Featured Story

Our Featured Story archive is a collection of the Featured Story’s which have been published in our magazine and taken pride of place as the ‘unique feature article’ on our Stainless Steel World home page. In addition to industry updates, market news and topical issues of the day the Feature Story provides an interesting mix of company profiles, in-depth technical articles, reports from major end users and features projects in a variety of industries ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to the architecture, power generation, medical and food and beverage industries.

On-demand 3D-printing platform produces customised train parts

Alstom has collaborated with Replique to manufacture a visible stainless steel train doorstopper. It is the first time Alstom has used AM for serial production.

An overview of world nickel resources

As the fifth most commonly found element on earth, nickel ores are mined in about 33 countries and are smelted or refined in about 30 countries.

Optimizing fluid system material selection for offshore safety

Offshore oil and gas platform and floating vessel owners must optimize costs. But moreimportantly, they must maintain safe and compliant operating conditions for employees overthe life span of their operations.

What is the maximum operating temperature for duplex stainless steel?

Most users know that at above 250 °C, duplex grades can be affected by embrittlement caused by spinodal decomposition.

NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation: Delivering value-added products to customers and the world

NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation’s (NSSC’s) business strategy is to refine its advanced technology to deliver high value-added stainless steel products while also improving the quality and productivity of its generic grades.

Power generation: no magic bullet

In an ideal world, the energy scarcity triggered by the war in Ukraine would serve as a wake-up call to accelerate the transition to renewable energy.

High-alloy stainless steel in seawater desalination processes

Seawater desalination is an industrial process used to obtain water for drinking, irrigation or industrial use.

Structures for a lifetime – Duplex as a material for bridge and storage tank...

The stainless steel industry has long believed duplex to be the perfect material for bridge and storage tank construction. That notion has now been proven by onsite inspections carried out by Outokumpu.

Water and the circular economy

The violent contrasts between dry and wet weather of recent months have laid bare the urgent need to build, maintain and upgrade water management infrastructure.

Ambitious expansion launches Venus Pipes & Tubes on global market

When Venus Pipes and Tubes began manufacturing stainless steel tubular products in 2015, few could have predicted the company’s stratospheric growth in India’s seamless and welded tube and pipe sector.