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: Uhde to build HDPE plant

Uhde GmbH has been awarded a contract by PetroChina Company Ltd to design a polyethylene plant.

USA: power plant project in North Dakota

A Colorado energy company and another firm are applying for an air quality permit to construct a 175MW electric power plant near a former coal mine in SW North Dakota.

USA: ICA Fluor to build power plant

ICA Fluor has announced the signing of a contract for the construction of a combined-cycle power plant in Mexico.

UK: Fluor wins chemical project

Fluor Corporation has been awarded a front-end engineering and design contract by INEOS Chlor for a new chlor-alkali plant to be built at the company's manufacturing complex in Runcorn, Cheshire, UK.

Pakistan: Malaysian firm to build gas plant

A consortium led by engineering and construction company Ranhill Bhd (Malaysia) has been awarded a letter of intent (LOI) to construct a gas-processing plant for state-owned Pakistan Petroleum Ltd.

China: BP invests in energy

BP has signed a number of agreements covering investments totalling around USD 1 billion which will deepen its presence in the growing Chinese energy market.

Italy: Livorno LNG plant approved

An offshore LNG terminal project near Livorno, Italy, has received key environmental authorisation after months of delays and lobbying, according to Yvonne Barton, vice- president of CrossGas, a project participant.

China: paper finishing line for Sun Paper

Metso Paper, together with its Chinese joint venture company Valmet-Xian, will supply a complete paper finishing line to Sun Paper in Yanzhou, in the province of Shandong in China.

Ukraine: coalmine gas to energy

GE Jenbacher, a division of GE Energy, has received a contract to provide 22 complete gas engine co-generation systems for a Ukrainian coalmine gas-to-energy project.

Iran: Japan to develop Arak refinery

The Japanese JGC company has signed an agreement with the state-run National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company to develop Arak Refinery.