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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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Philip Cornes increases stocks of Alloy 825

Specialist nickel alloy distributor, Philip Cornes, part of the TW Metals Group, has increased its stocks of the nickel-iron-chromium Alloy 825, in response to market demand.

Norway: Technip wins Norne contract

Technip announces that Technip Offshore Norge AS, its Norwegian affiliate, has been awarded by Statoil a contract related to the subsea portion of the Norne Satellites Project in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.

Stolt wins North Sea awards

Stolt Offshore SA has announced the receipt of Letters of Intent for two contracts from Statoil ASA on its Norne Satellites Project in the North Sea.

UK: hydro-electric power station

VA Tech Hydro has been awarded a turn-key refurbishment contract of the Culligran power station by Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE).

New Zealand: Worley wins offshore award

Worley has been awarded the contract to perform the Front-end Engineering Design (FEED) for the Kupe development off the Taranaki coast of New Zealand.

Norway: Ormen Lange contract

Hydro has awarded Aker Kvaerner the first large Ormen Lange gas terminal contract.

Clyde Materials Handling

A speciality chemical company approached Clyde Materials Handling when it required a bespoke valve to be used in the production of monomer – a compound used in water treatment.

Cladding contracts

Arc Energy Resources (UK) recently completed two fast-track weld overlay cladding projects for the Pembroke refinery of Chevron Texaco.

Sandvik expands hollow bar stocks

Sandvik Materials Technology has expanded its manufacturing and stock programme for enhanced machinability stainless steel hollow bar to include sizes up to 420mm outside diameter.

Brazil: KOP Brazil wins Petrobras contract

Petrobras SA (Brazil) has awarded Kvaerner Oilfield Products (KOP) in Brazil a contract for the supply of eleven GLL2000 subsea trees, designed for use in water depth of 2000 metres.