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EVRAZ started developing a new grinding balls production facility at Nizhniy Tagil Steel Plant. All project engineering activities will be completed by 2016, with commissioning scheduled for Q3 2017.

OneSubsea®, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, signed an agreement establishing a worldwide non-incorporated alliance with Subsea 7 to jointly design, develop and deliver integrated subsea development solutions through the combination of subsurface expertise, subsea production systems (SPS), subsea processing systems, subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines systems (SURF), and life-of-field services. The alliance will bring together Subsea 7’s experience and technology in seabed to surface engineering, construction and life-of-field services with OneSubsea’s unique reservoir expertise and state-of-the-art subsea production and processing systems technologies.

Wind Minds have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korean company Doarm Engineering to develop offshore wind farms in South Korea, according to Hans Rijntalder, a renewable energy consultant and founder of Pondera Consult, one of four companies that form Wind Minds.

2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has been awarded two separate contracts, one by Hess Corp. (Hess) and a second contract by Enbridge Energy Co. (Enbridge), to verify the design, fabrication and installation phases of the Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs) for the Stampede field development in the Gulf of Mexico.

State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR)’s delegation led by the company’s president, Rovnag Abdullayev, held a number of bilateral meetings with the officials of Japanese government and companies during their business trip to Japan.

Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) announced that hot-rolled products Mill 5000 has produced its five-millionth tonne of metal.

Aconex, provider of a cloud collaboration platform for the global construction industry, announced that Japan Petroleum Exploration Co.

Xodus Group has been awarded a contract for the vibration assessment and analysis on the oil train piping and structures for Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) at Zirku Island, 140km north-west of Abu Dhabi. The work, valued at over USD 600,000, will pull in services from Xodus’ process, piping, instrumentation and structural teams.

Langley Alloys South East Asia, recently relocated to 9B Jalan Ampas, Singapore, as part of its strategic development plan. The company is expanding its operations rapidly in South East Asia and has now installed cutting facilities to support local customers.

Yong Steel Group, an iron and steel producer in China, has managed to extend the service life of its pulverised coal injection (PCI) lance tubes – one of the most important blast furnace components – from one month to one year by replacing standard grade tubing with Sandvik 253 MA. Sandvik 253 MA is an austenitic chromium-nickel steel that is designed for excellent high temperature oxidation resistance and carburisation corrosion resistance and good high temperature strength.