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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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Contract between BP and Aker Kvaerner

Aker Kvaerner Netherlands BV has received a letter of intent to perform EPCm services for BP Petrochemical and Refining sites in Germany.

South Africa: Fluor wins clean fuel contract

Fluor Corporation will perform project management, engineering, procurement and construction services for the off-sites and utilities portion of refinery upgrades at Sasol's facility in Secunda, South Africa.

South Korea paper line

Metso Paper will supply a production line for fine paper to Hankuk Paper's Onsan mill in South Korea.

New Hastelloy corrosion loop at IFE

Norway's Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) has opened a new corrosion test loop built entirely in the nickel alloy Hastelloy C-276.

Saving PCB assembly time

The new quick-release stand-off fastener launched by Northern Precision (NP) is designed to reduce both the time and costs associated with traditional assembly methods for, say, PCBs.

Australia: Queensland power plant

Queensland Gas Company (QGC) Ltd has appointed a consortium of Thiess Pty Ltd and Siemens Ltd to construct a gas fired power station in southern Queensland.

Conductivity electrodes for boilers

Sensorex is offering a line of stainless steel conductivity sensors suited for boiler blowdown and other high temperature conductivity applications.

Drilling holes in stainless components

Delcam's Power Solution CADCAM software has been selected by the Winbro Group for its new five-axis laser machining process, Lasemill.

New flux-core wire

Techalloy (a division of Arcelor) has introduced its Techalloy 625 FCA, which aims to combine the ease of use of a flux-core wire with nickel alloy applications.

Iraqi power: German group wins contract

The German engineering firm Elbe Maschinenbau has been awarded a contract by Iraq's Ministry of Electricity to build three power plants serving the Baghdad area of Iraq.