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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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Portugal: biomass-fired boiler

Foster Wheeler Ltd. has announced that its Spanish subsidiary in the Foster Wheeler Global Power Group has been awarded a contract valued at approximately USD 14.5 million to supply a biomass-fired bubbling fluidized bed (BFB) boiler to Portucel Viana Energia.

Portugal: wave energy converter

The UK wave energy development firm Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) has announced the signing of an order with a Portuguese consortium to build the initial phase of the world’s first commercial wave-farm to generate renewable electricity from ocean waves.

Lime calcining plants for TISCO

Metso Minerals will supply three lime calcining plants to Tai Yuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd (TISCO), China’s largest stainless steel manufacturer.

Stainless steel tanks

The VK Tanks and Silos (USA) method of tank construction allows on-site construction of circular stainless steel storage tanks for the purpose of storing potable water, wastewater, toxic chemicals, and petroleum products.

Pakistan: hydropower plant

The Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has invited proposals from foreign and domestic investors for setting up a 655MW Suki Kinari hydropower plant in Pakistan.

Hot-water cylinders

New from Johnson and Starley (UK) is the Aquastar Premier range of stainless steel, duplex hot water cylinders, with both direct and indirect models.

New CLIX plug connectors

Stahl Schaltgerate (Germany) has launched an updated version of its mini CLIX plug connector system.

IOC to invest in Iran

Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) has lined up close to USD 1.5 billion as its share of the total investment of USD 5.7 billion in a stream of integrated LNG projects captioned "exploration to gas sales" in Iran.

Roll-grooving tools kit

Victaulic Co. (USA) has announced the availability of a new kit for the VE26 and VE46 in-place roll-grooving tools.

Brazil: new grid reinforcement contracts

Areva T&D has won two new grid reinforcement contracts in Brazil totaling EUR 40 million.