

Jacobs to build parenteral facility

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announces that a subsidiary company has been selected to provide design and other professional services required to design a new parenteral facility for pharmaceuticals company Bristol-Myers Squibb.

USA: nuclear vessel head contract

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company has awarded Westinghouse a contract for replacement reactor vessel head (RVH) installation and upgrade services for Beaver Valley Unit 1 in Shippingport, Pa, USA.

Algeria: LNG contracts

Repsol YPF and Gas Natural SDG have been awarded the joint exploration, production, and marketing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in east Algeria.

China: coal-to-liquid venture

Royal Dutch/Shell is studying the possibility of investing in coal-to-liquid (CTL) projects in China through a technology agreement with the country’s largest coal producer, Shenhua Group.

Russia: Transneft to build oil pipeline

The government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area has allowed Transneft company to start construction of an oil pipeline between Western Siberia and the Barents Sea coast.

China: carbon black plant in Tianjin

Cabot Corporation will expand its existing relationship with joint venture partner Shanghai Coking and Chemical Company to build a carbon black plant in Tianjin, China.

Jacobs wins contract from BP

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company has signed a Master Enabling Contract with BP International.

Taiwan power project

ATI Allegheny Ludlum will supply specialty metals for a reactor building service-water piping system at a power plant in Taiwan.

Indonesia: fertiliser and particle board factories

PT Perkebunan Nusantara III and PT Surya Bumi Agro Langgeng agreed with China’s Guangcai Jing Xu Ltd Co. to build fertiliser and particle board factories in Indonesia.