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The sale of ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks to Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO)/China has been completed.

The rebuilding of the Iron-making Area Center (administration building) of Kashima Works has started. The building sustained damage to part of the production and shipping facilities from the earthquake.

Arc Energy Resources, a weld overlay cladding specialist, has completed a contract to apply a corrosion resistant surface to the internal bores of two forged wye pieces destined for BP’s Clair Ridge development west of Shetland in the North Sea.

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of Korea, the leading international shipbuilding company, has conferred its ‘Excellent Partner 2013’ award on Wärtsilä.

OAO Severstal announced further changes to its management structure. As part of these changes, Oleg Veter is leaving his position as the CEO of Severstal Metiz.

The rebuilding of the Iron-making Area Center (administration building) of Kashima Works started in the last week of July. The building sustained damage to part of the production and shipping facilities in the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will provide engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to Esso Highlands, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation, for its Papua New Guinea (PNG) liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations.

Aibel has signed the Letter of Intent for the topside procurement and fabrication contract for the P-74 project with client Estaleiros do Brasil (EBR). Aibel will build five modules for the P-74 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) with an overall weight of 4,750t.

Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, secured a project off the northwest coast of Java for the installation of new control taps and a bypass for the main pipeline which supplies 60% of Jakarta’s gas requirements to the mainland.

By David Sear & Mark Casey Held in Cologne, Germany, on June 19 and 20, 2013, the Fourth International Separation Technology Symposium was very well received by attendees, including suppliers, equipment builders and users. The event, organised by Schmidt + Clemens, was described as a top platform by many of the managers and engineers that Stainless Steel World spoke to. They said the show was a great opportunity to see the latest developments in separation techniques, to network with peers, and also to see how new insights and materials could be of benefit to special applications. To bring you a flavour of the event, the SSW TV Team interviewed two of the organisers from Schmidt + Clemens, as well as some of the speakers and attendees. Separation Technology Symposium - review by Schmidt + Clemens' Christian Lenz Christian Lenz (Sales Director SP at Schmidt + Clemens) discusses the 4th International Separation Technology Symposium.