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Our dedicated news department gathers news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the stainless steel industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the manufacturer, supply and use of corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs).

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Hoke Gyrolok range available in stainless

The Hoke Gyrolok range of instrumentation fittings is now available from Circor in a new line including 316 stainless steel, brass, carbon steel, Monel, Carpenter 20, Hastelloy C276, Inconel, Titanium, 254 SMO, Duplex 2205 and Super Duplex.

A metals e-commerce success story

G.O. Carlson Inc. has developed an e-commerce system to serve the needs of cut-to-order specialty metals plate users.

Merpro deal could lead to USD 1 billion business

Montrose oilfield equipment manufacturer Merpro has clinched USD 600,000 of milestone Russian contracts, with the promise of further business worth more than USD 1 billion.

Washington to build power plant in Ecuador

Washington Group International has won a contract worth USD 90 million for a gas-fired power plant in Ecuador. The contract is for engineering, procurement, construction management and start-up services.

Foster Wheeler wins South African gas contract

Foster Wheeler Ltd’s subsidiary, Foster Wheeler South Africa Ltd, has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Mossgas (Pty) Ltd, the state-owned gas-to-liquids producer, for a new USD 16.8 million low aromatics distillate plant in South Africa.

Thermal plant for Hunan province, China

An American company-led consortium Monday contracted to build the second-phase expansion project for a key thermal power plant in central China's Hunan province.

Iberdrola to invest in Spanish energy projects

Iberdrola of Spain has announced that its Mexican operations Iberdrola Energia Altamira has signed a USD 200 million contract with ICA Fluor Daniel for the engineering, supply and construction of combined-cycle energy projects at Altamirano III and IV in Tamaulipas over 30 months with a 12-month guarantee.

Petrochemical plants for Singapore

Royal Dutch/Shell Group is carrying out feasibility studies on building USD 1 billion worth of new petrochemical plants in Singapore.

Kenaf pulp mill in China

Visonper International Company (USA) Ltd plans to invest USD 125 million to grow kenaf for paper production in Yunnan Province, SW China.

Allegheny Ludlum to replace annealing furnace

Allegheny Ludlum will remove its existing 90 Line Annealing furnace and replace it with a new one.