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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).

Topics such as tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels are covered as well as interviews with materials specialists, manufacturer and end users alike.

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Rajhi steel complex launch

Construction on the new Rajhi Steel complex in King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh has begun. Amr Al-Dabbagh, governor of Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority and Abdul Aziz Al-Aboudi, chairman of Al-Rajhi Steel Company

Petrochemical production unit

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, has been selected by the Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co. (Takreer) to provide key technology for a new petrochemical production unit in the UAE. The new propane dehydrogenation (PDH)

Frames wins DPCU contract for storage facility

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has awarded Frames Process Systems B.V. (Frames), a multi-million Euro contract to deliver Dew Point Correction Units (DPCU) for Bergermeer Gas Storage in the Netherlands.

One million-ton steel production line in China

Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel (ZPSS), POSCO`s stainless steel production subsidiary in China, became the first foreign company in China to establish a 1 million-ton steel production line in the country.

FIA holds annual Lobby Day

On June 14, 2011, the Forging Industry Association (FIA) held its Annual Lobby Day, which enables industry executives to visit congressmen and senators in their Washington D.C. offices to explain the important role the

Duplex for road project viaduct

Outokumpu has delivered duplex stainless steel rebar to the construction of the traffic route Norra Länken in Stockholm, Sweden. Norra Länken is a large infrastructure investment in a new traffic route around

Bi-metallic pipes for oil and gas fields

Check out this great case study about pipes in the North Sea in the June Stainless Steel World   

New mining cone crushers

Sandvik’s newly launched CH890 and CH895 are designed to increase performance in both secondary and tertiary/pebble crushing applications. The specially designed, strength-optimized topshell and dedicated

Tata Steel is the likely Indian partner

Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Industries will likely proceed with Tata Steel as their partner in the Indian market, after their proposed merger, due to the fact that they are the bigger brand in the global arena.

Hainan Mining iron ore contract

China-based Hainan Mining Co., a subsidiary of Shanghai-based vertically-integrated company Fosun Group, has signed a medium to long-term partnership agreement with Zhejiang Province-based Ningbo Iron and Steel Co. Ltd (Ningbo Steel).