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.

Full speed ahead: Nickel in India’s rapidly expanding rail networks

Nickel-containing steels play a vital role in the future of India's rapidly growing railway- and metro sector.

The world nickel market in 2023 and 2024 – two years with surpluses

Ricardo Ferreira (INSG) talks about the world nickel market in 2023 and 2024: Production, usage, prices and stocks.

Spanning the decades: how stainless steel became the material of choice for modern bridges

James Chater talks about how stainless steels became the material of choice for bridges, and the (dis)advantages of several grades

Cost-saving super duplex

IMOA shows why 2507 Super Duplex stainless steel was chosen as the best option to replace a sintering facility exhaust stack

BUTTING creates new Plant Construction division

Stainless Steel World talked to BUTTING's Mr Marcel Bartels, and his appointment as CEO of the Plant Construction division.

Dynamic duplex materials: strong and sustainable

Duplex Stainless Steels are becoming more and more indispensible in water management and architecture projects, and 3D printing and WAAM

UK metals sector optimistic despite trade, energy & labour challenges

According to a report from the UK Metals Council, the sector faces challenges but has reasons to be optimistic.

Stainless steel grade 431; the better choice for propellers

Shrikumar Chakraborty shows how stainless steel grade 431 is better suitable for propellers than mode traditiononal metals such as aluminium

Venus Pipes & Tubes: On the way to becoming India’s largest manufacturer of stainless...

Sonja Wingels talked to Stefan Müller-Bernhardt, Dhruv Patel and Thomas de Vos of Venus Pipes & Tubes regarding the company's growth.

Water in the Middle East – tackling a chronic shortage

Joanne McIntyre talks about possibilities to deal with water scarcity in the Middle East, such as desalination and advanced storage.