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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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Third Dutch Sector award for Subsea 7

Subsea 7 has received the letter of intent from Wintershall for work associated with the F16 project in the Dutch Sector of the North Sea.

Minerals processing in Australia

Outokumpu Technology has been awarded orders for the Ravensthorpe Nickel Project in Australia.

Oman: Toyo to build methanol plant

Toyo Engineering Corp. will construct a methanol plant in Oman.

New nickel alloy

Eutectic UK has developed and patented a new spray-and-fused powder alloy for one of the toughest corrosion and wear applications available.

Contract for Skinfaks/Rimfaks

A contract worth just under NOK 500 million covering subsea systems for Statoil’s joint Skinfaks/Rimfaks project in the North Sea has been awarded to FMC Kongsberg Subsea.

Indonesia: Subsea 7 secures contract from BP

Subsea 7 has been awarded a series of contracts by Stolt Offshore subsidiary PT Komaritim (PTK), in support of its recently acquired subsea operations services contract for BP West Java Ltd.

Ireland: Jacobs wins contract from Pfizer

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. will provide construction management services for the expansion of Pfizer’s aseptic production facility in Ireland.

UK: Smar to supply Ekofisk

Smar will supply more than 400 pressure and temperature transmitters to a platform in the North Sea operated by ConocoPhillips.

Singapore: cracker project

Shell announces that it is progressing to the next phase of its proposed world-scale cracker and derivatives project in Singapore.

North sea oil find

OMV (Austria) claims it has found a "significant" amount of oil and natural gas in the Faroe/Shetland Channel.