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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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Outokumpu appoints Florey as CFO

newsitem Outokumpu appoints Reinhard Florey as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer as of November 1, 2013.

Steel Dynamics purchases 3rd laser cutting machine

Steel Dynamics has announced the purchase of a third laser cutting machine. The Bystronic Bystar 4025-8L 6Kw has a maximum cutting area of 8000 x 2500mm that can process even 25mm stainless.

SMS Siemag mill stand, roller-type quench for Acro

newsitemSlovenian steelmaker Acroni has commissioned a new 2.6-m X-Roll heavy-plate mill stand from SMS Innse, Italy, and a new roller-type quench supplied by Drever International, Belgium, two subsidiaries of SMS Siemag as part of modernising its heavy-plate mill. Acroni, a company of the Slovenian Steel Group (SIJ), is a highly specialised niche supplier with a focus on plates and strips of stainless steel grades, tool steels, abrasion-resistant steels and HSLA grades.

Metso’s Ansteel contract bolsters Chinese market p

Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation (Ansteel), a leading Chinese iron ore mining and steel making companies, chose Metso’s vertical grinding mills for their new iron ore project, giving Metso its biggest ever order of this technology in China.

Mechel launches rolling mill at Chelyabinsk plant

Mechel OAO, a leading Russian mining and metals companies, launched the universal rolling mill at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant.

Brazil Resources confirms new base & precious meta

newsitemBrazil Resources announced that recent diamond drilling at its Artulândia project confirmed polymetallic mineralisation of up to 10m thickness (not “true” width) in a flat lying unit at surface.

Tupi BV contracts 2 SMB Offshore FPSOs

SBM Offshore has been contracted by Tupi BV BM-S-11 subsidiary, for a twenty-year charter and operation of two of its FPSOs, Cidade de Maricà and Cidade de Saquarema. Both the FPSOs are destined for the Lula field in the pre-salt province offshore Brazil.

Siemens to supply tandem cold mill to Beihai Cheng

Siemens Metals Technologies will be supply a Power X-HI type, five-stand, continuous tandem cold rolling mill and a heavy laser welding to Beihai Chengde Stainless Steel (Beihai Chengde), China, for the Beihai plant in Guangxi Province.

Essar Projects wins EPC contract from BPCL

Essar Projects Limited (EPL), a global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company headquartered in Dubai, has secured a Rs 550 Crore (USD 93M) contract from Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to participate in its major refinery expansion project in Kochi.

Gudrun platform deck lifted into place

Twenty-five hours after the deck for the Gudrun platform left Aibel's shipyard in Haugesund, the deck had been lifted into place on the steel undercarriage in the North Sea. The lifting operation marks one of the most important milestones in the project.