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.

Iscor shares soar on news of LNM offer

Steel producer Iscor confirmed yesterday that it has received an offer from LNM Holdings NV

ChevronTexaco files to build US LNG facility

ChevronTexaco has submitted an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to build a US Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas terminal.

Acid gas plant in Egypt

Alexandria Mineral Oil Company (AMOC) has awarded Technip-Coflexip a lump-sum turn-key contract for the implementation of an acid gas treatment plant at Alexandria, Egypt.

LNG terminal for southern Italy

The BG Group (Reading, UK) has gained approval to construct and operate a USD 330 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Brindisi port, on the SE coast of Italy.

Tracer signs Nigerian agreement

Tracer Petroleum corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with West African Energy Company (WAEL) of Nigeria to prepare a joint bid document for a prospective deepwater oil block situated offshore Sao Tome and Principe and Nigeria.

Slovakian polypropylene plant

Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH (Dresden, Germany)will supply Slovnaft AS (Bratislava)with a turn-key polypropylene plant.

Petrochemical award for Technip

Technip-Coflexip has been awarded by CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Ltd an EPC contract for a SM/PO and MPG/Polyols complex at Huizhou, Guandong Province, in southern China.

Saudi gas project in the balance

Saudi Arabia is unhappy with the latest responses from oil majors on three core ventures in its multi-billion-dollar gas initiative but has left the door open for further consultations.

Power at the mouth of the Rhine

InterGen has announced the financial close of the Rijnmond Energy Centre, a 790-MW natural gas-fired, combined heat and power facility located in an industrial zone of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

From ethylene to propylene

Japan's Mitsui Chemicals Inc will transform its ethylene centre in Osaka into a propylene centre.