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.

The world nickel market in 2024 – slowly diminishing surplus

Ricardo Ferreira, INSG Director of Market Research, gives an update on the production, usage and pricing of nickel in 2024

Outokumpu closes the loop with Circle Green

Outokumpu explains why Circle Green is the way forward in the production of stainless steels, particularly Duplex.

Fusion – harnessing the power of the stars

Joanne McIntyre gives an update on the state of some of the more than 90 nuclear fusion projects currently operating worldwide

The many faces of Langley Alloys

Joanne McIntyre interviews four key team members of Langley Alloys about the company's 85 years history and plans for the future

Nitrogen Rejection Units utilize cryogenic tolerance of austenitics

Fraser McDowell, Director of Strategy and Business Development at BCCK, talks about Nitrogen Rejection Units for the oil & gas industry

Renewables: energy transition on a knife edge

James Chater takes us on a tour of alternative energy resources and shows the role that Stainless Steel plays.

The role of stainless steel in the petroleum refining industry

Srikumar Chakraborty talks about the use of stainless steels in corrosion-related challenges in the petroleum-refining industry

Böllinghaus Steel: Quality with tradition and innovation – A reliable partner for the future...

In an interview with Sonja Wingels, Nina Härtel, Philip Torger, Jürgen Alex talk about Böllinghaus'past, present and future.

Duplex Quick Opening Closures improve safety and reliability

An interview with Carla Connolly, GD Engineering, on the importance of Quick Opening Closures (QOC) on FPSOs

Petrochemicals: a time of change and opportunity

The shift towards sustainability carries costs but also creates opportunities for the petrochemical industry, James Chater reports.